Oh, so you're the new PFC? Well, welcome the infantry
Around here, we like to do things a little differently
I know your drill instructor taught those morals and those ethics
But you gotta put that to the side to kill more efficiently
I'm kidding G
While your families' putting up the Christmas tree
You'll be in the Middle East fighting while your Mrs cheats
Yeah, it'd be funny if it wasn't true
To be completely honest, yo, it makes me quite uncomfortable
To think of all the things you'll suffer through before you're 22
But the thing that's fucking cool is your boys gotta suffer too
So you'll all get closer than you think
I led a rifle squad before I was old enough to drink
So I share with you what I wish somebody told to me
You'll get told what to do until you're bold enough to think
And on Thursdays there best not be no mold up in your sink
Yeah, they'll be beatin' down your door, and they gon' choke you 'til you're pink
Relax kid, you seem a little tense
Let me share a little, story my first weekend at the bricks
Me and Bobby, we put on a flick, drink a little bit
Staying low because the senior lances scheming on a hit
But it didn't take long before they pounded down my door
And I was thinking, "Damn, I shouldn't have fucked around and joined the corps"
They said two-four locos down side-by-side
Made us chug 'em and fight these guys twice my size
A couple of hours later, I was puking down of the cat walk
I tried to stumble back and face planted on the asphalt
Next morning, no surprise, I didn't feel too well
Did a trouser check, was surprised I didn't shit myself
You solve a lot of problems with the beers and the bottles here
'Cause you'll be hurting, but your weakness won't get coddled here
'Cause when it's a buck 20, and you're rockin' gear
You gotta respond to the contact like you ain't got no fear
So recognize the science and don't never try to hide it
It's a really good reason, you're desensitized to violence
So every time you fight and then you jeopardize your life
You gotta do it for your brothers to you left and to your right
Pick my pen up and I write so I can tell you my advice
It'll suck a lot worse if you expect it to be nice
Cheer up, come on, man, why the long face?
Did you join for college money, are you in the wrong place?
Hear me out
See this job, it really pushed me to the max, but
I didn't do it for the pussy or to brag
I did it 'cause I love my fucking country and my flag so fucking much
I would've came back to my country in a bag
So I hope you're not here for the dress Blues or a new car
Understand that this shit is much bigger than you are
When I was you, I wish someone a poched me, and explained it
Well, they did, but I was just too busy moanin' and complainin'
I hold you to the statement that you'll take this information
And make the best out your new vacation destination
In your shoes, all I did was bitch about how I hated
Now I'd turn the clock back without an ounce of hesitation
'Cause once you separated from your military service
You can lose your sense of purpose and have you feeling worthless
You grow a little gut, your hairline recedes
You'll be telling borin' stories like you were back in the Marines
No one cares
So go hit up Gus's to get bitches
And buy that mustang at like 20 per cent interest
Try to get the digits from the cuties that you're talkin' to
Hope your homie jumps on that grenade like Kyle Carpenter
Take advantage of yo' time to party with your friends
Because on Monday, you'll be marchin' to the Armory again
For a zero-three weapons draw to hike until your feet are raw
Remember when you're steppin' off that that's what infantry is for
Yeah, this isn't for the weak
You'll be diggin' fightin' holes and livin' in them for weeks
In the cold, in the rain and gettin' no type of sleep
To prepare yourself for what you'll be doin' overseas
And hopefully, your time will go much smoother than mine
There were times I really felt like I was losin' my mind
You'll get criticized by people that just wouldn't last a day
And every other month, another friend will pass away
I'm tryna keep you positive about your time here in the Corps
'Cause we lose more to suicide than we do to the war