Peak of War

Old I thought yet only 8 no stanger dangers Kick ball, dolls and easy bake ovens penny candy, drive in movies Nineteen sixty eight Kennedy was campaigning Martin Luther King was shot And the country was changing So young, only 18 barely old enough to drive hardly able to survive Drafted, they would die Peace and Love Not war That's what they chanted our children dying and our children killing other children But the war was here right in our yards racism was the monster that fueled us and fooled us We fought the war along side each other took care of each other carried each other buried each other No more Vietnam war Not about the color of our skin Our children are killing each other because of the color of a rag