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Peak #5,008
Peak in subgenre #424
Author
NZ
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4.0 Entertainment
Uploaded
October 19, 2005
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Lyrics
Dear soldier, you know I’mma miss you
You didn’t have to die for these countries issues
Crumbled tissues, is the price we pay
Since the day that the army that took your life away
See… for two weeks they called his momma twice a day
and Recruiters said that they could help em right away
They would take em from food stamps with a little of boot camp
if he wanted to go to school they could give em a few grants
You could be all you can be in the Army, who can’t
Cause A couple months of training could earn you a new chance
After that he was sold, cause all the things he was told
Sound appealing to you when your 18 years old
they’re looking to sign up youngings cause they have no goals
These the soldiers that they look for cause they have no souls
The Young black and Naïve dress em up in fatigues
Tell em to follow orders and earn a patch on his sleeve
Don’t tell him he’ll lose a limb, don’t tell him he’ll lose a friend
Don’t tell him he’ll lose his life, it’s no way you could win em then
That’s when his training begins, and half a year after that
They send em off to Iraq, Where terrorism is at
If they calling em terroroists for defending they-self
Then our foreign policy needs help, help
Cause Aren’t we the ones, that’s over on THEIR soil
Starting a b-s war for oil
See first they claimed theres weapons that we never discovered
But Then said we’re fighting for their freedom as a cover
Their sacrificing our kids, one after another
We losing all of our sons, daughters sisters and brothers
For what, the, U.S never stood for US
for we who couldn't sit on the front of the bus
But, we sure can stand on the front of your lines
The country has some issues now but none of them mines
and were supposed to sign like we wasn't maligned
They want us to risk our heads like we wasn't behind
Dear soldier, I knew that we would lose you for good
Cause if the army's where it's at, then why recruit in the hood
You signed-on as a boy, you learned how to survive
to me you never died, You're still so alive
And I've tried,............ those long nights I've cried
At times it's overwhelming to keep tears inside
Dear soldier, you didn't have to fall for this
Cause even BUSH knows, he didn't have to call for this
In the hood, you could either rap, ball or this
And so I bow my head and ball my fist
You won the purple heart, a couple gold stars
just like a hero should, because you so are
But you moms is still living with no car
and no son, still dealing with those scars
Dear soldier, I told ya, that I'm gonna miss you
you didn't have to die for this countries issues
Crumpled tissues is the price we pay
since the day that the army took your life away
