Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue

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This song is by Toby Keith. He wrote it in late 2001. His father, who was a veteran, had died in2001h 2001. The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 inspired Toby Keith even more to write this song. This song definitely kept "the cause" alive especially during this time because we then went to war with Iraq. In the song Toby says, "Now this nation that I love has fallen under attack. A mighty sucker punch came flyin' in from somewhere in the back." Here, he is referring to when the plane came in and hit the twin towers. Toby then comes in to say, "Soon as we could see clearly through our big black eye,"Here, he is referring to the moment when America finally found out what had happened and why. He goes on to say, "Man, we lit up your world like the Fourth of July." This is probably the part of the song that Americans felt the most nationalism. It is what labels this song as propaganda. This is the part where Americans felt the most passion for this song and their nation. Then Toby Keith says, "Hey Uncle Sam put your name at the top of his list," meaning men and women should stand up and fight for their country because our nation just fell under attack. Why not? He says, "the Statue of Liberty started shakin' her fist and the eagle will fly..Man, it's gonna be hell when you hear Mother Freedom start ringin' her bell." This was Toby Keith's way of telling terrorists basically that they are in for it and they really made us mad when he refers to American icons being outraged with what they did to our nation. He says we are going to start ringin' our bell once we win the war. For the rest of the song he makes comments like, "We'll put a boot in your ass," and "This big dog will fight when you rattle his cage," and "You'll be sorry that you messed with the U.S. of A." I really like this song and probably would have joined the war in Iraq in 2001 if I were not in first grade at the time.

I got some of my sources from Wikipedia.