this here's a ballad for all the fallen soldiers
i'ma bout 'ta show you how a hustlers life
and a soldier's life
parallel
and the one thing they got in common is pain
picture split screen
on one side we got a hustler getting ready for the block
other side you got the soldier getting ready for bootcamp
they're both at war
stay with us
did you ever notice
before you think
life goes fast
so don't you worry
about what you see
it will pass
you lost him mama
the wars calling him
feel its his duty to fall in line with all of them
he's a soldier
rose through the ranks as the head of your house hold
now its time to provide bank
like he's supposed tah
now just remember while he's going to november
theres part of him growing up
his shirts soaks up your tears as he holds yah
your heart beatin so fast speeding his pulse up
yeah i know it sucks
life aint a rose bud
a couple of speed bumps
you gotta take your lumps
off to bootcamp
the worlds facing terror
bin laden been happenin in manhatten
crack was anthrax back then
back when
police was al'qaeda to black men
while i was out there hustling sinning with no religion
he was off the wall killing for a living
days turn to nights
nights turn to years
years turn to how the fuck we make it in here?"