[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