Songfacts®:

• The FFF in the title stands for Fight For Freedom, which is often used as a rallying cry for the American military. It's also used by some politicians to justify wars that have nothing to do with freedom.
  
  In the song, Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine uses the phrase to mean fighting for personal freedom as opposed to blindly following government directives and becoming part of their war machines.
• The original version had different lyrics and was titled "Bullprick." It was supposed to be released as the B-side of "A Tout Le Monde."
  
  "Bullprick" appears on the 2004 expanded edition of the Cryptic Writings album.
• The line, "My country 'tis of me" is a play on the line "My country 'tis of thee" in "America The Beautiful."
• "FFF" is part of Megadeth's seventh album, Cryptic Writings. The press release hailed the song as "monstrous thrash" with the "lightning-speed, chops-heavy style they are so widely recognized for."
• The entire band is credited as writers on this one: Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman, David Ellefson and Nick Menza. On many Megadeth tracks, Mustaine is the only credited writer.