Country music star Kenny Chesney's "We Do" music video pays tribute to No Shoes Nation! Watch the official music video here!
Country music star Kenny Chesney‘s “We Do” is a siren’s call from the heart of No Shoes Nation. The music video– shot in Boston, Pittsburgh, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Anaheim, Philadelphia, on the 7 Mile Bridge out of the Keys and somewhere in the Saints – is a quick-cut celebration that illustrates the country music star’s call and response battle cry: “Who LIVES like we do?” “WE DO!”
“I always say, ‘If people could see what we see from that stage, from the golf carts swooping through the parking lots, the top of the stadiums and everywhere else, they’d know why No Shoes Nation is the greatest group of passionate, loud, awesome people in the world!’” Chesney explains in a statement. “And if a picture is worth a thousand words, then here’s a billion of ‘em in this video, set to a song written from me to them. No holding back, just full on here it comes.”
Directed by Shaun Silva, the “We Do” video is the euphoria and spontaneous eruption that is one of Kenny Chesney’s massive summer concerts. Equal parts rock concert, pep rally, family reunion and the songs that have defined coming of age and the spirit of summer for the last two decades, the video for “We Do” is a manifest for the way people can find release, joy and a few hours of pure exhilaration in the throes of the songs they live and love by. Watch it below!
“I’ve wanted to paint this picture for a long time,” Chesney offers. “But I never had the song that said what I needed to say about what we all share together. Once I did, it was a matter of how to build this clip in a way that captures the essence of it! Because you try to tell people, and they can’t quite get their heads around it.
“I look at those faces, the kids up on the stage hugging me, the guy throwing his arms into the air on his dad’s shoulders, and I think, ‘YEAH! That’s what the best rockers did for me, too.’ No matter how hard I work, how much we play, I will spend my life trying to give back as much as they give us – because nobody throws passion at a band harder than No Shoes Nation.”
“We Do” Lyrics
We gather tonight for a celebration
Under the flag of a no-shoes nation
Speakin’ our gospel, seekin’ our truth
Brothers in arms, and sisters in cowboy boots
(Who gets to live like we do?)
Raisin’ the roof
(Who gets to live like we do?)
We come down from the mountains, come up from the coast
We’re all comin’ out of some kinda comatose
Fill up our cups with a little bit of freedom
Come on, hold ’em up, everybody, let me see ’em
Yeah, we laugh and we love
And we can’t get enough
As loud as we’re livin’, man
We still turn it up
We’re amplified, come alive
Side by side
No matter where it goes
You know we’re here for the ride
Who gets to roll like we do? (We do)
Yeah, who wants to rock like we do? (We do)
Yeah, who ain’t gonna stop, man, no matter what?
And who gets to live like we do? (We do)
We drag this circus from town to town
Full of jesters, and jokers, and barroom clowns
To your parkin’ lot parties full of pirates like us
And we all come together when the curtain comes up
Yeah, we laugh and we love
And we can’t get enough
As loud as we’re livin’, man
We still turn it up
We’re amplified, come alive
Side by side
No matter where it goes
You know we’re here for the ride
Who gets to roll like we do? (We do)
Yeah, who wants to rock like we do? (We do)
Yeah, who ain’t gonna stop, man, no matter what?
And who gets to live like we do? (We do)
Not really sure who’s liftin’ up who
You came to see us
We came to see you, too
Yeah, it’s true
And who gets as high as we do? (We do)
Who touches the sky like we do? (We do)
Yeah, we laugh and we love
And we can’t get enough
As loud as we’re livin’, man
We still turn it up
We’re amplified, come alive
Side by side
No matter where it goes
You know we’re here for the ride
Who gets to roll like we do? (We do)
Yeah, who wants to rock like we do? (We do)
Yeah, who ain’t gonna stop, man, no matter what?
And who gets to live like we do? (We do)