Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story

Song Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story
Artist Jedi Mind Tricks
Album Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell

Lyrics

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[00:32.98] Yeah, I don't know why I'm over here, this job is evil
[00:35.65] They sent me here to Vietnam to kill innocent people
[00:38.21] My mother always said, "The president, he doesn't care"
[00:40.87] He tryin' to leave the footprints of America here
[00:43.37] They say we tryin' to stop Chinese expansion
[00:45.83] But I ain't seen no Chinese since we landed
[00:48.39] Sent my whole entire unit thinkin' we could win
[00:50.84] Against the Viet Cong guerrillas there in Gia Dinh
[00:53.61] I didn't sign up to kill women or any children
[00:56.26] For every enemy soldier, we killin' six civilians
[00:58.97] Yeah, and it ain't right to me
[01:00.78] I ain't got enough of motherfuckin' fight in me
[01:03.38] It frightens me, and I just wanna see my son and moms
[01:06.79] But over here, they droppin' seven million tons of bombs
[01:09.10] I spent my days dodgin' all these booby-traps and mines
[01:11.70] And at night, prayin' to God that I get back alive
[01:14.26] And I'm forced to sit back and wonder
[01:17.02] Why I was a part of Operation Rolling Thunder
[01:19.41] In a foxhole with nine months left here
[01:22.07] Jungle like the fuckin' harbinger of death here
[01:24.58] I don't wanna be here, I'm scared, I just wanna go home
[01:28.69] (You fuckin' kiddin' me? Don't be a pussy, don't you love your country?)
[01:32.54] (I like being here, I'm ready)
[01:34.55] True story
[01:35.05] Call me Thorburn, John H., staff sergeant
[01:37.20] Marksman, skill in killin', illin', I'm able and willin'
[01:39.71] Kill a village elephant, rapin' and pillage a village
[01:42.27] Illegitimate killers, US Military guerrillas
[01:44.72] This ain't no real war, Vietnam shit
[01:46.72] World War II, that's a war, this is just a military conflict
[01:49.98] Soothin' drug abusin', Vietnamese women screwin'
[01:52.72] Sex, gambling and boozin', all this shit is amusin'
[01:55.24] Bitches and guns, this is every man's dream
[01:57.39] I don't wanna go home where I'm just an ordinary human being
[02:00.24] Special Op, Huey chopper gun ship run shit
[02:03.01] Gook run when the minigun spit, won't miss
[02:05.40] Kill shit, spit four-thousand bullets a minute
[02:07.86] Vic the Charlie, hit trigger, hit it, I'm in it to win it
[02:10.53] Get it, the lieutenant hinted, the villain, I been it
[02:13.09] The killing, I did it, cripple, did it, pictures I painted is vivid, live it
[02:16.35] A wizard with weapons, the secret mission, we 'bout to begin it
[02:18.86] Government funded, behind enemy lines
[02:20.96] Bullets is sprayin', it's heatin' up a hundred degrees
[02:23.38] The enemies the North Vietnamese, bitch please
[02:26.07] Ain't no sweat, I'm told, "Be at ease"
[02:27.97] Until I see the pilot got hit, and we 'bout to hit some trees
[02:31.23] Nail the road, it broke, crash land
[02:32.98] American man in Cambodia, right in the enemy hand
[02:36.24] Take a swig of the Whiskey to calm us
[02:38.10] Them yellow men wearin' black pajamas, they wanna harm us
[02:40.71] They all up on us, bang, bang, bullet hit my chest, feel no pain
[02:43.96] To my left, the captain caught a bullet right in his brain
[02:46.72] Body parts flyin', loss of limbs, explosions
[02:49.27] Bad intentions, I see my best friend's intestines
[02:51.78] Pray to the one above, it's raining, I'm covered in mud
[02:54.23] I think I'm dyin', I feel dizzy, I'm losin' blood
[02:56.75] I see my childhood, I'm back in the arms of my mother
[02:59.34] I see my whole life, I see Christ, I see bright lights
[03:02.24] I see Israelites, Muslims and Christians at peace, no fights
[03:05.09] Black, Whites, Asians, people of all types
[03:07.24] I must've died, then I woke up, surprised I'm alive
[03:09.85] I'm in a hospital bed, they rescued me, I survived
[03:12.42] I escaped the war, came back, but ain't escape Agent Orange
[03:15.38] Two of my kids born handicapped
[03:17.78] Spastic, quadriplegia, micro cephalic
[03:20.18] Cerebral palsy, cortical blindness, name it, they had it
[03:23.00] My son died, he ain't live, but I still try to think positive
[03:25.26] 'Cause in life, God take, God give
[03:28.06] by og