Listen while i tell the tale of a warrior so true An average caucasian male, not unlike me and you His name was Johnny Rico, and he loved his Carmen so he'd go wherever she'd go, and with Carl and Diz in tow
Now Carmen, young an innocent, was also very smart She yearned to be a citizen, she yearned to do her part Now Johnny followed her of course, which made his parents pissed They offered trips to foreign shores, but still he would enlist
Carl was promoted instantly, where games and theory meet For Johnny, mobile infantry, and Carmen joined the fleet The M.I. troopers trained and drilled with Drill Instructor Zimm But when Johnny got a trooper killed, it really stuck with him
Carmen caused his heart to break, caused him lots of pain Finally, he chose to take a stroll down wash-out lane As he headed off the base, still shaken to the core The news hit him right in the face, they whacked us we're at war!
Johnny just lost his parents So he must heed the call Johnny's from Buenos Aires So he says "kill them all!!!"
CHORUS: C'mon you apes, do you wanna live forever? Everyone fights, no one quits! Death from above, let's all get cut together We're gonna fight, and we're gonna win!
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They landed on Klendathu after quite a crazy ride But ran into a SNAFU, almost every trooper died But Raczek's Ruffnecks saved the three - Johnny, Diz and Ace So they went back to planet P to kill the whole fucking race!
At whiskey outpost, the trap was set, they needed to retreat "this place crawls" the troops are dead, they called for help from fleet Diz was impaled as they left, another major SNAFU She whimpered right before her death, "at least i got to have you..."
CHORUS
Zimm bussed himself to private just to catch the brain And because old Carl was psychic, he sensed the brain bug's pain "Afraid! it's afraid!" This is of what heroes are made.