Trace Adkins | American Soldier | Full Performance | Toby Keith: American Icon

give it up for the soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division air assaults [Applause] [Music] [Music] a [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] ladies and Gentlemen please welcome a patriot a true country Legend Trace Atkins [Music] there's not a whole lot left for me to say tonight I don't think uh I've known Toby for a long time and I just remember that every show he did the last thing he said before he walked off the stage was never apologize for being [Applause] patriotic the the love and respect that he had for the men and women that served this country it was marrow deep it was it was profound it was genuine it was real and I always respected him so much for that I was proud to have known him and called him a [Music] [Applause] friend thanks dog we miss [Applause] you I'm just trying to be a father raise a daughter and a son a lover to their mother everything to everyone up and AD I'm bright and early I'm all business in my suit yeah I'm dressed up for Success from my head down to my boots I don't do it for the money there's bills that I can't pay I don't do it for the glory I just do it anyway providing for our futures my responsibility yeah I'm real good Under Pressure being all that I can be I can't call in sick on Mondays when the weekend's been too strong I just work straight through the holidays sometimes all night long you can bet that I stand ready when the wolf growls at the door hey I'm solid hey I'm Steady Hey I'm true down to the core and I will always do my duty no matter what the price I've counted up the cost I know the sacrifice oh and I don't want to die for you but if dying ask to me I bear that cross with honor cuz Freedom don't come free I'm an American Soldier an American beside my brothers and my sisters I will proudly take a stand when Liberty in Jeopardy I will always do what's right I'm out here on the front line sleep in peace tonight American Soldier I I'm an American [Music] solders I'm an American Soldier an American beside my brothers and my sisters I will proudly take a stand when living and Jeopardy I will always do what's right I'm out here on the front L sleep in peace tonight American [Music] Soldier I'm an American an American and American solders an American soul [Music] never apologize for being [Music] [Applause] [Music] patriotic next Parker McCollum leads an Allstar red white and blue finale [Music]

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