Casualties of war; as I approach the barricade
   Where's the enemy? Who do I invade?
   Bullets of Teflon, bulletproof vest rip
   Tear ya outta ya frame with a bag full of clips
   Cause I got a family that waits for my return
   To get back home is my main concern
   I'ma get back to New York in one piece
   but I'm bent in the sand that is hot as the city streets
   Sky lights up like fireworks blind me
   Bullets, whistlin over my head remind me...
   President Bush said attack
   Flashback to Nam, I might not make it back
   Missile hits the area, screams wake me up
   from a war of dreams, heat up the M-16
   Basic training, trained for torture
   Take no prisoners, and I just caught ya
   Addicted to murder, send more bodybags
   They can't identify em, leave the nametags
   I get a rush when I see blood, dead bodies on the floor
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   Day divides the night and night divides the day
   It's all hard work and no play
   More than combat, it's far beyond that
   Cause I got a kill or be killed kind of attack
   Area's mapped out, there'll be no, Stratego
   Me and my platoon make a boom wherever we go
   But what are we here for? Who's on the other side of the wall?
   Somebody give the President a call
   But I hear warfare scream through the air
   Back to the battlegrounds, it's war they declare
   A Desert Storm: let's see who reigns supreme
   Something like Monopoly: a government scheme
   Go to the Army, be all you can be
   Another dead soldier? Hell no, not me
   So I start letting off ammunition in every direction
   Allah is my only protection
   But wait a minute, Saddam Hussein prays the same
   and this is Asia, from where I came
   I'm on the wrong side, so change the target
   Shooting at the general; and where's the sergeant?
   Blame it on John Hardy Hawkins for bringing me to America
   Now it's mass hysteria
   I get a rush when I see blood, dead bodies on the floor
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   The war is over, for now at least
   Just because they lost it don't mean it's peace
   It's a long way home, it's a lot to think about
   Whole generation, left in doubt
   Innocent families killed in the midst
   It'll be more dead people after this
   So I'm glad to be alive and walkin
   Half of my platoon came home in coffins
   Except the general, buried in the Storm
   in bits and pieces no need to look for em
   I played it slick and got away with it
   Rigged it up so they would think they did it
   Now I'm home on reserves and you can bet
   when THEY call, I'm going AWOL
   Cause it ain't no way I'm going back to war
   when I don't know who or what I'm fighting for
   So I wait for terrorists to attack
   Every time a truck backfires I fire back
   I look for shelter when a plane is over me
   Remember Pearl Harbor? New York could be over, G
   Kamikaze, strapped with bombs
   No peace in the East, they want revenge for Saddam
   Did I hear gunshots, or thunder?
   No time to wonder, somebody's going under
   Put on my fatigues and my camoflouge
   Take control, cause I'm in charge
   When I snapped out of it, it was blood, dead bodies on the floor
   CASUALTIES OF WAR! (4X)