I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Hit 'em again
(Here's a little story that must be told)
Police maybe, punks never
Our rhymes are slammin and we won't ever
Become intimidated by the gossip stated
Instead we'll strive and let it motivate us
'Cause we are brothers, don't try to diss
The 3 will get evil and then commit
Assault with deadly lyrics and make you admit
7A3 - we ain't havin' it
When you recover you'll try to contend
But the 3 will be waitin' and we'll hit you again
Intellectual seekers, seekin' intellect
So if you're stalkin' you better come correct
And guaranteed that when I give you a taste
It's like I buck you in your head and your grill out your face
So when they come to your funeral the casket's closed
The secrets that you keep are never exposed
'Cause you thought you was a champ but you're just another vic
Said we were stupid but you're not that slick
Heard we're in the house, got your posse and hurried
Looked into my eyes - and then you scurried
Out the door because you have no heart
I see you seen the future and it tears you apart
Once you was a enemy but now you're a friend
Because you don't want the 3 to hit em again
Once upon a time when I first started rhymin'
I used to wonder when I would start climbin'
The charts, lookin' away from the common problem
I lacked patience, and virtues, I had none
So I had to learn as time went on
About the trips I might be sent on
And by trips I don't mean a vacation
The first law of nature is self-preservation
So my motto is to hit em again
You want to know why? Well, my friend
In the end the truth is you may not win
And if you don't win you can hit em again
Because of what I am and how I stand
You tend to fear my kind of man
Collectin' knowledge from the mother Earth
And seekin' out the prophecies since the date of birth
Brothers and sisters, believe in your dreams
Because without em you're a falcon with just one wing
Always lookin' over mountains to see the sky
When you could look down as in the clouds you fly
Look at the child and all I feel is sorrow
It's hard today, and then tomorrow...
See, life is a game and anybody can win
And if at first you don't succeed, well then you hit em again
(Here's a little story that must be told)
Police maybe, punks never
Our rhymes are slammin and we won't ever
Become intimidated by the gossip stated
Instead we'll strive and let it motivate us
'Cause we are brothers, don't try to diss
The 3 will get evil and then commit
Assault with deadly lyrics and make you admit
7A3 - we ain't havin' it
When you recover you'll try to contend
But the 3 will be waitin' and we'll hit you again
Intellectual seekers, seekin' intellect
So if you're stalkin' you better come correct
And guaranteed that when I give you a taste
It's like I buck you in your head and your grill out your face
So when they come to your funeral the casket's closed
The secrets that you keep are never exposed
'Cause you thought you was a champ but you're just another vic
Said we were stupid but you're not that slick
Heard we're in the house, got your posse and hurried
Looked into my eyes - and then you scurried
Out the door because you have no heart
I see you seen the future and it tears you apart
Once you was a enemy but now you're a friend
Because you don't want the 3 to hit em again
Once upon a time when I first started rhymin'
I used to wonder when I would start climbin'
The charts, lookin' away from the common problem
I lacked patience, and virtues, I had none
So I had to learn as time went on
About the trips I might be sent on
And by trips I don't mean a vacation
The first law of nature is self-preservation
So my motto is to hit em again
You want to know why? Well, my friend
In the end the truth is you may not win
And if you don't win you can hit em again
Because of what I am and how I stand
You tend to fear my kind of man
Collectin' knowledge from the mother Earth
And seekin' out the prophecies since the date of birth
Brothers and sisters, believe in your dreams
Because without em you're a falcon with just one wing
Always lookin' over mountains to see the sky
When you could look down as in the clouds you fly
Look at the child and all I feel is sorrow
It's hard today, and then tomorrow...
See, life is a game and anybody can win
And if at first you don't succeed, well then you hit em again
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Hit 'em Again Lyrics as written by Glenn K. Bolton Brett Anthony Bouldin
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