Dear Mom
Alana's in her second trimester
Stressed out 'cause she's going acting all extra
We're happy 'cause she knows it's a girl
But we're doubtful if we should bring another one
in the world
The pictures you sent with you and the kids are the
bomb
I'm keeping all my photos in a twenty-third song
My best Amani lost her arm at the border
Just trying to restore a little peace and order
And it's strange 'cause she reads the Koran
Torn between what side she needs to be on
Haven't slept in days
I scream when I see
Because no man's eyes should see what I've seen
These soldiers lost their minds
Robbing, pillaging
Tomahawk missiles hit civilian villages
And they ease the pain with narcotics
I'm scared but I'm trying to remain patriotic
My father (father)
Forgive us 'cause we know not what we're doing
(what we're doing, what we're doing)
And my brothers (brothers)
How we gonna tie up all these loose ends (loose
ends, loose ends)
And my mother (mother)
I'm trying to use everything you taught me to keep
it moving (gotta keep it moving, keep it moving)
And my brothers and sisters
How we gonna tie up all these loose ends (all these
loose ends)
New message from Mom
At Bring Back the Troops dot com
At home they comparing the situation to 'Nam
It's so sad you had to miss your mom's prom
Just some song off the Marvin Gaye What's Going On
album
Then her smile lit up the room
She asked me if at night when she stares at the moon
Is it possible that at the same moment at time
You're staring as well 'cause you two in tune
Your dad's Purple Heart now hangs over his ashes
Trini's alive, I wake up with hot flashes
They claim it's disease that gassed him
Have yet to explain the migraines and rashes
And have you seen what the price of gas is
Can't afford the property taxes
We just want you back at home where you belong with
your family
You're the backbone
My father (father)
Forgive us 'cause we know not what we're doing
(what we're doing, what we're doing)
And my brothers (brothers)
How we gonna tie up all these loose ends (loose
ends, loose ends)
And my mother (mother)
I'm trying to use everything you taught me to keep
it moving (gotta keep it moving, keep it moving)
And my brothers and sisters
How we gonna tie up all these loose ends (all these
loose ends)
Tell me how can we live this way
We've gone so far astray
No one knows what to say
We've got young people's lives at stake
What is it gonna take
For us to find our way, yeah
The world is changing
We're in danger (we're in danger)
But we ain't changing
Our behavior (our behavior)
We behave like
Calm is nothing
Ain't concerned with
Repercussions
Ain't that something
Check 'em out now
Pointing fingers
When they know how
We got to this
Point of terror (point of terror)
Caution could have
Made the road clearer (yeah)
But we're stuck with
Mediocre (mediocre)
Leadership
So we'll just suffer (we'll just suffer)
Who knows what the
Hell is going (going)
All these conflicts
Keep on growing (growing)
It's a fucked up
Situation (situation)
When you ain't got no
Education (education)
On the problem
Or know what it's about
You gotta help me out (help me out, help me out, yo,
help me out, yo)
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