Tattered Cammies (Wing$ By Macklemore - cover of lyrics)

Song that goes with the lyrics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAg3uMlNyHA I wrote this over a couple years with editing every now and the, not write, but move words around. I wrote some during my deployments and this one as a finisher. I was significantly depressed and felt a lot of emotions from self inflicted to what I was thrown by my peers and experiences. --------------------------------Start------------------- I was ten years old when I saw him And I told my momma, I was gonna be that hero These hands are gonna be for savin' I hit those weights and when I ran, I ran so fast I said 'momma, look. I'm gonna be a Marine' I felt like a Marine! This-will-be-my-life ---- The PT was for me, that sweat was sweet The heat, the honor, the calice on my feet I felt like I was gonna be a star, I was gonna shoot so far My friends were too scared, paper hat on top of their hair ---- In boot camp I wasn't the best, but in my mind I was that hero Looked at my cammies so I could see that logo I had friends in college while I hit a hard pace Then one recruit made a noose with his boot lace.. Shit.. ---- He just wanted some respect, since he had none There was a lot left, didn't even smell the carbon from his gun I was just trying to finally show myself I didn't need no help ---- I was trying to be a hero Ya know? I wanted to have a use Cut someone from that noose ---- I wanted to be tall Kill a bad guy Stop a bomb at a shopping mall I was gonna be that guy ---- USMC I'll try ---- (chorus) ---- We want an impact, but when we try it I just got to shoot it, I got to run it Medal so shiny, but me I can't see Semper not so faithfully ---- Kid, look at me, look at me I'm a kid too, but I'm a Marine A Marine kills and I've killed it The commercial said I couldn't be it And I just had to do it! So I fucking did it! ---- Look at what these cammies do A depressive collapse I can't show you Are you stupid, don't shoot me Your IED made Jones lose a knee ---- Both our cultures tell us to kill No matter how our families feel There's that Marine I first met And he's fucking dead ---- We challenge ourselves, ourselves challenge us Yet when I look at that commercial, it tricked us I will fight for change Or will I put rounds down range ---- These cammies helped define me But they.... enslaved me... ---- (solo) --- (chorus) ---- It started when I saw that Marine Now I'm loading magazines They said I'll be a hero More than I'll ever know ---- I finally made myself a use I waited my whole youth This commercial they tell to you ---- For some college change Carbon is in the veins But now I see They're just.. Some tattered.. cammies