Just a kid on his own just tryna get by

cause his parents not home, cause they out getting high

So he goes to the store tryna steal something fly

But he gets bored, now he's on the juvenile ride

And he's placed in a home, and he talks on the phone

In a whole 'nother world cause he thinks that he's grown

So he comes off the waste and shanks up a face

but little does he know that's a whole 'nother case

That's a soldier, been in every kind of jail

Even taught himself to read, nigga sharp as a nail

He don't smile that much, he don't like to be touched

I mean, a nigga hard, see him out in the yard

doing fifty a clip, something crazy on the waste

They heater real reason they glued all the plates

Nigga got no fear, every nigga on the tier

From the warden to the guard show him love I swear

He done put in his work, he been working the floor

In the library every day learning the law

So he goes to the board and they let him come home

But gave him parole even though that he's grown



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Stay with the hammer, the twenty-two long (that's a soldier)

Going to war even though that he's wrong (that's a soldier)

Don't give a fuck what side you on (that's a soldier)

You ain't his fam 'less you there when he's born (that's a soldier)

And he don't care what time it is (that's a soldier)

He getting up quick to handle his biz (that's a soldier)

Millionaire nigga that's moving that raw (that's a soldier)

And you ain't even know he lived next door (that's a soldier)



Now the streets ain't the same, it's a whole 'nother game

It's a lotta new names and a lotta new chains

Lil' niggas on the block with pela-pelas

Diamonds in their mouth, sitting on chrome, talking on cellies

Big funny-shaped Benzos, big Lorenzos

Homie getting tired of just rocking his Timbos

Bitches running around with fat asses

Only giving pussy to these niggas with nice-ass glasses

Damn should change, how this pussy nigga get him a Range?

These lil' niggas now working with change

He like 'Fuck that, something gotta give where I live'

These niggas gon' break bread or niggas is dead

That's a soldier



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Aiyyo, now he already violated cause his urine is dirty

And he already got a hammer, he just watching a birdy

These lil' niggas don't know the homie seven-thirty

And they don't really don't care, they shoot just as fast

Niggas coming round the block, they better not be ass

Duke a soldier, he tried to tell homie who he was

What he does, laughing, lighting a blunt

These lil' niggas like 'Yeah? Now what you want?'

Showed his gun handle, point the O.G. to candles

Tell 'em that could be him, now beat your Timbs

Homie clapped at 'em, point the MAC at 'em

It's getting crazy now, but fuck it, it's a soldier in town



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