WE USED TO BE STUDENTS
We used to be students going to school dressed in beautiful uniforms with insignia,
Now we are dressed in uniforms with helmets and ranks,
We used to wake up in the morning to go school and study,
Now our destination every morning is a battlefield,
We used to be rated and promoted by our ability to have good grades in exams,
Now we are rated and promoted by our ability to put a bullet in a man,
We used to be punished for our cruelty towards one and other,
Now "assassination of our compassion" is the day's order,
We used to come back from school with smile on our faces and inks on our uniforms,
Now we return back to camp with tears in our heart and blood on our uniforms,
We used to be like children of a butcher who gets to eat meat everyday,
Now we are like pigs taken to the slaughter to be slaughtered so they'll be meat to eat in the butcher's house everyday,
We used to write tests and exams to determine our progress in life,
Now the only time we write is to inform our love ones we are still alive,
We used to be identified by the names on our notebooks and attendance register,
Now our names are written on our uniforms and our identity has been replaced with the guns and bullets in our hands,
We used to be the future of our country,
Now our future is to make sure there's a future for our country,
We used to be students,
Now we are soldiers.