Five Alive (currently stylized as 5 alive) is a line of fruit juice blends created by Minute Maid, a sub brand of The Coca-Cola Company. The name refers to the five fruit juices each variety contains. Five Alive's slogan is currently "Feel Alive!", and has the tag-line of "Come alive with 5 Alive" in the UK, and "Five Alive is a refreshing citrus beverage for families that contains the juice of five citrus fruits you can enjoy all day long" in the USA. In the 1980s, it was promoted by Wayland Flowers and Madame.
Once widely available in the U.S., it is now more difficult to find. Five Alive is, however, still widely distributed in Canada and in the UK, as a plastic bottled or canned drink, also in 250 ml cartons suitable for vending machines or as a frozen concentrate. Also available in 1.89L cartons or 2.44L plastic jugs), as well as 200mL tetrapak boxes.
Five Alive is not a significant source of saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, fibre, vitamin A, calcium, or iron. The Nutrition Facts label on the Canadian 341 mL ready-to-serve can of Five Alive claims the beverage contains 140% of the recommended daily intake of vitamin C. Five Alive contains 110 calories and 27 grams of sugar per 240 mL. U.S. Five Alive containers depict five fruits on the label, but is only 41% fruit juice, listing high fructose corn syrup as an ingredient after filtered water. In the United Kingdom, quantitative ingredient labeling is mandatory; U.K. labels show that Five Alive contains 42% fruit juice, but also 22% sugar and several artificial sweeteners.
Anger vented spread like disease
One-time admirers fell to their knees
The world did beg you not to proceed
You turned your head and did what you pleased
Aim! Fire!
This time no compromise
Aim! Fire!
No one gets out alive
Aim! Fire!
This time no compromise
Aim! Fire!
Five alive!
You gonna shake the masses?
Will you unite the classes?
You gonna move molasses?
Or kiss their asses?
The heat of battle caught in the spell
Snake recoils and bites its own tail
Now the wounded kill to repel
Sign the deal and go straight to hell
Holstered guns, mouth tasting oil
Spit and grin; your victorys sown
The wars not over til the last stones thrown
When will your boys be coming home?
Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
Five alive!
out of control
losing your soul to devils in holes with game all know
forgotten friends died for you sins
you can't make amends in role
- chorus -
brother you're so, so defective
so wrong
he don't know he's infected
you're just so, so wrong
a happy child drinks five alive
freaks bee-bop-a-loo-la yet he's born to be wild
his claim to fame, he met big daddy kane on an amtrak train to ronkonkoma
* repeat chorus *
flashing cash flow at every show
got blow in his nose and stains on his t-shirt
the same old scene like hot wire dreams replace the part where ends justify the means