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***For all the brave men and women fighting for our freedom.****
Verse 1(Collins)- His babygirl, she got her daddy’s chain on/ Mommy’s in the same boat but tells her ‘stay strong/ ‘Cause he’ll be home and when he does our family/ Will be complete ,once again gain our sanity/ Starin’ at the vanity mirror in nothin’ but a shirt/ That reads USMC, lonely he got deployed to work/ Because there’s bills to pay and freedom to uphold/ Says ‘I’m sorry baby but my name was called’/ And I’m fighting everyday for you/ Stay strong, we gon’ all pull through/ That’s the life of a U.S. Soldier/ Stars and stripes, rifle, tags and boots/ If it so happens that I have to die/ So that flag on the porch can fly/ That’s the promise of a U.S. soldier/ And I would die to make a home for you”
Verse 2(Flo)- “He says ‘I love you’ as he wraps his arms around his mother/ and he just looks his father in the eye as he gathers his luggage/ They know what that means, there aint no no to say it/ ’cause needless to say he knows that every night they’ll both be prayin’/ and now he’s got his family on his mind as he’s marchin’/ and as he’s walkin’ he can almost hear his sister talkin’/ and as he raises his rifle and as he gets to fightin’/ he thinks about his little brother who wants to be just like him/ So he proves it’s not the bonuses, it’s not about the checks/ It’s about the buildings and the jets, a country to protect/ It’s about the courage and pride, providing peace and grace/ even though it’s been 365 since they’ve seen his face/ but they will never forget, and he will never break/ because they are the reason that he puts his life at stake/ We thinkin’ ’bout you spiritually and we missin’ you visibly/ You’re an Army of one ’cause we love you individually”
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Words and arrangment by: R.Collins, M. DiPlacido. All Rights Reserved
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The above video features Ryan Collins expressing reflections on military service and the courage required to go into battle. He transfers these images and references to represent artistically the battles we fight daily with discouragement and the critics who question our dreams.
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Collins releases his newest Music Video for his track “Million Man Army” off his freshman album The Now or Never EP.
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Yo he visto el dolor acercarse a mí
Causarme heridas, golpearme así
Y hasta llegue a preguntarme, donde estabas tu.
He hecho preguntas en mi aflicción
Buscando respuestas sin contestación
Y hasta dude por instantes, de tu compasión.
Y aprendí, que en la vida todo tiene un sentido,
Y descubrí que todo obra para bien.
Y que al final será
Mucho mejor lo que vendrá
Es parte de un propósito
Y todo bien saldrá.
Siempre has estado aquí
Tu palabra no ha fallado
Y nunca me has dejado
Descansa mi confianza sobre ti.
Yo he estado entre la espada y la pared
Rodeada de insomnios sin saber que hacer,
Pidiendo a gritos, tu intervención.
A veces me hablaste d? una vez
En otras tu silencio solo escuche
Que interesante, tu forma d? responder
Y aprendí que lo que pasa bajo el cielo
Conoces Tú, que todo tiene una razón?.
Lyrics – In English
I have seen the pain getting closer to me
Causing me pain, and hitting me like that
To the point that I began to ask myself where you were.
I’ve asked questions in my grief
Looking for answers without getting any response
And began to doubt, at times, your compassion.
And I learned that in life, everything has a meaning,
And I discovered that all work for good.
And at the end it will be (that)
Much better things are to come
It is part of a purpose
And everything will turn out okay.
You’ve always been here
Your Word has not failed
And you’ve never left me
I put my trust in you.
I’ve been between the sword and the wall (in difficult circumstances)
Surrounded by insomnia without knowing what to do,
Crying out to you for your intervention.
Sometimes you’d speak to me
Other times your silence was all I’d hear
It’s interesting the ways that you respond
And I learned that what happens under the sky
You know, that everything has a reason….
Translation Commentary
The above translation from Spanish to English was by Greg Johnson based on Bing Translator and Google Translate results as well as a lyrics/translation website. Some of the automated translation didn’t read naturally, so corrections were made.
This day at Teahupoo- Aug 27th 2011 during the Billabong Pro waiting period is what many are calling the biggest and gnarliest Teahupoo ever ridden. Chris Bryan was fortunate enough to be there working for Billabong on a day that will go down in the history of big wave surfing. The French Navy labeled this day a double code red prohibiting and threatening to arrest anyone that entered the water.
Kelly Slater described the day by saying “witnessing this was a draining feeling being terrified for other people’s lives all day long, it’s life or death. Letting go of that rope one time can change your life and not many people will ever experience that in their life.”
All images where shot by Chris Bryan using the Phantom HD Gold camera. To see more of Chris’ work check out his website. WWW.CHRISBRYANFILMS.COM
The girls were hired to model a swimwear line Cor de Lima.
One of the girls is working with Real Media Travel to make a film about a group of talented female surfers in Mexico…..their lives, stories, culture & surfing! They are looking for sponsors for this exciting new film…..so help them get noticed by sharing/commenting & liking this video!