The Weight Of The Badge
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George Strait
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- [FEMALE OFFICE] SECURE!
HIT!
(METAL CLANKING)
- YOU HAVE PEOPLE
THAT ARE GOING OUT
AND DOING A JOB TO DEFEND
THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AND YOU KNOW IN THE
BACK OF THE MIND
OF EVERY ONE OF THOSE OFFICERS,
ONE OF THEM MIGHT
NOT BE GOING HOME.
AND WE HAVE SEEN, I'VE SEEN
IT THROUGHOUT MY CAREER,
I'VE SEEN IT HERE LOCALLY,
WHERE A POLICE OFFICER
DIDN'T GO HOME.
THEY KISSED THEIR
LOVED ONES GOODBYE
AND THAT WAS THE LAST
TIME THEY SAW 'EM.
AND SOMETIMES I DON'T
THINK WE REALIZE
THE IMPACT
[MUSIC UNDER SPEAKER]
THAT THIS JOB HAS HAD ON OUR
FAMILIES,
LET ALONE OURSELVES.
THAT'S A HEAVY WEIGHT.
THAT'S THE HEAVY
WEIGHT OF THE BADGE.
♪ IT'S GONNA BE A LONG ONE ♪
♪ ANOTHER GRAVEYARD SHIFT ♪
♪ AS HE SAYS GOODBYE
TO HIS WIFE AND KIDS ♪
♪ HE SPENDS HIS LIFE
JUST LIKE HIS DAD'S ♪
♪ DRIVING AWAY UNDER THE
WEIGHT OF THE BADGE ♪
♪ HE'S SEEN IT ALL IN
HIS FIFTEEN YEARS ♪
♪ WATCHING OUR BACKS,
FACING OUR FEARS ♪
♪ LORD KNOWS IT
AIN'T NO EASY TASK ♪
♪ KEEPING US SAFE UNDER
THE WEIGHT OF THE BADGE ♪
♪ HE SWORE THAT OATH
TO PROTECT AND SERVE ♪
♪ POURS HIS HEART AND SOUL
INTO BOTH THOSE WORDS ♪
♪ LAYS HIS LIFE ON THE LINE ♪
♪ THE LINE HE WALKS
IS RAZOR FINE ♪
- EVERY TIME HE GOES
I'M ALWAYS LIKE
"CALL ME OR TEXT
ME WHEN YOU LEAVE,"
BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE HE'S OKAY
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT
IT'S A POSSIBILITY
THAT HE MAY NOT BE SOME TIME.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST WEIGHT
AND I FEEL LIKE A LOT
OF TIMES WHEN HE LEAVES
AND I GIVE HIM A HUG
AND A KISS, GOODBYE,
I ALWAYS HOLD ONTO HIM FOR
AN EXTRA COUPLE OF SECONDS,
JUST BECAUSE.
♪ HE SAID, "I'M
GONNA BE ALRIGHT ♪
♪ THERE'S JUST SOMETIMES
YOU GOTTA FIGHT" ♪
♪ AND THE TRUTH IS NOTHING
TRUER COULD BE SAID ♪
♪ I DO IT FOR US ♪
♪ AND I DO IT FOR THEM ♪
♪ AND I AIN'T GONNA BUCKLE
UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE BADGE ♪
- SO FOR ME, THE
WEIGHT OF THE BADGE IS
THE WEIGHT OF THE PAGER.
WHEN THE TONES GO OFF,
THE EMERGENCY COMES
IN AND YOU'RE GOING.
- AND AT THE END OF THE DAY,
WHEN WE GET DONE
WITH OUR CAREERS,
WE GO BACK HOME TO OUR FAMILIES.
WELL, WHO ARE WE RETURNING
BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES?
- BUT YOU STILL HAVE
TO LEAVE AND GO HOME
AND TAKE THAT BADGE OFF,
BUT AFTER YOU'VE HAD
A LONG DAY AT WORK,
YOUR HEART IS STILL HEAVY
BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE SEEN.
- WHEN YOU SAY, "THE
WEIGHT OF THE BADGE,"
"THE WEIGHT OF THE SHIELD,"
I WAS HOLDING A CONVERSATION
THE OTHER NIGHT,
WE WERE ON STANDBY
AT A FIREHOUSE
AND TALKING WITH THE CHIEF
OF ANOTHER DEPARTMENT
AND WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT SEEING-
(PAGER ACTIVATES)
(STATIC FROM RADIO)
[DISPATCHER] 32
PARTITION STREET.
- I'M GOING.
(FIRE TRUCK SIREN BLARES)
♪ OH THE HEAVY WEIGHT
OF THE BADGE ♪
♪ AND HE AIN'T GONNA BUCKLE ♪
♪ UNDER THE WEIGHT ♪
♪ OF THE BADGE ♪
♪ NO HE AIN'T GONNA
BUCKLE UNDER THE WEIGHT ♪
♪ OF THE BADGE ♪
(SONG CONCLUDES)
- IT'S A SENSE OF
SERVICE, REALLY.
THAT WEIGHT IS A
SENSE OF SERVICE TO
THE PEOPLE.
I'M VERY, VERY HOPEFUL AND
I'M A OPTIMIST.
I THINK MOST OF US ARE
OPTIMISTS IN THIS JOB
'CAUSE REALLY WE WANT
TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT
AND WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE
AND STUMBLED AND FALL,
JUST GET UP, DUST YOURSELF
OFF, AND THEN YOU KEEP MOVING.
CAUSE THAT'S WHAT
LIFE'S ABOUT, ISN'T IT?
- [INTERVIEWER] YEAH.
I HOPE SO.
IT'S WHAT I TRY TO DO,
YOU KNOW.
- YOU KNOW, THE WEIGHT
OF THE BADGE, YOU KNOW,
'CAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT THAT
HEAVY UNTIL YOU PUT IT ON.
AND THEN FOR THOSE GUYS, IT'S
GOTTA BE INCREDIBLY HEAVY.
- LOOK, THIS IS A TEENAGER.
THIS IS A TEENAGER,
RIGHT HERE.
(LAUGHING)
- I'M BLESSED ENOUGH TO,
YOU KNOW,
HAVE TWO, LIKE,
INCREDIBLE DAUGHTERS
THAT THEY'RE LIKE
BEYOND THEIR YEARS.
- WHEN THIS UNIFORM COMES
OFF, WHAT DO I HAVE?
I HAVE MY FAMILY.
- RIGHT ABOUT NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO GO OUTSIDE
AND SHOW YOU WHAT IS MY
PRIDE AND JOY.
- ONE OF MY COLLAR HONORS
THAT CAME OFF ONE OF MY
ORIGINAL UNIFORMS AND I WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE GEORGE STRAIT
HAVE THAT AS A TOKEN
OF MY THANK YOU FOR
DOING THIS, THE SONG,
"WEIGHT OF THE BADGE,"
AND ALSO A
MINIATURE REPLICA OF MY BADGE.
THAT'S, LIKE I SAID,
IT'S SMALL, BUT IT'S HEAVY.
