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YOU'RE GONNA KNOW MY NAME
Carlos Gomez Perez / Terry Radigan

I crossed that border
At the age of nine
That was my first mission
No papers no flag no country
No time to think about what I was missing

Became legal
At the age of nineteen
Then I signed my life away
To be one of the few and the proud
Yes and to finally have my say

I’d be stronger
I’d be smarter
I’d beat you at your own game
I’d be tougher
I’d be meaner
And you were gonna know, yea
You were gonna know my name

Marched off fallujah
Sent to die at the age of 21
But I had other plans
I was gonna make it home
To hold my son

So I put my head down
Crossed the fatal funnel
Felt those bullets pierce my skin
They might have taken a piece of me
But I wasn’t gonna let them win

So I got stronger
I got smarter
I beat them at their own game
I got tougher
I got meaner
I wasn’t gonna be
Wasn’t gonna be just another name

I made it home
Bout a hundred years older
With a silver star two bullets
And a chip on my shoulder
Lord it made it so hard to hold her
So many things
Wish I could have told her

Yes I’m stronger
And I’m smarter
Oh but I will never be the same
Cause I am tougher
And I’m meaner
Carlos Gomez Perez
That’s my name

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