Jason Wrote This

PRIDE

i was sittin in my 7-ton dump waiting on the tram to fill me up when i wrote this, for some reason i have been writing quite a bit out here...

i am miles away from my tennessee home

my family and friends i have left all alone

i went off to iraq to fight in a war

to fight for freedom in the U.S. Marine Corps.

i am motor t so i drive big trucks

down the roads of iraq while insurgents try to blow us up

we havn't got hit but we've had some close calls

thanks to the Lord Jesus who has protected us all

in just a few months we'll go back to our home base

our families to greet us with a smiling face

some will tell stories of missions in iraq

others will say nothing , they're just glad to be back

me, i will go back to the great state of tennessee

to meet my niece and nephew i never got to see

alot of things have changed since i left on that plane

my wife left me and tried to give me the blame

my brother malachi graduated and got a job as a plumber

by the time i get back lucas will have a hummer

rachel was pregnant and had a baby boy

while aaron stayed at home his new daughter to enjoy

mom and dad push on providing for the family

while seth plays his sports he's always very happy

i am proud of what i have done and the country i serve

although alot of people there get on my last nerve

they say we shouldn't be here to bring us back home

we shouldv'e never came here violence we condone

if we hadn't of came here to wipe out sadam

and all of the terrorists he had in his palm

we'd be fighting in our cities and out in our fields

alot of civilians i am sure would get killed

instead of being against the blood that we shed

be happy for your liberty at night when you go to bed

when all is said and done i have accomplished alot

i am a war veteran the iraqi war i have fought

payed off some debt and learned some hard lessons

made some great friends and went on alot of missions

so when i get home i'll hold my head up high

cause the flag of our country is still in the sky