Champloo Lyrics-Battle Cry

"Battlecry"

produced and performed by Nujabes

lyrics by Shing02

sharp like an edge of a samurai sword

the mental blade cut through flesh and bone

though my mind's at peace, the world out of order

missing the inner heat, life gets colder

oh yes, I have to find my path

no less, walk on earth, water, and fire

the elements compose a magnum opus

my modus operandi is amalgam

steel packed tight in microchip

on my arm a sign of all-pro

the ultimate reward is honor, not awards

at odds with the times in wars with no lords

a freelancer,

a battle cry of a hawk make a dove fly and a tear dry

wonder why the lone wolf don't run with a klan

only trust instincts and be one with the plan

CHORUS:

some days, some nights

some live, some die

in the way of the samurai

some fight, some bleed

sun up to sun down

the sons of a battlecry

some days, some nights

some live, some die

in the name of the samurai

some fight, some bleed

sun up to sun down

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