Kinetics - Million Miles of War lyrics

[Hook]: I saw one million miles of war I saw a million miles of war So I know I saw this place before I saw one million miles of war Cause the real war is not fought on land The real war is fought inside the man [Man-u-iLL]: We used to be a happy family, 'till the day tragedy came Things haven't been the same since my daddy was slain Mommy lost her job, couldn't pay the bills Now we forced to starve cause she couldn't pay for meals Livin' on the street, sleepin' in the car All the money that we do get, she keep it in her bra I'm speakin' to the stars, lookin' to the sky Thinkin' to myself, "Why my daddy had to die?" I'm only 13, forced to be a man Forget playin' in the park, life's forcin' me to scam Full of hunger and it's hard, too young to get a job At night I can't sleep, I'm up wonderin' to God See, we fall asleep hungry, we wakin' up starvin' So he should understand why I'm takin' up robbin' I tell mommy not worry, week to week, day to night Everything went so wrong but I will die to make it right [Hook] [Kinetics]: Just the average life, with a beautiful wife and a son But I hadn't seen my family since 1941 When I grabbed a gun, even though I shun violence normally My country needed me to storm Normandy And when I was servin' I was fightin' Germans as a brave soldier Until the day I caught a lethal strain of pneumonia Nurse said it was over, so in the hospital I grabbed a pen And wrote my family to say I wasn't comin' home again But then, I somehow recovered and left the hospital And hopped the next flight to the Bronx as soon as possible But when I got to my apartment what I saw was sickenin' A notice sayin' that the last tenants were evicted I ran to the neighbors door and started bangin' it up Standin' in front of him demandin' where my family was But all he did was stare back, and gasp with wide eyes Like, "Everybody was positive you had died Your family went broke when you left for the war Cause you weren't there to take care of them anymore And since then, see, a lot has changed, a lot is new The last I heard your son was robbin' dudes and your wife had became a prostitute." [Hook] [Man-u-iLL]: Another day gone, night pa** and I'm feelin' like trash Me and mom got love but ain't nothin' like cash I'm plottin' on the hustlers anywhere they might stash Find myself a gun, no question I might blast Still a little kid though I'm grown' through life fast It's a war day to day, how long will the fight last? Just then a light flashed, loud sound, pipe blasts Standin' outside my body, my life pa**ed And all I can think about is me and my moms And my dad as I come to see me in his arms [Kinetics]: So I scoured New York City in the rain My child was in trouble and I was the one to blame For days and nights, I would follow word in the streets To hit up all the common spots where the burglaries be And then I saw him, ran through the crowd to where the commotion was A dead body on the sidewalk, soaked in blood Undeniable, cryin' until my eyes were full Your seed dying is easily recognizable I felt his dead body crumple in my arms Flashbacks of landmines, prison camps and bombs I've seen d**h, I've seen pain, blood and despair But I never thought the k**ing would follow me over here I never thought I'd witness the slaughtering of a child I guess war spans across a million miles [Hook]