Hetfield also said "Don't Tread On Me, I love the song, but it shocked a lot of people, because everyone thought it was pro-war when they thought we were anti-war, and all we're doing is writing songs, we're not standing politically on any side. It's still the most happening place to hang out." You find out what you like about certain places and you find out why you live in America, even with all the bad fucked-up shit. And that feeling came about from touring a lot. And Justice for All: "This is the other side of that. Hetfield said the song was a reaction to the anti-establishment tone of their album. The lyrics containing rattlesnake imagery are inspired by Benjamin Franklin's essay suggesting the rattlesnake is a good symbol for the American Spirit. The lyric, "To secure peace, is to prepare for war" refers to the Latin adage Si vis pacem, para bellum ("If you want peace, prepare a war"). The lyrics reference American Revolutionary Patrick Henry's quote " give me liberty or give me death" with the line "liberty or death, what we so proudly hail".
It is in a moderate tempo of 104 bpm in 12 The instrumental introduction uses an eight-bar phrase from " America", a popular song from the musical West Side Story.
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