| Ex-marine sings about violence and poverty

27-Oct-07 | by Phlex, Staff Writer

Marvin Walker a.k.a Walker T a former sergeant in the US Marine Corps, who recently gave up his military career to pursue one in music has a message for the world. However, he is not drawn by the promise of bling and fame, but instead owes his switch to a higher calling: to open the eyes of the world to the pain and injustice inflicted on the poor.

He has penned the song ,I Cry, a song that addresses the cycle of violence and poverty that often afflicts Third World nations struggling to secure their future in a world of arms proliferation and economic struggles.

“My songs are inspired by my experiences in life itself. I know about guns, I can say what guns do, and write as close to home as possible and not in rhymes, in real terms about conflict and what it means to be on a battlefield,” he said.

“I believe in what I am doing, there is a message that people need to here. There are people who are suffering in this world, but who are so used to this lifestyle that they don’t know there is a better tomorrow but for an outsider looking in, I cry for them, because I see the devastation and what could be,” the former resident of August Town said.

The lyrics to I Cry written just one month after Walker opted to leave the military speak volumes of his mission:

The yutes dem a cry everyday for pressure and pain
The yutes dem a cry everyday and ah pure bloodstain
The yutes dem a cry everyday and who is to be blamed
Everyday I see dem a pray, but it is still the same

Now that he is doing music full time, financing his promotion through his own pockets, he admits that he misses the military which took up a large chunk, eight years of his life.

“I loved doing what I used to do, helping people, building schools and bridges, painting churches, but I love the music, so I am giving this all I have,” he said.

He will be shooting his I Cry video soon.