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War Drum

Hip-Hop/Rap

War Drum was released on March 9, 2026 by Forged Records as a part of the album Fireproof

Song Details

Release DateMarch 9, 2026

LabelForged Records

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM96

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

FP

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

James R Ellis

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

FP

Producer

Lyrics

Beat the drum, beat the drum, beat the drum 'til it breaks

Feel the ground, feel it shake, feel the room start to quake

This ain't music, this is ritual, this is war that I make

Every beat is a heartbeat and my heart don't take breaks

I don't stretch, I don't warm up, I come in hot

First rep like the last rep — everything I got

You can hear me in the dungeon when the iron starts to talk

Metal screaming on the barbell like a war cry from a god

I was summoned, not invited - there's a difference in the calling

I don't show up, I arrive - hear the thunder when I'm walking

Something ancient in my blood, something primal, something crawling

Can you hear it? Can you feel it

The war drum is pounding

Boom, boom, boom, boom

Boom, boom, boom, boom

Can you hear it?

Can you hear it?

War drum - pounding in my chest

War drum - I don't need no rest

War drum - beating 'til I'm done

They can hear me coming — boom, boom, boom, boom

War drum - primal to the bone

War drum - I was born for war alone

I don't lift weights - I go to battle

Every plate's an enemy and I dismantle

Chalk on my hands like ash from the chapel

I don't pray for lighter loads - I pray for the grapple

Vikings didn't ask for calm seas when they sailed

Warriors don't beg for mercy when they're nailed

I don't whisper - I announce it when I've prevailed

And the war drum keeps on pounding through every time I've failed

This is ancient - this is older than your excuses

Older than your comfort, older than your truces

There's a beast inside this body and I let it loose

Every session is a ceremony - what's your tribute

Boom, boom, boom, boom

Boom, boom, boom, boom

Can you hear it?

Can you hear it?

War drum - pounding in my chest

War drum - I don't need no rest

War drum - beating 'til I'm done

They can hear me coming - boom, boom, boom, boom

War drum - primal to the bone

War drum - I was born for war alone

You don't walk into the arena hoping to survive

You walk in knowing something in there has to die

The weakness, the doubt, the voice that says "not today"

You kill that voice

You bury that voice

And you let the war drum answer for you

Boom, boom, boom, boom

I'm the gladiator, the annihilator, the calculator of pain

The orchestrator, the detonator, there's no moderator for this rage

I don't train to participate, I train to dominate the stage

Lock me in the colosseum - I'll walk out and rattle the cage

You hear that rhythm? That's my pulse - it don't slow down

Two hundred pounds on my back and I don't bow down

I descend into the fire and I don't come out

'Til everything that made me weak has been hollowed out

So beat the drum - beat it louder

Beat it 'til the walls are shaking and the ground surrenders

Beat it 'til there's nothing left except the thunder

I was built for this - I was born for hunger

Boom, boom, boom, boom

Boom, boom, boom, boom

Can you hear it

Can you hear it

War drum - pounding in my chest

War drum - I don't need no rest

War drum - beating 'til I'm done

They can hear me coming - boom, boom, boom, boom

War drum - primal to the bone

War drum - I was born for war alone

The drum never stops

Written by: James R Ellis

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