[Verse 1]
You wanna know about sacrifice?
Look at Vietnam
The steadfast struggle from Hanoi to Saigon
The brains of Ho Chi Minh
The strength of the ma**
The peasants who rebelled against the occupying lands
The Japanese were gone
The French tried again
Until they came up against the guns of Viet Minh
League of independence
That handed a loss
Of epic proportions to the French in the form
Of 1945 battle of Dien Phu
From that point forward they looked for an escape route
Just like Korea
The country was partitioned
New western power with a globalized mission
Was now the USA, they took the southern half for the wealthy land owners who opposed uncle Ho's path
The widespread reform
"Land to the tiller"
The split was untenable it had to get realer
[Chorus]
Let the struggle of (intelligible) begin
Like a fire being struck by the wind
While the peasants lead the people again
Behind the guns of the Viet Minh
Vietnam
Vietnam Vietnam
Vietnam will win
[Verse 2]
Resistance had grown in the south in the 50's
US puppet government was threatened to be swiftly
Overthrown by fighters who would then form
The National Liberation Front to take Saigon
U.S. rulers in a frenzy and panic
Start to send soldiers into the battle
But the problem was these troops didn't have
A tenth of the willpower that their opponents had
One American would die for every twenty of
The communist guerrillas instilled with love
And a duty to their homeland to unify it
Leadership of general Giap behind it
From the Tet Offensive to the Fall of Saigon
The 30th of April time to say "so long"
To a very dark history of subjugation
At last a free and independent nation
[Chorus]
Let the struggle of (intelligible) begin
Like a fire being struck by the wind
While the peasants lead the people again
Behind the guns of the Viet Minh
Vietnam
Vietnam Vietnam
Vietnam will win