My Name
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Hey guys! This is just a little 1-3 shot that takes place in the Dream on the Dance Floor universe! This chapter is a little bit of light on Andrew's past and what he believes in! Hope you enjoy! Until next time my minions!
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My name is Andrew, and I fight for myself, no one else.
Feel it comin' in the air
Hear the screams from everywhere
I'm addicted to the thrill
It's a dangerous love affair
I joined the Marines when I was only 16. Drafted; that's what they call it. I call it slavery. All because the new Russian dictator found it fit to change Russia to an empire and attempt an invasion of China and begin World War 3.
Can't be scared when it goes down
Got a problem, tell me now
Only thing that's on my mind
Is who's gonna run this town tonight...
12 weeks of pure torture, that's what was waiting for me at the training camp. Forced awake at the crack of dawn day after day, little to no food, definitely none to write home about. Not that I wanted to. My family abandoned my brother and I.
Is who's gonna run this town tonight...
Who's gonna run this town?
My name is Andrew, and I fight for myself and my brother Nathan.
We are
Yeah I said it
We are
This is Roc Nation
Pledge your allegiance
The training camp wasn't all bad, it was there I met Mark Ruthford, my best friend; although our first meeting was far from perfect, even in our circumstances.
Get y'all black tees on
All black everything
Black cards, black cars
All black everything
And our girls are blackbirds
Ridin' with they dillingers
We met over the last bottle of drinkable water in the base. Needless to say, we were both worn out, we both desired it, and as it turns out, we were both ready to fight for it. However, in the end, we both agreed that if we were going to survive we would both need the water, and so, we split it. We were placed in the same squad on graduation day.
I'd get more in depth
If you boys really real enough
This is la familia
I'll explain later
My name is Andrew, and I fight for the Marines.
But for now let me get back to this paper
I'm a couple bands down and I'm tryin' to get back
I gave Doug a grip, I lost a flip for five stacks
Yeah I'm talkin' five comma
six zeros
dot zero
Here it go...
Back to runnin' circles 'round niggas
Now we squared up
Hold up
We were deployed to the Chinese city of Shanghai, where fighting between the Russian Empire and the Chinese was the most intense, it where the bulk of infantry engagements had occurred since the beginning of the war.
Life's a game but it's not fair
I break the rules so I don't care
So I keep doin' my own thing
Walkin' tall against the rain
The day we arrived happened to be my birthday, so my squad saved up enough money, and after a rather intense argument between Mark and our commanding officer, purchased me a custom AR-160. It was the best, and first, birthday party I ever had.
Victory's within the mile
Almost there, don't give up now
My name is Andrew, I think, and I fight for my squad.
Only thing that's on my mind
Is who's gonna run this town tonight
We were attacked the same night. The Russians took us by surprise in the cover of the dark, most of the other squads never even had time to grab their weapons before they were gunned down by hostile gunfire.
We are
Yeah I said it
We are
You can call me Cesar
In a dark Czar
Thankfully Mark and I were still awake, talking about what we left back home, and were able to rouse the rest of our squad before out tent was destroyed.
Please follow the leader
So Eric B. we are
Microphone fiend
It's the return of the god
Peace God...
As we fought, I couldn't help but to glance around to see American and Chinese forces fighting together, dying for the cause they so strongly believed in, and the same could be said of our enemy. How naive we seemed only months ago, when we all believed that we would go to war against China. But instead, we go to war with them, fighting side-by-side against what seemed like impossible forces, to protect the freedom of not only the American and the Chinese, but also the Russians who still believed in the cause of freedom.
And ain't nobody fresher
I'm in Mason
Martin Margiela
On the tape we're screamin'
Fuck the other side, they jealous
We got a banquette full the broads
They got a table full of fellas...
My name is unimportant, and I fight for my brothers, my real family, those who have lost their lives to this senseless violence.
And they ain't spending no cake
They should throw they hand in
'Cause they ain't got no spades...
My whole team got dough
So my banquette is lookin' like Millionaire's Row
Somehow we survived. Mark and I found our way into the base, and in the middle of the battle I saw him take a bullet to the arm. I lost it, and my powers appeared.
It's crazy how you can go from being Joe Blow
To everybody on your dick, no homo
I bought my whole family whips, no Volvos
Next time I'm in church, please no photos
We successfully destroyed the base, both alive, both returning to a crowd of cheering survivors, bombarding us with questions. How had we survived? How did we blow-up the entire base with little more than grenades? I gave them only one answer. I couldn't have done it without my brother and my boulder, Mark. He was given the name Roc by the rest of the base.
Police escorts
Everybody passports
This the life that everybody ask for
This a fast life
The days following the attack, people at the base ceased using the name I had arrived with. To them I was 'The Dragon', and the battle was now known as the 'Siege of Shanghai'.
We are on a crash course
What you think I rap for
To push a fucking Rav 4?
My name is gone, and I fight for what I believe in; freedom for all, no matter what age, gender, or race they are.
Life's a game but it's not fair
I break the rules so I don't care
So I keep doin' my own thing
Walkin' tall against the rain
Now I know. Now I understand. After witnessing so much pain and death for something as simple as ideals I realized something quite important. Out here, the boundaries of societal norms were meaningless, we are one out here. Every time one of you dies, the other members of your squad wish it had been them who had taken the bullet, that they had reloaded just a little faster, and that you were still there, making fun of them with a smile on your face.
Victory's within the mile
Almost there, don't give up now
Throughout this, I was given a name, a name that will be with me for the rest of my life, whether it end decades from now, or tomorrow. This name may not be what society sees me as, but it is who I truly am.
Only thing that's on my mind
Is who's gonna run this town tonight
My name is Dragon, and I fight for the things that are truly worth fighting for.
Who's gonna run this town tonight?
What do you fight for?...