Light Up Ya Lighter - Michael Franti, Spearhead

It never makes no sense

It never makes no sense

Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter

Fire, fire, fire

Armageddon is a deadly day

Armageddon is a deadly way

They comin' for you everyday

While Senators on holiday

The Army recruiters in the parking lot

Hustling kids there jugglin' pot

Listen young man, listen to my plan

Gonna make you money, gonna make you a man

Bom, bom, heres what you get

An M-16 and a Kevlar vest

You might come home with one less leg

But this thing will surely keep a bullet out of your chest

So come on come on, sign up, come on

This ones nothing like Vietnam

Except for the bullets, except for the bombs

Except for the youth thats gone

So we keep it on, 'til ya comin' home

Higher and higher

Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter

Fire, fire, fire

So we keep it on 'til ya comin' home

Higher and higher

Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter

Fire, fire, fire

Tell me President tell me if you will

How 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 count

We killin' so efficiently we can’t keep count

In the Afghan hills the rebels still fightin'

Opium fields keep providin'

The best heroin that money can buy

And nobody knows where Osama Bin hidin'

The press conferences keep on lyin'

Like we dont know

So we keep it on, 'til ya comin' home

Higher and higher

Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter

Fire, fire, fire

So we keep it on 'til ya comin' home

Higher and higher

Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter

Fire, fire, fire

Some say engine engine number nine

Machine guns on a New York transit line

The war for oil is a war for the beast

The war on terror is a war on peace

Tellin' you theyre gonna protect you

And tellin' you that they support the troops

And dont let them fool you with their milk and honey

No they only want your money

One step forward and two steps back

One step forward and two steps back

Why do veterans get no respect?

PTSD and a broken back

Take a look at where your money’s gone seen

Take a look at what they spend it on

No excuses, no illusions

Light up ya lighter bring it home

So we keep it on, 'til ya comin' home

Higher and higher

Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter

Fire, fire, fire

So we keep it on 'til ya comin' home

Higher and higher

Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter

Fire, fire, fire

So we keep it on, 'til ya comin' home

Higher and higher

Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter

Fire, fire, fire

So we keep it on 'til ya comin' home

Higher and higher

Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter

Fire, fire, fire

Fire, fire, fire

Yeah you know so light up ya lighter

Fire, fire, fire, fire, fire

No, light up ya lighter