- published: 02 May 2016
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Justin Drew Bieber ( /ˈbiːbər/ BEE-bər, born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian Pop/R&B singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who came across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager. Braun arranged for him to meet with Usher in Atlanta, Georgia, and Bieber was soon signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), a joint venture between Braun and Usher, and then to a recording contract with Island Records offered by L.A. Reid. Bieber's debut single, "One Time", was released in 2009 and peaked in the top twenty in Canada and charted in the top thirty in several international markets. His debut album, the seven-track EP My World, followed in November 2009, and was soon certified platinum in the United States. He became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut album chart on the Billboard Hot 100.
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The body bags arriving on our shore
Day after day and still there are more.
The sons and daughters of America
are sacrificed for what?
An agenda?!
There is no reason for this war.
They say they have their reasons,
But I don't believe them.
No real reasons for this war.
The brave are sent into the hornet's nest,
To do a job with noble intent.
Unprepared for the carnage and hate
Of a bad situation. My god it's getting late!
They say they have their reasons,
But I don't believe them.
No real reasons for this war!
How do we calculate the cost of lives lost?
Is there a budget, to heal the scars?
If blood stops raining on the desert floor
Can we tell our children what this was all for?
So what's the reason for this brutal mess?
Is this freedom on the march?
We shock and awe the children as we pound a population.
The cost is more than carnage and the profits are obscene.
You said you had your reasons,
So many reasons.
What happened to your reasons?
With no good reasons, you committed treason.
You have no reasons anymore!