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Friendly Fire Lyrics
They say help is coming
they say help is on its way
They shot him down
and he was innocent today
They run for cover
they got no answer
why they left him for dead
They say help is coming
they say help is on its way
They shot him down
and he was innocent today
Help is coming
they say help is on its way
They shot him down
and he was innocent today
They run for cover
they got no answer
why they left him for dead
Help is coming
they say help is on its way
they say help is on its way
and he was innocent today
they got no answer
why they left him for dead
they say help is on its way
and he was innocent today
they say help is on its way
and he was innocent today
they got no answer
why they left him for dead
they say help is on its way
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I think it's interesting that he related the current epidemic of Law Enforcement shootings of unarmed boys of color to the way the covering up during the Viet Nam Era of deaths by "Friendly Fire". Friendly Fire is when you get shot by your own side in an armed conflict. it is usually a tactical mistake and therefore "not on purpose." Even so, up until the Gulf Wars and Afghanistan, it was unusual for the Military to admit to Friendly Fire incidents. In the Viet Nam Era, they flat out LIED about such things since some Friendly Fire incidents happened in areas where our Government wasn't supposed to be in such as Laos or Cambodia. I think this why he calls the intentional shooting of a kid on the street who had done nothing "Friendly Fire." It goes back that cover your keester attitude in past wars. Clever but sad.