Kid Rock’s new album “Bad Reputation” will be available digitally on March 21 and via CDs on April 6. In January, he released three tunes from the album, “We The People, “The Last Dance” and “Rockin’”, and last November he released the lead single, “Don’t Tell Me How To Live.” In “We The People,” Rock rips social media, the news media, president Joe Biden and infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci. The song now has an accompanying video which Rock released Friday.
“It’s about, well, all the craziness going on in our world in the last few years and the politics and the polarization and social justice,” he said in a Facebook video. “You know, constantly for just being a Trump fan attacked in the media day in day out. I don’t mind taking a punch, but I hit back, motherf*cker, and I hit hard.”
“We The People” features the chorus of “Let’s go, Brandon,” slang for “F*ck Joe Biden.” Last month, Kid Rock said he wouldn’t perform at any venues where a mask mandate would be enforced. “If you think I’m going to sit out there and sing ‘Don’t Tell Me How To Live’ and ‘We The People’ while people are holding up their f*cking vaccine cards and wearing masks — that sh*t ain’t happening.”
Rock also sings in the song: “We the people in all we do reserve the right to scream, ‘F*ck you!’ Wear your mask. Take your pills. Now a whole generation is mentally ill.” He also raps, “C*VID’s near. It’s coming to town. We gotta act quick, shut our borders down. Joe Biden does, the media embraces. Big Don does it, and they call him racist. Inflation’s up like the minimum wage. So it’s all the same. Not a damn thing changed,” before calling for Americans to come together with the lyrics “We gotta keep fighting for right to be free. And every human being doesn’t have to agree. We all bleed red, brother, listen to me. It’s time for love and unity.”
Kid Rock, Foreigner and Grand Funk Railroad will team up for a U.S. tour this spring and summer. The 24-city “Bad Reputation” tour kicks off April 6, and Foreigner bassist Jeff Pilson recently defending the band’s decision to hit the road with Kid Rock. “If they’re not coming because of Kid Rock, if it’s musically oriented, well, I would say listen to Kid Rock; he’s a great artist,” Pilson told Rock Band Reviews. “I mean, yes, he’s a rapper and maybe some people don’t like rapping, but there are definitely songs in there as well, And his band is great, and the audience is very enthusiastic. It makes for a great show. So I would say there’s absolutely no reason to not come out. I mean, if you’re politically against Kid Rock, I guess that’s one thing, but, hey, listen, we’re not letting politics get in the way. We’re all getting up there in very friendly terms and just make it a great rock show.”
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