Million Miles Of War (feat. Man-u-iLL)

I saw one million miles of war

I saw a million miles of war

So I know I saw this place before

I saw one million miles of war

Cause the real war is not fought on land

The real war is fought inside the man

Man-u-iLL:

We used to be a happy family, 'till the day tragedy came

Things haven't been the same since my daddy was slain

Mommy lost her job, couldn't pay the bills

Now we forced to starve cause she couldn't pay for meals

Livin' on the street, sleepin' in the car

All the money that we do get, she keep it in her bra

I'm speakin' to the stars, lookin' to the sky

Thinkin' to myself, "Why my daddy had to die?"

I'm only 13, forced to be a man

Forget playin' in the park, life's forcin' me to scam

Full of hunger and it's hard, too young to get a job

At night I can't sleep, I'm up wonderin' to God

See, we fall asleep hungry, we wakin' up starvin'

So he should understand why I'm takin' up robbin'

I tell mommy not worry, week to week, day to night

Everything went so wrong but I will die to make it right

Kinetics:

Just the average life, with a beautiful wife and a son

But I hadn't seen my family since 1941

When I grabbed a gun, even though I shun violence normally

My country needed me to storm Normandy

And when I was servin' I was fightin' Germans as a brave soldier

Until the day I caught a lethal strain of pneumonia

Nurse said it was over, so in the hospital I grabbed a pen

And wrote my family to say I wasn't comin' home again

But then, I somehow recovered and left the hospital

And hopped the next flight to the Bronx as soon as possible

But when I got to my apartment what I saw was sickenin'

A notice sayin' that the last tenants were evicted

I ran to the neighbors door and started bangin' it up

Standin' in front of him demandin' where my family was

But all he did was stare back, and gasp with wide eyes

Like, "Everybody was positive you had died

Your family went broke when you left for the war

Cause you weren't there to take care of them anymore

And since then, see, a lot has changed, a lot is new

The last I heard your son was robbin' dudes and your wife had became a prostitute."

Man-u-iLL:

Another day gone, night pass and I'm feelin' like trash

Me and mom got love but ain't nothin' like cash

I'm plottin' on the hustlers anywhere they might stash

Find myself a gun, no question I might blast

Still a little kid though I'm grown' through life fast

It's a war day to day, how long will the fight last?

Just then a light flashed, loud sound, pipe blasts

Standin' outside my body, my life passed

And all I can think about is me and my moms

And my dad as I come to see me in his arms

Kinetics:

So I scoured New York City in the rain

My child was in trouble and I was the one to blame

For days and nights, I would follow word in the streets

To hit up all the common spots where the burglaries be

And then I saw him, ran through the crowd to where the commotion was

A dead body on the sidewalk, soaked in blood

Undeniable, cryin' until my eyes were full

Your seed dying is easily recognizable

I felt his dead body crumple in my arms

Flashbacks of landmines, prison camps and bombs

I've seen death, I've seen pain, blood and despair

But I never thought the killing would follow me over here

I never thought I'd witness the slaughtering of a child

I guess war spans across a million miles