Trace Adkins’ “Tough People Do” to become GOP anthem

Trace Adkins’ latest song “Tough People Do” (as in “Tough times don’t last, tough people do”) which he performed at the GOP convention last week is headed to become the anthem for the GOP this election season. Here’s a video of his first performance of the song;

From USAToday;

The song’s three verses look at economic difficulties from historical, national and personal perspectives. In the song’s first verse, a woman raises four kids through the Great Depression, then outlasts that era by 60 years. The depiction reminded Adkins of his grandmother, who died at age 92.

“My grandma was the toughest old woman that I ever saw in my life,” he says. “She’d still work in the garden with an old push-plow until she was in her late 70s. Just the toughest old woman that I ever knew and, at the same time, the godliest creature that I ever knew.

“That’s the point of this song. That’s what we have in our DNA. That’s what we come from. That’s who we are. That’s what this country needs to be reminded of. We still have the wherewithal, still have the muscle to straighten out this incredibly twisted frame that we’re driving on.”

His press agent tells us that the song will be available soon on iTunes (whatever that is). Luckily they sent me an MP3 so I’m already rockin’ to it.

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