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Red Dawn is a 1984 American war film directed by John Milius and co-written by Milius and Kevin Reynolds. It stars Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen and Jennifer Grey. It was the first film to be released with the MPAA rating of PG-13.
The film is set in an alternate 1980s in which the United States is invaded by the Soviet Union and its Cuban and Nicaraguan allies. However, the onset of World War III is in the background and not fully elaborated. The story follows a group of American high school students who resist the occupation with guerrilla warfare, calling themselves Wolverines, after their high school mascot.
An introductory text explains how the USA gradually became strategically isolated when several European nations, save for the United Kingdom, withdrew their membership in NATO. At the same time, the Warsaw Pact nations are aggressively expanding their sphere of influence. In addition, the Ukrainian wheat harvest fails and a communist coup occurs in Mexico.
[Chorus]
If it's on then it's on
From dusk to red dawn
If it's then it's on
[Rob]
I seen them come
I seen them gone
Seen the weak defeat the strong
Seen the ones that finished quick
To the ones that lasted long
I'll pass the bottle and the bong for those
Who understand this song
Forgive me when I'm wrong
And don't forget me when I'm gone
But if it's on then it's on from dusk till red dawn
Murder in my mind
Pistols in my palm
I've been through the storms
I appreciate the dawn
Well if it's on then it's on motherfuckers come on
[Chorus]
[Rob]
Got my back against the wall
Feel the steel on my spine
Makin one false move
I'm goin for mine
Out of sight, out of mind
Duck in their one time
In a 7-7 ??? California sunshine
Nothing quite like it
This is the city of crime
Avoiding the feds
??? hard time
Your whole world will change when you're droppin a dime
And while you rats get fat I'll be aimin for swine
[Tim]
You picked the wrong man to fuck with
I wish you luck with
It's your knife in my back
I been stuck with
You better duck this
When I swing this
I'm gonna bring this
Fuck you up and swing this
Listen up man
I'll lay you down in a tomb
6 feet deep in a two foot room
And if you think your safe
We'll be coming for you soon
Transplants is on with the 808 boom
[Chorus]
[Rob]
Take a swig and pass it back
As I swerve
25 in the fast lane puffin the sack
T-Dog and ??? we kick it and laugh
Ain't a damn thing changed
Still roll with the pack
I love my bad habits
More deadly than crack
I burn on this ???
Try to relax
But we don't know how to act
So fuckin you get the smack
Ain't nothing shitty bout my city
Or the pity it lacks
[Chorus]