Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story

[Intro: Richard Nixon (US Government PSA)] I have spoken to you from this office Where so many decisions have been made that shaped the history of this nation I have always tried to do what was best (Duck...and cover!) [Verse 1: Vinnie Paz] I don't know why I'm over here, this job is evil They sent me here to Vietnam to kill innocent people My mother wrote me, said, the President he doesn't care He's trying to leave the footprints of America there They say we trying to stop Chinese expansion But I ain't seen no Chinese since we landed Sent my whole entire unit thinking we could win Against the Vietcong guerrillas there in Gia Định I didn't sign up to kill women or any children For every enemy soldier, we killing six civilians Yeah, and it ain't right to me I ain't got enough of motherfucking fight in me It frightens me, and I just wanna see my son and moms But over here they dropping seven million tons of bombs I spent my days dodging all these booby-traps and mines And at night, praying to God that I get back alive And I'm forced to sit back and wonder Why I was a part of Operation Rolling Thunder In a foxhole with nine months left here Jungle like the fucking harbinger of death here [Interlude - Vinnie Paz + (R.A. The Rugged Man)] I don't wanna be here. I'm scared, I just wanna go home (You fucking kidding me?! Don't be a pussy, don't you love your country? I like being here, I'm ready) [Verse 2: R.A. the Rugged Man] True story Call me Thorburn, John A., staff sergeant Marksman, skilled in killing, illing, I'm able and willing Kill a village elephant, raping and pillage a village Illegitimate killers, U.S. Military guerrillas This ain't no real war, Vietnam shit World War II, that's a war, this is just a military conflict Soothing drug abusing, Vietnamese women screwing Sex, gambling and boozing, all this shit is amusing 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, hair-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 spraying, it's heating up a hundred degrees The enemy's 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 Tail 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 wearing 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 flying, 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 dying, I feel dizzy, I'm losing 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