[ti:Light Up Ya Lighter]
[ar:Michael Franti & Spearhead]
[al:]
[00:04.37]It never makes no sense
[00:07.48]It never makes no sense
[00:09.85]Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter, fire, fire, fire
[00:16.30]Armageddon is a deadly day
[00:19.85]Armageddon is a deadly way
[00:23.18]They comin for you everyday
[00:25.72]While senators on holiday
[00:28.87]The army recruiters in the parking lot
[00:32.02]Hustling kids there jugglin pot
[00:34.97]Listen, young man, listen to my plan
[00:38.39]Gonna make you money, gonna make you a man
[00:41.41]Bom bom here's what you get...
[00:45.00]an M-16 and a kevlar vest
[00:47.80]You might come home with one less leg
[00:51.14]but this thing will surely keep a bullet out your chest
[00:53.73]So, come on, come on, sign up, come on
[00:57.27]This one's nothing like Vietnam
[01:00.35]Except for the bullets, except for the bombs, except for the youth that's gone
[01:05.74]So we keep it on 'til ya comin' home
[01:11.45]Higher and higher
[01:12.99]Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter, fire, fire, fire
[01:18.34]So we keep it on 'til ya comin' home
[01:23.99]Higher and higher
[01:25.67]Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter, fire, fire, fire
[01:32.05]Tell me, President, tell me if you will
[01:35.07]How many people does a smart bomb kill?
[01:38.60]How many of 'em do you think we got?
[01:41.58]The general says we never miss a shot
[01:44.36]And we never ever ever keep a body count
[01:47.79]We killin so efficiently, we can't keep count
[01:50.96]In the Afghan hills, the rebels still fightin
[01:54.71]Opium fields keep providin
[01:57.32]The best heroin that money can buy and
[02:00.64]Nobody knows where Osama been hidin
[02:03.63]The press confrences keep on lyin
[02:07.76]Like we don't know
[02:09.04]So we keep it on 'til ya comin' home
[02:14.48]Higher and higher
[02:16.88]Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter, fire, fire, fire
[02:21.42]So we keep it on 'til ya comin' home
[02:27.19]Higher and higher
[02:28.74]Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter, fire, fire, fire
[02:35.19]Some say engine, engine number nine
[02:38.20]Machine guns on a New York transit line
[02:41.40]The war for oil is a war for the beast
[02:44.53]The war on terror is a war on peace
[02:47.97]Tellin you they're gonna protect you and
[02:51.21]Tellin you that they support the troops
[02:54.25]And don't let them fool you with their milk and honey
[02:57.73]No, they only want your money
[03:00.45]One step forward and two steps back
[03:03.49]One step forward and two steps back
[03:07.07]Why do veterans get no respect
[03:09.80]PTSD and a broken back
[03:12.92]Take a look at where your money's gone seen
[03:16.55]Take a look at what they spend it on
[03:19.48]No excuses, no illusions
[03:22.89]Light up ya lighter, bring it home
[03:24.83]So we keep it on 'til ya comin' home
[03:30.23]Higher and higher
[03:31.89]Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter, fire, fire, fire
[03:37.19]So we keep it on 'til ya comin' home
[03:43.36]Higher and higher
[03:44.51]Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter, fire, fire, fire
[03:49.75]So we keep it on 'til ya comin' home
[03:55.40]Higher and higher
[03:57.12]Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter, fire, fire, fire
[04:02.62]So we keep it on 'til ya comin' home
[04:07.61]Higher and higher
[04:09.72]Fire, fire, fire, light up ya lighter, fire, fire, fire
[04:17.41]Fire, fire, fire, yeah, you know, so light up ya lighter
[04:29.24]Fire, fire, fire, fire, no, light up ya lighter