[00:12.15]He said: mama I know you have [00:15.98]a lot of plans for me [00:19.63]College in the fall, [00:21.43]hey I'm almost eighteen [00:25.12]I've been doing lots of thinking [00:29.06]about a lot of stuff [00:31.39]Went down to the recruiter today [00:34.13]and I signed up [00:37.39]If not there, then where [00:40.53]If not now, then when [00:43.68]If not this, then what else can I defend [00:49.93]Being gone and being scared [00:53.90]What else can I do [00:56.24]If not me mama [01:01.66]If not me then who [01:09.99]He's upstairs shaving [01:12.34]His cloth is starched and pressed [01:16.21]I'm down here praying, my mind is a mess [01:22.45]I asked:Where you got, these crazy ideas anyway [01:28.75]He just smiled and says: [01:31.60]It's the way that I was raised [01:34.00]If not there, then where [01:37.14]If not now, then when [01:40.29]If not this, then what else can I defend [01:46.56]Being gone and being scared [01:50.48]What else can I do [01:52.82]If not me daddy [01:58.32]If not me then who [02:03.05]We wait for his letters, emails and satellite calls [02:08.07]Then the politics, [02:10.26]That's number 84 wide receiver for the Wildcats [02:13.92]Whose pictures is hanging in my home [02:20.74]Next to the soldier standing proud and tall [02:29.09]He said: [02:30.61]If not there, then where [02:33.71]If not now, then when [02:36.90]If not this, then what else can I defend [02:43.17]Being gone and being scared [02:47.12]What else can I do [02:49.42]If not me dear God [02:54.92]If not me then who