You flew into my yard, death on my wings.
Bright and early.
Without warning you destroyed my property.
Unprecedented.
The death and destruction you rained down on me.
Mission accomplished.
Took the hit, yet I survive.
Battered, bloodied, prayed and I cried.
But I'm still alive.
Mission not accomplished.
Took your best shot, yet I survive.

You've threatened and assaulted me in the past.
I am not naive.
This was not the first and it won't be the last.
Recall the embasssies and The Cole.
Similar attrocities.
Loud shots heard around the world.
I must admit to be being in the past,
somewhat meek.
silly, half-hearted responses.
Occassional turn of the cheek.
You laughed and you strutted. 
You're strong and I am weak.
New millennia, new administration, new attitude.
Your plan is still the same.
Newsflash buddy.
I am playing a brand new game.
Worship your deity and pretend that 
you're living in the middle ages.
Jackass!
That's your perogative.
2001. 
It's my God-given right to do what I please, 
live any way I want to live.

I will not apologize for having the audactity to 
enjoy being free.
For believing in equal rights. 
For believing in tolerance and democracy.
For working hard.
For loving Old Glory.
For the decadence or the prosperity.
Three words for you.
Phony, arrogance and hypocrisy.
Hiding behind the dirty oil money.
Projecting the image of a holy man.
Snake in the grass.
Plotting, scheming and flexing like Satan.
To each his own.
Perhaps you're not a student of history.
Many have tried.
Nobody, not a soul, has ever conquered me.

I'm not perfect.
Got serious issues myself.
But none includes a fear of the devil.
Filthy barbarian.
Rest assured, I can and will stoop to your level.
Suicide missions be damned.
Think about this before you try.
Mr I don't care.
You won't be the only one to die.
After the deed is done.
Your mother, brother, father, sister
cousin,uncle, aunt, your friends.
You ain't got none.
They dance and cheer when you do what you do.
Guilty by association.
I'll kill them too.

All those countries that empathize.
Fund your crusade.
Shelter your dispicable hide.
Saying all the right things then secretly gloat.
Double-talk notwithstanding.
You are all in the same boat.
Whether it be...
Libya, Afghanistan, Yemen or Algeria.
Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Somalia or Syria.
I'll be on the scene.
Anytime, anyplace, my discretion.
Reserving the right to make their citizens
glow a bright, radioactive green.
Anyone, anyone at all who lends you a helping hand.
Guilty by association.
Nothing but blood and glass in the desert sand.

Slap on the wrist.
We're past that.
Capture, arrest and prosecution.
We're past that.
Stern faces, politically correct rhetoric
We're past that.
An eye for an eye.
We're way past that too.
The ball is in my court and
there is nothing, nothing at all that I won't do.

Red white and blue.
An American, son.
Through and through.
Damn proud to be one.
You wanted my attention, so
you harrassed me.
Repeatedly.
Please stand by.
I'm all ears.
Many will suffer.
Many, many, many more will die.
Think you have me "pegged", read
me like an open book.
Ignoramus.
All you got was a cursory look.
From California to New York.
City after glorious city.
Look into their eyes, closely and you'll
find me.
America the beautiful, they're singing.
We love America, they're saying.
God bless America, they're singing.
Listen, carefully and you'll hear me. 
Big, small, short, tall, fat, thin, young, old,
brave, peaceful, freedom-loving entity.
And when tested... 
Hell hath no fury

Retribution