True story Call me Thorburn, John H., staff sergeant Marksman, skill in killin', illin', I'm able and willin' Kill a village elephant, rapin' and pillage a village Illegitimate killers, US Military guerrillas This ain't no real war, Vietnam shit World War II, that's a war, this is just a military conflict Soothin' drug abusin', Vietnamese women screwin' Sex, gambling and boozin', all this shit is amusin' 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, hit 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 sprayin', it's heatin' 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 Till the 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 wearin' 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 flyin', 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 dyin', I feel dizzy, I'm losin' 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