Are You In Or Are You Out

[Verse 1]

I woke up with a fistful of fire,

Dreams still bleeding, barbed wire choir.

The world don’t wait for a coward’s doubt,

You ride or hide, that’s what it’s about.

[Verse 2]

Dust in my lungs, sweat on my brow,

Tomorrow ain’t promised, I’ve only got now.

The streets are a ring, the crowd’s in your head,

You swing or you stall, or you wind up dead.

[Verse 3]

I’ve seen men crumble with lips still brave,

Carved their excuses on a hollow grave.

But glory don’t care for the words you shout,

It calls your fists till the lights go out.

[Pre-Chorus]

Are you standing in the storm or waiting for it to pass

Will you face the fire, or hide behind the glass

[Chorus]

You’re either in the fight or thinking about it,

The ring don’t wait, there’s no doubt about it.

Your fists say more than your tongue can shout,

The truth comes clear even when lights go out,

You proof is the scars, not tales you spin out,

So tell me now—are you IN or are you OUT!

[Verse 4]

Whiskey won’t save you, prayers won’t hide,

From the reckoning tide where the strong collide.

You’re either a story that folks retell,

Or a shadow that whispers, “I almost… well.”

[Verse 5]

I’ve carried my fear like a loaded gun,

Pointed at myself when the night begun.

But the mirror won’t lie when the dawn creeps in,

It asks, “Did you fight, or just dream of the win”

[Verse 6]

The scars on my knuckles are my résumé,

Each one a sermon I had to pay.

I don’t need medals or crowns of gold,

Just proof I showed up when the story was told.

[Pre-Chorus]

Do you bleed for the dream, or just dream of the fight

Are you living the day, or stalling for night

Chorus]

You’re either in the fight or thinking about it,

The ring don’t wait, there’s no doubt about it.

Your fists say more than your tongue can shout,

The truth comes clear even when lights go out,

You proof is the scars, not tales you spin out,

So tell me now—are you IN or are you OUT!

[Verse 7]

Some folks plan, some folks stall,

Draw maps of wars they’ll never call.

But battles ain’t won in the quiet of thought,

They’re forged in the fire where the punches are caught.

[Verse 8]

I’d rather lose bloody, broken, and true,

Than watch from the fence with a coward’s view.

‘Cause a fighter who falls still owns the ground,

But a thinker who waits is never found.

[Verse 9]

I saw my brother go down in flames,

He died on his feet and he cursed no names.

And the lesson he carved in the dirt that day:

Stand in the fight or get swept away.

[Pre-Chorus]

Will you bite down hard when the hammer swings

Or choke on the weight of the fear it brings

[Chorus]

You’re either in the fight or thinking about it,

The ring don’t wait, there’s no doubt about it.

Your fists say more than your tongue can shout,

The truth comes clear even when lights go out,

You proof is the scars, not tales you spin out,

So tell me now—are you IN or are you OUT!

[Verse 10]

Your demons will dance when you hesitate,

They’ll chain your hands, they’ll lock your fate.

But if you strike first, with your soul set loud,

You’ll silence the devil, you’ll part the crowd.

[Verse 11]

The truth is cruel but it’s carved in stone,

You fight for your soul or you die unknown.

A man’s not judged by the dreams he’s sung,

But the blood in the dirt when the bell has rung.

[Verse 12]

So mark my grave when my time has come,

“Here lies a fool who fought till done.”

Don’t write me down as the man who stalled,

I lived in the fight, not the thought at all.

[Pre-Chorus]

Will you mark your name in the mud and flame

Or drift like a ghost no one will claim

[Chorus]

You’re either in the fight or thinking about it,

The ring don’t wait, there’s no doubt about it.

Your fists say more than your tongue can shout,

The truth comes clear even when lights go out,

You proof is the scars, not tales you spin out,

So tell me now—are you IN or are you OUT!