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Now What?
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Reppin KY to the fullest
Posts: 1,547
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Free Topic week, huh? Ok
17 Years old. you've just enlisted in the DEP program for the USMC. What goes through your mind? why did you enlist? is this what you really want? What do you tell your friends and family?Elaborate
Seventeen years old and i've signed away my life/
Not alot of time left, to decide if this is right//
I'm only a senior in high school, this is not cool/
Friends laughin & jokin about, me bein a fool//
I need to do this for my family, to get my life straight/
If my pals complain about me, fuck em, let em hate//
I need to do this for my education, to get my self up/
If my family doesn't back me, then i guess it's gettin rough//
This'll be good me, toughen me up quick/
I guess this is how it should be, make my muscles thick//
Time for me to grow up, childhood is done/
I know i'm gonna show up, just to get my gun//
Guys love their toys, and Mommas love their boys/
Sorry, this won't bring ya joys, but i'm about to go deploy//
They'll make a man out of me soon, me & my platoon/
Nuthin but goons, luv ya, see ya in many moons//
Is this right for me? I've known nuthin but drugs so far/
Slippin through school systems & can't even drive a car//
I'm a senior now, and i've already signed myself away/
Will this all be worth it? Or will I regret that very day?//
The recruiter glorified the service, to my impressionable little mind/
He told me lies about the worthless, so i would leave this life behind//
Why have i made such a rash decision? I can't do this?/
In over a year i'll be on a mission, how can i prove this?//
Wait, a loophole in the system, I could just come out with my depression/
But in my grandpa's wisdom, he wanted me to do this, was his expression//
He would not ever steer me wrong, never would he lie?/
But i'm just a kid in high school, i'm still not ready to die//
Not like it would come to that, but it's always possible/
Recruiter said i'd be safe, but it's prolly lotsa bull//(lots of bull)
I think i'm more scared now, than ever in my life/
Wish i'd of had more guidance, to deal with all this strife//
I don't think i can do this, Pappy, i'm sorry to let you down/
But if i do this, i'll be unhappy, i can't bring myself around//
To make such a choice, this early in my story/
Got to live some before i go get gorey//(Fight in war, death, die)
My friends'll be exstatic, overjoyed and glad/
But the others say i need this, will they all be mad?//
And my parents, what are they gonna say when i break to them this news?/
I know they're proud right now, but in the end, their respect i'll prolly lose//
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