True story Call me Thorburn, John A., staff sergeant Marksman, skilled in killing, illing, I'm able and willing Kill a village elephant Raping and pillage a village Illegitimate killers U.S. Military guerrillas This ain't no real war, Vietnam shit World War II, that's a war This is just a military conflict Soothing drug abusing, Vietnamese women screwing Sex, gambling and boozing, all this shit is amusing Bitches and guns, this is every man's dream I don't wanna go home where I'm just an ordinary human being Special Op, Huey chopper gun ship run shit Gook run when the minigun spit, won't miss Kill shit, spit four-thousand bullets a minute Victor Charlie, hair-trigger, hit it, I'm in it to win it Get it, the lieutenant hinted, the villain, I been it The killing, I did it, cripple, did it Pictures I painted is vivid, live it A wizard with weapons, the secret mission, we bout to begin it Government funded, behind enemy lines Bullets is spraying, it's heating up a hundred degrees The enemies the North Vietnamese, bitch please Ain't no sweat, I'm told be at ease Until I see the pilot got hit, and we bout to hit some trees Tail rotor broke, crash land American man in Cambodia, right in the enemy hand Take a swig of the Whiskey to calm us Them yellow men wearing black pajamas, they wanna harm us They all up on us, bang, bang, bullet hit my chest, feel no pain To my left, the captain caught a bullet right in his brain Body parts flying, loss of limbs, explosions Bad intentions, I see my best friend's intestines Pray to the one above It's raining, I'm covered in mud I think I'm dying I feel dizzy, I'm losing blood I see my childhood I'm back in the arms of my mother I see my whole life I see Christ, I see bright lights I see Israelites, Muslims and Christians at peace, no fights Black, Whites, Asians, people of all types I must've died then I woke up, surprised I'm alive I'm in a hospital bed, they rescued me, I survived I escaped the war came back, but ain't escape Agent Orange Two of my kids born handicapped Spastic, quadriplegia, micro cephalic Cerebral palsy, cortical blindness Name it, they had it My son died, he ain't live But I still try to think positive Cause in life, God take, God give