Life On The Front Lines

from War Against War III by Nyentek

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I understand that life is hard
When you put your self on the line
But it’s also your prerogative
To know the reasons why

Don’t give me that “I don’t know,”
When I ask, “for what do you go?”
Guns a’blazing, firing hot
There’s a foreigner, take a shot

Our own cities filled with the hungry,
Kids whose schools are filled with ghosts
Of the people slaughtered for land
Settlers parasites, not hosts

Can’t convince me that your life
On these so-called front lines
Is innocent of accountability
When you’re killing with abandon

I respect when people love
A cause so much that they would die
But when you say that you would kill
Just for a manipulative symbol
That just doesn’t resonate
It almost makes me feel hate
Until I remember you’re being used

When I see the stickers
On the car’s back bumper
“Support our troops,” I always think,
Yes, so end these wars
People who fight in the armed forces
Aren’t as bad as their leaders
But to consciously take lives
Can’t be discounted, either

Can’t convince me that your life
On these so-called front lines
Is innocent of accountability
When you’re killing with abandon

Can’t convince me that your life
On these so-called front lines
Is innocent of accountability
When you’re killing with abandon

Tons of kids going hungry
Only miles from where we thrive
Yet we waste our valuable food
Precious lives are on the line
Hatred fills the air around
Fueled by a leader
Whose big sell is that he’s “real,”
Although he is from TV

What if you were beaten
Up or down because
You love someone like you
In your own home town

What if you were teased
Because of your skin
Color not so bright
As the models shown

What if you’re harassed
When you leave your home
Simply due to looks
Men won’t leave you alone

What if you’re not safe
Sharing your true self
Because parents can’t cope
With who you know you are

These are the front lines
Take money from the guns
These are the front lines
Take money from the guns
These are the front lines
Take money from the guns
These are the front lines

These are the front lines

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from War Against War III, released April 23, 2018

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