Michael Franti

Light Up Ya Lighter
It never makes no sense, it never makes no senseFire, fire, fire, light up ya lighterFire fire fire Armageddon is a deadly dayArmageddon is a deadly wayThey comin' for you everydayWhile senators on holiday The army recruiters in the parking lotHustling the kids there jugglin' pot "Listen young man, listen to my plan, Gonna make you money, gonna make you a man"Bom, bom Here's what you getAn M-16 and a kevlar vest You might come home With one less legBut this thing will surely keep a bullet out of your chest So come on, come on Sign up, come on This one's nothing like Vietnam Except for the bullets, except for the bombsExcept for the youth that's gone SongtexteSo we keep it on, till ya comin' homeHigher and higher Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighterFire fire fireSo we keep it on, till ya comin' homeHigher and higher Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter Fire fire fire Tell me president, tell if you willHow many people does a smart bomb kill?How many of em do you think we got?The general says we never miss a shot And we never ever ever keep a body countWe killin' so efficiently we can?t keep count In the Afghan hills the rebels still fightin'Opium fields keep on providin'The best heroin that money can buy And nobody knows where Osama been hidin'The press conferences keep on lyin'Like we don't know So we keep it on, till ya comin' homeHigher and higher Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter Fire fire fireSo we keep it on, till ya comin' homeHigher and higher Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter Fire fire fire Some say engine, engine number nineMachine guns on a New York transit line The war for oil is a war for the beastThe war on terror is a war on peace Tellin' you they?re gonna protect youTellin' you that they support the troops Don't let them fool you with their milk and honeyNo, they only want your money One step forward and two step backOne step forward and two step backWhy do veterans get no respect?PTSD and a broken backTake a look at where your moneys gone, seeTake a look at what they spend it on No excuses, no illusions Light up ya lighter, bring em homeSo we keep it on, till ya comin' homeHigher and higher Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter Fire fire fire So we keep it on, till ya comin' homeHigher and higher Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter Fire fire fire Aus Songtexte Mania