The songs parallel the past two and a half decade struggle professional Atlanta sports franchises in the three major leagues have faced. From the Atlanta Falcons’ 2012 collapse in the NFC championship against Colin Kaepernick and the San Francisco 49ers, to the 2012 infield fly rule that worked against the Braves in the NL Wild Card Game, to Hawks’ star point guard hurting his foot by walking into a referee after taking a jump shot in the 2021 Eastern Conference Finals, to the Braves blowing a 3-1 lead to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2020 NLCS, to one of the most infamous collapses in sports history with the Falcons blowing a 25-point lead to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI.
Finally, after 26 years filled with endless examples of heartbreak, the city of Atlanta can finally say they are once again “paid.”
