[Verse 1]
Its only 3 months out and I still can't believe im leaving
Out here on the railhead sweating, loading these trains on the weekend
And now for the first time ever it's 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 for 'em and its getting so heavy
They collapsing under the pressure of the situation we all facing
Me im trying to remain calm for 'em though inside my hearts racing
Got the worst on my mind though these thoughts I try to replac 'em
And I don’t even know if im comin home but I tell 'em… I'm gonna 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 won't happen, now its happening and we can't change it
So in these last minutes we say bye, to say hi a year later

[Verse 2]
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
Feeling like im Jordan or something rising above and beyond the fucking average
Equipped with anger for any stranger that tags along through my journey
No goodbyes to my family adding pages to life's 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 I'm not the only one that’s going through it
And I’ll never be alone cause my comrades is going thru it
Adding gas to the flame knowing life it isn’t fair
But really pissed me off the most is half my country didn’t even care

[Verse 3]
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 won't 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 y'all 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