Lowkey - Skit 4 (Soundtrack To The Struggle 2) lyrics

July 4th, 2005
I joined the United States' military i
Swore an oath to defend
The constitution against all enemies
Foreign and
Domestic i went through basic training
I went
Through technical school at the end of my
Technical school I was brought into the
Drone programme even though they didn’t tell
Me what it was they said
"You're gonna go to Nevada and
You'll find out when
You get there" And so I showed up and
They put us in a theatre no bigger than this
And they showed a montage video of drone
Strikes imitates gun fire played
To heavy metal music
And at the end of the video
A sergeant came down
The centre and he stood in front
Of us and he said
"Your job is to kill people and
Break things" And I thought to myself
"This isn’t why
I joined I joined for very patriotic reasons
To get me education
(it's not free in America) and
Impress a pretty girl

So I went to my commander
And I was like, "Sir
I'm not sure I can do this job i'm not
Sure I could ever pull
The trigger on somebody"
And he was like, "YOU swore an oath
To defend the constitution
Against all enemies
Foreign and domestic you WILL obey
The lawful orders of
Those appointed over you you
Will do your job" and I was trapped my
Father- my grandfather, actually
He's really my father figure i didn't
Want to disappoint him I wanted
To be worth something this is what
All veterans want: they want
To be worth something they
Fight for a reason
They fight because they care they don't want
To look weak they want to look strong they
Want to fight for a noble cause
An honourable cause

And so I did it i did it for five
Years and five days i
Killed thirteen people -
And this is how you make life cheap you show
Someone you can end a life by the
Push of a button when I was younger
War had no meaning to me
It was something of distant
Lands and it was something
Of history and here
It was very real i was a gamer
I was an athlete