They say every man's success is always measured by his peers
But through them years
I've shed a lot of blood, sweat, and tears
And learned that I had to be courageous
And brave and conquer all my fears
As mama once told me
"You have to be triumphant sonny and never afraid"
I'm a soldier (Yea)
A soldier for life
Oh, living in them streets (Why oh)
The streets of hard knock life
Y'all know i'm a soldier, yea
A soldier for life
Oh, living in them streets (Why oh woa)
Just trying to survive
Living in them streets I've had some ups and downs
And I've been praying things will turn around
'Cause i've fallen down so many times
With nothing to do but depend on but my rhymes
Got bridges burned and lessons learned
But still I stay on my grind
Never fall behind
Even though the things might change
One thing remains
I'll always be the same
No matter what it is that might come my way
I'm a soldier tomorrow like I am today
And we gon' soldier it all the way
So all my soldiers let me here you say
S-O-L-D-I-E-R
We ready for (Ready for)
We ready for (Ready for)
We ready for war
I'm a soldier (Yea)
A soldier for life
Oh, living in them streets (Why oh)
The streets of hard knock life
Y'all know i'm a soldier, yea
A soldier for life
Oh, living in them streets (Why oh woa)
Just trying to survive
With mama long gone
Papa can't be found
And living on my own I got to hold things down
I got to keep on going when they treat I wrong
Throughout my trials and my tribulations
I'm a soldier man and I've got to be strong
'Cause I walked the path of getting back
Ya I had to escape because it had me trapped
Just a little young bro trying to make some dough
Yo you know how that goes
All about them flows
But nowadays
Ninjas be acting scandalous
And think Yoza might be new to this
And making money a lot
One night I heard some shots
Who goes
S-O-L-D-I-E-R
We ready for
We ready for
We ready for war
I'm a soldier (Yea)
A soldier for life
Oh, living in them streets (Why oh)
The streets of hard knock life
Y'all know i'm a soldier, yea
A soldier for life
Oh, living in them streets (Why oh woa)
Just trying to survive
And when all them dark clouds pass away
You know there got to be some brighter days
So pick yourself up from off the ground
And don't let the system hold you down
'Cause we got to rise above it all
I'm almost there, ain't no time to crawl
'Cause the harder they come the harder they fall
And this songs for y'all
So let's brawl
I'm a soldier (Yea)
A soldier for life
Oh, living in them streets (Why oh)
The streets of hard knock life
Y'all know i'm a soldier, yea
A soldier for life
Oh, living in them streets (Why oh woa)
Just trying to survive
A soldier for life
On the battlefield
Like a Navy SEAL