TOLDEM'

V1
I toldem' we was
Holdin' our breath
But they don’t listen

Wanted 24 hours
They wouldn’t givem

Guess they
Live too far from the friction

Cause they thought
LIVE FROM IRAQ was fiction

They thought
My truth was too far from the

Truth to be real
Said that ain’t war

But they too soft to wear that uniform
And they don’t know shit
But what the news toldem’

While my boy bleedin’ out
Here you hold em’

Apply direct pressure
To his wounds for em’

And hope he don’t bleed out too fast
Cause I’d hate for you to wanna pay
Anybody back

And I’d hate for you to
Understand the 8th track

I’d hate for you to
Ever have to feel like that

I’d hate for you to see the truth
I’d hate for you to have to feel the way I do
When I go to war

CHORUS
Cause I don’t feel like yall really understand
Nobody want war but here I am…
In the middle of it all
And all I wanna do is
Stand tall
Without yall interfering in doing my job
If you didn’t wantem’ dead
shouldn’t a sent me at all
and don’t worry I’ll whether the storm
just let me do what I trained for
while I’m gone

v2
we tell our children
they can have the world
but never tell the truth
how that’s possible
cause first you gotta pull off
mission impossible

but its not tom cruise in real life
more like
so many people havin’ to die
more like soldiers on the battlefield all night

cause its…
more than talk this game
n more than opinions of those
to pussy to play

you gotta weigh in
gotta go take it
and some times you gotta
smash they face in

and that’s the truth
so tell your lil kids that
so they not confused
so they will not sympathize
for the job I do
and I can handle my business
the way I’m supposed to

even though it ain’t all that pretty
they’ll at least stand behind me
if not with me

CHORUS
Cause I don’t feel like yall really understand
Nobody want war but here I am…
In the middle of it all
And all I wanna do is
Stand tall
Without yall interfering in doing my job
If you didn’t wantem’ dead
shouldn’t a sent me at all
and don’t worry I’ll whether the storm
just let me do what I trained for
while I’m gone


v3
we both want peace
but right now its war
so right now I need you to be
quiet for us

cause that’s how you really support us
let us go to work and don’t make
problems for us
even though you don’t like our job
even though I’ll proly never change your mind

I still need you to let me
Let them have it
I need you to see your opinion and look past it

Though unattractive let me face it
Let me release my bolt let me wastem’
And whatever fate is waitin’
Sour our sweet
Be glad you’ll never taste it

Cause I’m here now its work to do
And I don’t come to your job fuckin’ wit you

So let me
Just do what I do
Identify targets and put wholes throughem’

CHORUS
Cause I don’t feel like yall really understand
Nobody want war but here I am…
In the middle of it all
And all I wanna do is
Stand tall
Without yall interfering in doing my job
If you didn’t wantem’ dead
shouldn’t a sent me at all
and don’t worry I’ll whether the storm
just let me do what I trained for
while I’m gone