Friday, March 8, 2024

Track selection by: Phenomenal P
Uncommon Valor : A Vietnam Story Ft. R.A. The Rugged Man
Jedi Mind Tricks
Album: Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell (2006)
Producer: Stoupe

Verse 2 (R.A. The Rugged Man)

Call me Thorburn, John A., staff sergeant 
Marksman, skilled in killin', illin', I'm able and willin' 
Kill a village elephant, rapin' and pillage a village
Illegitimate killers, U.S. Military guerrillas 
This ain't no real war, Vietnam shit 
World War II, that's a war, this is just a military conflict
Soothin' drug abusin', Vietnamese women screwin'
Sex, gamblin', and boozin' — all this shit is amusin'
Bitches and guns, this is every man's dream 
I don't wanna go home where I'm just an ordinary human being 
Special Op, Huey chopper gunship, run shit 
Gook run when the minigun spit, won't miss
Kill shit, spit four-thousand bullets a minute
Victor Charlie, hair-trigger, hit it, I'm in it to win it 
Get it, the lieutenant hinted, the villain, I been it 
The killin', I did it, cripple, did it 
Pictures I painted is vivid, live it 
A wizard with weapons: the secret mission, we 'bout to begin it 
Government-funded, behind enemy lines 
Bullets is sprayin', it's heatin' up a hundred degrees
The enemy's the North Vietnamese, bitch, please!
Ain't no sweat, I'm totally at ease 
Until I see the pilot got hit, and we 'bout to hit some trees 
Tail rotor broke, crash land 
American man in Cambodia, right in the enemy hand
Take a swig of the whiskey to calm us 
Them yellow men wearin' black pajamas 
They wanna harm us, they all up on us 
Bang bang, bullet hit my chest, feel no pain 
To my left, the Captain caught a bullet right in his brain
Body parts flyin', loss of limbs, explosions 
Bad intentions, I see my best friend's intestines 
Pray to the one above, it's rainin', I'm covered in mud 
I think I'm dyin', I feel dizzy, I'm losin' blood
I see my childhood, I'm back in the arms of my mother
I see my whole life, I see Christ, I see bright lights
I see Israelites, Muslims and Christians at peace, no fights 
Black, Whites, Asians, people of all types
I must've died, then I woke up, surprised I'm alive 
I'm in a hospital bed, they rescued me, I survived 
I escaped the war, came back 
But ain't escape Agent Orange: two of my kids born handicapped 
Spastic, quadriplegia, microcephalic
Cerebral palsy, cortical blindness — name it, they had it 
My son died, he ain't live
But I still try to think positive, ‘cause in life, God take, God give