Akira The Don, Jocko Willink - After The Enemy lyrics

What motivates me?
First of all, with the man in the cave
And this idea and this thought of the enemy
That was a thought that used to drive me
And kinda haunt me and make me get up
Early and work hard to push myself
Because I knew that somewhere out there
There was an enemy
A real enemy, a real man, a person
A human that was waiting
That was preparing for me
And therefore, I needed to preparе for him
I needed to be ready I needеd to
Be the things I always talk about
I needed to be stronger, faster
And smarter and better
So that when we did meet on the battlefield
I would be ready for that rendezvous
For that meeting, that fate, that battle
And that thought, that thought of the enemy
It absolutely fueled me

The enemy
That was a thought that used to drive me
And kinda haunt me the enemy
That was a thought that used to drive me
And kinda haunt me

And when I was a leader in the SEAL Teams
In charge of men
It was even more profound because I
Was thinking about that rendezvous
For everybody that I led, everyone
I was in charge of, everyone that I trained
And I felt that burden
The burden of responsibility to
Prepare those men protect those, those men
Those – those frog men
Those warriors, my brothers and it
It was my burden to train
Those guys and prepare them
And that burden, it may have made
Me a little bit crazy, a little bit paranoid
A little over-the-top
But I didn't really know any any other way

The enemy
That was a thought that used to drive me
And kinda haunt me the enemy
That was a thought that used to drive me
And kinda haunt me

So now, I am no longer a combat leader
I no longer prepare men for war
So the drive and the motivation
Is from a different place
It's from a solemn place
The drive now and the motivation now is
Not really from the enemy anymore
Now it's from my friends, my brothers
It's from those SEALs that I knew
And that I cared about more than anything
And that they sacrificed everything for us
For me

The enemy
That was a thought that used to drive me
And kinda haunt me the enemy
That was a thought that used to drive me
And kinda haunt me
Those guys, they gave their lives for us
And now, I cannot help but think and remember
That every breath that we take
It's a sacred gift from those men
Every day we have, every sunrise
Every thought, and every smile
And every laugh, it's a gift
And I will treasure that gift
That gift of life
And I will not let it go to waste
Not one second of it
I'll cherish every moment of it
And I will live it
I will live it in their memory
In their honor