casualties of war 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 casualties of war 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 casualties of war 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 