(Carter Howard)      I am a soldier I'm a slave of power   Power so great that it can destroy   God's world with one mighty blast   I'm a machine, a computer an engine   Programed to reap destruction wherever I go   I'm a bad risk for my credit is only backed   Up by the United States Government   My reputation is that of a braggard   A sex fiend, a cheat and rusted hero   I'm a killer paid and trained   To hit first before being hit and I do   I'm a soldier so who cares how dirty the job is   If it has to be done then it's done   Right but I'm also a human being   I am myself good or bad   I smell the flowers in the spring   I hear the birds sing in the early morning   I feel the warmth of a fire in the winter   And I feel the rain as it moistens my brow   I'm a part of family with God as my father   And me the obediest child   I have wants and needs and I have the strenght   And the faith to fullfill them   And I have passion, the kind of passion   That brings forth a love so great   That no war, no tragedy    Or no other being could ever destroy   I'm a human being and I feel   I feel the things all around me   And I'm grateful, I'm so very grateful   I'm also an American and I'm proud   I'm proud because I have the right   To worship God as my Master   The right to love a wife, children, mother and father   Without the fear of political reprisal   My country gives me the right to build, to destroy   And to rebuild to better proportisions   I am an American, I have the right   To listen to the Star Spangled Banner   The right to feel a chill throughout my entire body   When I look at the flag, our flag   I have the right to defend   To honor, to pay tribute   To the great ones who've come   And gone before, why   Because I'm an American   And because I'm an American I can also cry   I can cry for my lost brother   Who died defending our way of life   I am an American and I'm proud   Proud because I am...