Five Stripes Fancam Saturday

Lyrics

[Intro]
Saturday. Two PM.
The air is thick.
You can feel it down on Northside Drive.
The concrete is humming.
We're all heading to the same place.

[Verse 1]
Up on the 17th Street Bridge, grills are smoking.
Red and black flags snapping in the wind.
Somebody's got a speaker blasting.
We've been here since noon.
This is the church before the church.
This is the ritual.
Passing around a cup.
Talking lineups, talking chances.
Every single Saturday, the city holds its breath.

[Chorus]
Then the whistle blows and the scarves go up.
A thousand hands, one single motion.
My phone is out, I'm filming this again.
Catching the light, the swirl of fabric, the roar.
This is the clip that goes viral.
This is the text I get from my cousin in Ohio.
"You guys are doing soccer right."
Yeah. We know.

[Verse 2]
Inside, the lights go down.
The halo board flickers on.
And Lou Sahadi was right, you can feel the pride.
Spike Lee filmed our intro.
Spike. Lee.
In the Resurgence section, we don't sit down.
Not for ninety minutes.
We are the twelfth man.
We are the engine.
The drumbeat is our heartbeat.

[Chorus]
And the whistle blows and the scarves go up.
A thousand hands, one single motion.
My phone is out, I'm filming this again.
Catching the light, the swirl of fabric, the roar.
This is the clip that goes viral.
This is the text I get from my cousin in Ohio.
"You guys are doing soccer right."
Yeah. We know.

[Bridge]
Later, on the MARTA, rattling east to Decatur.
Packed in tight, smelling of victory and spilled beer.
My phone is buzzing.
The video's already got a thousand views.
Someone I don't know is singing the chant two cars down.
We didn't just win a game.
We reminded everyone who we are.
We reminded ourselves.

[Outro]
We are Atlanta.
This is our house.
Saturday. Fancam. Always.
We're doing it right.