[00:19.550]Dear Mom
[00:20.410]Alana's in her second trimester
[00:21.860]Stressed out
[00:22.970]'Cause I'm gone she acting all extra
[00:24.980]We're happy cause she knows it's a girl
[00:26.850]But we doubtful if we should bring another one in the world
[00:29.410]An'the pic you sent with you and the kids is da bomb;
[00:31.710]I'm keepin all my photos in my 23rd Psalm
[00:34.210]My best friend Armani lost her arm at the border
[00:36.700]Just tryin to restore a little peace and order an'
[00:39.760]It's strange cause she reads the koran
[00:41.510]Torn between what side she needs to be on
[00:43.880]Haven't slept for days
[00:44.940]I squeeze Visine
[00:46.260]Cause no man's eyes should see what I've seen
[00:48.810]Soldiers lost their mind
[00:50.250]Robbin pillagin
[00:51.430]Tomahawk missiles into civilian villages
[00:54.50]And they ease the pain with narcotics
[00:55.980]I'm scared but I'm tryin to remain patriotic
[00:58.300]My father
[01:00.980]Forgive us cause we know not what we doin
[01:07.840]And my brothers
[01:10.710]How we gonna tie up all these loose ends
[01:17.520]And my mother
[01:19.570]Tryin to use ev'rything you taught me to keep it movin'
[01:27.190]And my brothers &sisters
[01:29.930]How we gonna tie up all these loose ends
[01:36.310]New message from mom at
[01:38.180]Bringbackthetroopsdot-com:At
[01:39.920]Home they 'Nam
[01:41.730]So sad you had to miss Shavonne's prom
[01:44.420]Just some songs off the Marvin Gaye What's going on album
[01:46.470]And her smile lit up the room
[01:49.220]She asks me
[01:50.30]If at night when she stares at the moon
[01:51.790]Is it possible at the same moment of time
[01:54.210]You're starin'as well 'cause you two were in tune
[01:56.520]Your dad's Purple Heart now hangs over his ashes
[01:59.20]An'Trini's alive and wake up with hot flashes
[02:01.700]They say the disease's gastric --
[02:04.340]Have yet to explain the migraines and rashes
[02:06.770]And have you seen what the price of gas is
[02:09.390]We can't afford the property taxes
[02:11.850]We just want you back at home
[02:13.400]Where you belong with your family
[02:14.830]You're the backbone
[02:15.890]My father
[02:18.330]Forgive us 'cause we know not what we doin'
[02:25.320]And my brothers
[02:28.250]How we gonn tie up all these loose ends
[02:35.110]And my mother
[02:37.110]Tryin to use ev'rything you taught me to keep it movin'
[02:44.780]And my brothers &sisters
[02:47.400]How we gonna tie up all these loose ends
[02:54.320]Tell me how can we live this way
[02:57.310]We've gone so far astray
[02:59.690]No one knows what to say
[03:04.20]We got young peoples lives at stake
[03:07.20]What is it gonna take
[03:09.270]For us to find a way
[03:14.190]The world is changin
[03:15.190]We in danger
[03:16.440]'Cause We ain't changin
[03:17.690]Our behaviour
[03:18.880]We behave like
[03:20.200]Calm is nothing
[03:21.440]Ain't concerned with
[03:22.620]Repercussions
[03:23.870]Ain't that somethin
[03:25.50]Check 'em out now
[03:26.300]Pointin fingers
[03:27.370]When they know how
[03:28.680]We got to this point of terror
[03:31.50]Precaution could have
[03:32.290]Made the road clearer
[03:33.480]But we stuck with
[03:34.660]Mediocre leadership
[03:37.40]So we'll just suffer
[03:38.290]Who knows what the
[03:39.540]Hell is going on
[03:40.710]With conflicts they keep on growing
[03:43.210]It's a f**ked up situation
[03:45.590]When you ain't got no education
[03:47.900]On the problem
[03:49.150]Or know what its about
[03:51.140]You gotta help me out