Soldier raps anger over Army's Stop Loss Policy

In the Wake of Fort Hood Shooting, Can a Rap Song Be a Threat?

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 11:23 AM
Krista Gesaman


Hall apparently wrote the song to express his anger over the Army’s stop-loss policy.
Stop-loss is a program authorizing the military to temporarily halt soldiers’ separations
and retirements during times of war and national emergency. Soldiers whose enlistment
termination or retirement dates occur during a stop-loss window have extended involuntary
commitments with the military.


Hall has 140 days from his initial date of confinement to appear before a military judge
and enter his plea. He’s currently incarcerated at Liberty County Jail near Fort Stewart.

Here are the lyrics that have gotten him into so much trouble, which military officials provided to Declassified:


"Stop Lossed" by SPC Marc Hall

Now this is real days
When s--t hit the airwaves
Somebody gotta say
F--k you colonels, captains, E-7s and above Think you're so much bigger than I am
I've been too good of an American Stop-lossed, Stop movement, Got me chasing
If I do drugs, I'll get kicked out But if my time is out I can't get out So the good die young
I heard it out your mouth So f--k the Army And everything you're all about

Like Obama says "Somebody be held responsible"
But some of y'all gonna be held in the hospitals whenever possible
To pursue my own journeys in life, through my own main obstacles
Since I can't pinpoint the culpable. They want me cause misery loves company
I'm gonna round them all up Eventually, easily, walk right up peacefully And surprise them all
Yes, yes ya'll up against the wall Turn around, I gotta a motherf--king magazine with thirty rounds
On a three round burst, ready to fire down Still against the wall I grab my M-4 Spray
and watch all the bodies hit the floor I bet your never stop loss nobody no more
In your next lifetime of course, no remorse Yeah You don't stop till the Army is the only military branch
That still got the stop loss in effect So the only thing I got to say Is prepare for the consequences
When people want to get out, let them get out.





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98 interesting reader comments so far @ 7:30 am MST

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