A pictures worth a thousand words and words and words are just a caption the images are disturbing so I hope u have the flash on War over there, the war at home the war that makes fathers abandon their own worn and tattered, our minds are scattered, we seek distraction from tv and phones Recruited by movies and news to be molded into a particular view Opposite sides attracting lies. They were taught they should be patriots too Politicians on parade as soon as the senate is seated We watch the news and pray the opposition gets defeated That means America prays for death, so who are we to cry when one of the kids from your home become the one that death resides in one boy hits concrete when he lands the other one falls in gravel and the sand only difference is one prayed to the east, one prayed to the sky, neither grew to be a man Lets rewind, go back in time, destroy the M-24 snipers, machine guns, hand guns, kill a young man guns, stinger missiles and vipers, put the shrapnel back into the bomb, reattach his arm, give him back to his mom, with a kiss and a hug, we meant no harm. Tell her there was never any cause for alarm.
Big guns with automatic recoil tripod mounted on a bed of oil sent to Shell, bought by a young male who's stray bullet sent a kid to the soil Rest in peace, not tucked beneath sheets with a kiss on the cheek then close your eyes cemeteries are bedrooms when the gunshots sing the lullabies How can I care about war in Iraq when down the street kids getting killed over crack beats and breaks and drops non-stop, this is real life, its not hip hop Simulated training, video games taught them to be soldiers They took to the streets or to the Marines when they got bored with controllers Vietnam ruined daddy's life before I was born he was beating his wife Where was my army, and where are they now When you hear the war cry, who cries for the child . I pay my taxes, why should I answer a call to service? Cause if I die the 65,000 in loan repayment is worthless protected by a nation of the kids grew up next to me they ruin them & send them home like the veteran who molested me no therapy or crystal meth erases the stain of facing death, and when death seems like the only cure, who'll use the oil when no one's left?
I turn my eyes away and I refuse the read the paper. We'd rather not think about it than start questioning our savior We leave it in the hands of god cuz ours are so much smaller a fist in the air protesting war makes our troops feel dishonored So heartlessly we squander our attention til its depleted the news feeds us the lies, we're overweight because we eat it Maltreated and cheated, our brain knows where its not needed Its easier to lose your mind than be the only one that keeps it after 50 years of war the only secret's where the peace is I'll go nuts trying to find it so distractions are releases gimme reality tv dont let real news come near me though dont show me no violence unless its in a music video Mothers are crying, our only response is offering water proof make up coupons we love make overs cause thats what they do, distort the reports and make over the truth. We blame the congress, we blame the senate, we blame the media wrapped up within it u point the finger but soon as u do, 3 fingers are pointed right back at u