The Deployment

V1

its only 3 months out

And I still cant believe im leavin

Out here on the railhead sweatin

Loadin these trains on the weekend

And now for the first time ever

Its startin to sink in

How far were fittin to fly away

And my family, might not ever see em again

Cause this year could turn to forever

Where we're headed

Plus what to expect I have no idea

So for anything im ready

Tryin not to see the stress building

In the eyes of my family

But everyday is more weight forem

And its getting so heavy

They collapsing under the pressure

Of the situation we all facin

Me im trying to remain calm forem

Though inside my hearts racin

Got the worst on my mind

Though these thoughts I try to replacem

And I don't even know if im comin home

But I tellem… im gon make it.

4 hours before my flight now

tears forming on our faces

and for these last few hours

reality can no longer escape us

told ourselves this wont happenin

now its happening and we cant change it

so in these last minutes we say bye

to say hi a year later.

V2

Look I was madder then a motherfucker

Sadder then a motherfucker

3 days before my exit

I guess im trapped up in this fucker

To a

Future unknown and I say damn I really hate it

Cause I know if I was to die today they'd

Go find myself a replacement

Gave me more of a reason

To ask god and myself why

But I was saved by my manhood

Stayed in tact didn't let me cry

Made me more of a man

Knowin the normal couldn't hack it

Feelin like im Jordan or something

Risin above and beyond the fuckin average

Equipped with anger for any stranger

That tags along thru my journey

No goodbyes to my family

Addin pages to lifes story

Slowly and surely

Closing up all unfinished business

Dead all my affairs to the rear

Cause my social life now is finished

And with god as my witness

Im not the only one that's goin thru it

And I'll never be alone

Cause my comrades is goin thru it

Addin gas to the flame

Knowin life it isn't fair

But really pissed me off the most

Is half my country didn't even care

V3

Kiss my

Family goodbye its time to load these planes

4 duffel bags for the next year

all I got to my name

only 4 changes a clothes

and every outfit looks the same

got this rifle slung on my shoulder

with 7 loaded magazines

on my way over to the last place

I ever thought I'd see

Where they tell me its millions of people

That need me to set em free

So in exchange for they freedom

I put my own life on freeze

And leave everything I love

To board this plane for overseas

Knowin some of us wont make it back

But that's the gamble we take, And we handle it

Cause we are soldiers

And we play the cards we are handed

However they fall, Let fate call it

Cause for war there is no planning

And some of the things that's gon happen here

Yall will never understand them

But just remember

This is not you here standin

And while were gon pray for each one of us

Like we were part of your familiy

And whatever fate we are handed

Know we took it like champions

And for those of us who will fall

Never let our memory be abandoned.