Semper Fi

Chamaco was all that he could be

unlike you and me

instead

he became a jarhead

from the Halls of Montezuma

to the shores of Tripoli

he died in vain in Iraq

and in Afghanistan

but he was a man

and he was a woman 

you couldn’t keep him down

and you couldn’t keep him up

he was tomorrow

and he was yesterday

he was a hero

and he was a zero

from the Halls of Montezuma

to the shores of Tripoli