Lucky Dube - Soldier lyrics

Soldier

Stand for the truth you stand alone

government will cover up

i saw a man sitting in a room

holding a gun to his head

he said man oh man

what am I gonna do

I can't change the past but I can change the future

If I pull this trigger right now, right here

everything will be over

not a day goes by I don't see them in my dreams

not a day goes by I don't hear them screaming in my ears

begging for mercy, pleading innocent

since my heart is made up to be as cold

as the barrel of this gun I hold

I would pull the trigger anyway

chorus

I was a soldier, following instructions from a man

we have known as the general

so many medals, so many praises

nothing can take away the guilt

that I feel inside me

Government covered up every crime we committed

against human kind

not a day goes by, I don't see them in my dreams

not a day goes by, I don't hear them crying in my ears