Skit 6

Song Skit 6
Artist Lowkey
Album Soundtrack to the Struggle...

Lyrics

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[00:00.81] I tried hard to be proud of my service,
[00:02.85] but all I could feel was shame
[00:05.70] Racism could no longer mask the reality of the occupation
[00:08.42] These were people, these were human beings
[00:10.35] I've since been plagued by guilt, any time I see an elderly man
[00:14.09] Like the one who couldn't walk,
[00:15.51] who we rolled onto a stretcher, and told the Iraqi police to take him away
[00:19.64] I feel guilt anytime I see a mother with her children,
[00:22.51] like the one who cried hysterically
[00:24.18] And screamed that we're worse than Saddam
[00:26.08] As we forced her from her home
[00:27.94] I feel guilt anytime I see a young girl
[00:30.67] Like the one I grabbed by the arm, and dragged into the street
[00:33.53] We were told we were fighting terrorists...
[00:36.76] The real terrorist was me, and the real terrorism was this occupation
[00:41.31] Racism within the military has long been an important tool
[00:45.38] to justify the destruction and occupation of another country
[00:48.67] It has long been used to justify the killing, subjugation and torture of another people
[00:53.41] Racism is a vital weapon employed by this government
[00:56.74] It is a more important weapon than a rifle, a tank, a bomber, or a battleship
[01:01.52] It is more destructive than an artillery shell, or a bunker buster, or tomahawk missile
[01:06.48] While all those weapons are created and owned by this government
[01:09.91] They are harmless without people willing to use them
[01:12.54] Those who send us to war, do not have to pull the trigger, or lob a mortar round
[01:16.42] They do not have to fight the war, they merely have to sell the war
[01:19.85] They need a public who's willing to send their soldiers into harm's way
[01:23.63] They need soldiers who are willing to kill and be killed, without question
[01:27.10] They can spend millions on a single bomb
[01:29.42] But that bomb only becomes a weapon when the ranks of the military are willing to follow orders to use it
[01:34.42] They can send every last soldier anywhere on Earth, but there will only be a war, if soldiers are willing to fight