[00:12.15]He said: mama I know you have
[00:15.98]a lot of plans for me
[00:19.63]College in the fall,
[00:21.43]hey I'm almost eighteen
[00:25.12]I've been doing lots of thinking
[00:29.06]about a lot of stuff
[00:31.39]Went down to the recruiter today
[00:34.13]and I signed up
[00:37.39]If not there, then where
[00:40.53]If not now, then when
[00:43.68]If not this, then what else can I defend
[00:49.93]Being gone and being scared
[00:53.90]What else can I do
[00:56.24]If not me mama
[01:01.66]If not me then who
[01:09.99]He's upstairs shaving
[01:12.34]His cloth is starched and pressed
[01:16.21]I'm down here praying, my mind is a mess
[01:22.45]I asked：Where you got, these crazy ideas anyway
[01:28.75]He just smiled and says:
[01:31.60]It's the way that I was raised
[01:34.00]If not there, then where
[01:37.14]If not now, then when
[01:40.29]If not this, then what else can I defend
[01:46.56]Being gone and being scared
[01:50.48]What else can I do
[01:52.82]If not me daddy
[01:58.32]If not me then who
[02:03.05]We wait for his letters, emails and satellite calls
[02:08.07]Then the politics,
[02:10.26]That's number 84 wide receiver for the Wildcats
[02:13.92]Whose pictures is hanging in my home
[02:20.74]Next to the soldier standing proud and tall
[02:29.09]He said:
[02:30.61]If not there, then where
[02:33.71]If not now, then when
[02:36.90]If not this, then what else can I defend
[02:43.17]Being gone and being scared
[02:47.12]What else can I do
[02:49.42]If not me dear God
[02:54.92]If not me then who