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Current version of Jay-Z Lyrics A Ballad for the Fallen Soldier (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/jay-z/a-ballad-for-the-fallen-sol...) Current version of the lyrics |
Version 2 of Jay-Z Lyrics A Ballad for the Fallen Soldier (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/jay-z/a-ballad-for-the-fallen-sol...) Version 2 of the lyrics | ||||||||||||
| 1 | [Jay-Z] | 1 | |||||||||||
| This here's a ballad for all the fallen soldiers | This here's a ballad for all the fallen soldiers | ||||||||||||
| 1 | I'ma bout 'ta show you how a hustlers life (this is life man) | I'ma bout 'ta show you how a | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | And a soldier's life, parallel | hustlers life (this is life man) | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | And the one thing they got in common is pain (forget about me for a second) | and a soldier's life, parallel | 3 | ||||||||||
| 2 | And the one thing they got in | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | common is pain (forget about me | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | for a second) | 4 | |||||||||||
| Picture split screen | Picture split screen | ||||||||||||
| 4 | On one side we got a hustler getting ready for the block (human beings) | On one side we got a hustler getting ready | 4 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Other side you got the soldier getting ready for bootcamp (soldiers) | for the block (human beings) | 5 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Other side you got the soldier getting | 5 | |||||||||||
| 6 | ready for boot camp (soldiers) | 6 | |||||||||||
| They're both at war (this is life) | They're both at war (this is life) | ||||||||||||
| Stay with us | Stay with us | ||||||||||||
| 7 | [Chorus] | 7 | |||||||||||
| Did you ever notice, before you think, life goes fast | Did you ever notice, before you think, life goes fast | ||||||||||||
| So don't you worry, about what you see, it will pass | So don't you worry, about what you see, it will pass | ||||||||||||
| 8 | [Verse 1] | 8 | |||||||||||
| You lost him mama, the wars calling him | You lost him mama, the wars calling him | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Feel its his duty to fall in line with all of them | Feel it's his duty to fall in line with all of them | 6 | ||||||||||
| He's a soldier | He's a soldier | ||||||||||||
| Rose through the ranks as the head of your house hold | Rose through the ranks as the head of your house hold | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Now its time to provide bank | Now it's time to provide bank | 7 | ||||||||||
| Like he's supposed tah | Like he's supposed tah | ||||||||||||
| Now just remember while he's going to November | Now just remember while he's going to November | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Theres part of him growing up | there's part of him growing up | 8 | ||||||||||
| His shirts soaks up your tears as he holds yah | His shirts soaks up your tears as he holds yah | ||||||||||||
| Your heart beatin so fast speeding his pulse up | Your heart beatin so fast speeding his pulse up | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Yeah I know it sucks, Life aint a rose bud | Yeah I know it sucks, Life ain't a rose bud | 9 | ||||||||||
| A couple of speed bumps | A couple of speed bumps | ||||||||||||
| You gotta take your lumps | You gotta take your lumps | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Off to Bootcamp, the worlds facing terror | Off to Boot camp, the worlds facing terror | 10 | ||||||||||
| Bin Laden been happenin in Manhatten | Bin Laden been happenin in Manhatten | ||||||||||||
| Crack was anthrax back then, back when | Crack was anthrax back then, back when | ||||||||||||
| Police was Al'Qaeda to black men | Police was Al'Qaeda to black men | ||||||||||||
| 11 | While I was out there hustling sinning with no religion | While I was out there hustling | 11 | ||||||||||
| 12 | He was off the wall killing for a living | sinning with no religion | 12 | ||||||||||
| 9 | He was off to war killing for a living | 9 | |||||||||||
| 10 | [Chorus] | 10 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | [Verse 2] | 12 | |||||||||||
| Days turn to nights, nights turn to years | Days turn to nights, nights turn to years | ||||||||||||
| Years turn to "how the fuck we make it in here?" | Years turn to "how the fuck we make it in here?" | ||||||||||||
| My barracks average couple fights a day | My barracks average couple fights a day | ||||||||||||
| Get you locked in a hole wont see the light of day | Get you locked in a hole wont see the light of day | ||||||||||||
| And I feel like I'm just writing my life away | And I feel like I'm just writing my life away | ||||||||||||
| I never thought shit could end up quite this way | I never thought shit could end up quite this way | ||||||||||||
| 13 | There's a war going on outside no man is safe from | there's a war going on outside no man is safe from | 13 | ||||||||||
| I'm here for the good fight only the fakes run | I'm here for the good fight only the fakes run | ||||||||||||
| 14 | I'm here for the purple heart, if I cant take one | I'm here for the purple heart, if I can't take one | 14 | ||||||||||
| 15 | For my team or my siblings whats my reason for living? | For my team or my siblings what's my reason for living? | 15 | ||||||||||
| I love my niggas more then anything else | I love my niggas more then anything else | ||||||||||||
| This war's about my family, me needin the wealth | This war's about my family, me needin the wealth | ||||||||||||
| 16 | You dont understand how useless as men we felt | You don't understand how useless as men we felt | 16 | ||||||||||
| Till you become a 5 star general | Till you become a 5 star general | ||||||||||||
| Shout out to my niggas that's locked in jail | Shout out to my niggas that's locked in jail | ||||||||||||
| 17 | P.O.W.'s thats still in the war for real | P.O.W.'s that's still in the war for real | 17 | ||||||||||
| 13 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | [Chorus] | 14 | |||||||||||
| Your baby boy is getting grown | Your baby boy is getting grown | ||||||||||||
| So your baby boy is moving on | So your baby boy is moving on | ||||||||||||
| I've gotta chase (gotta chase it) | I've gotta chase (gotta chase it) | ||||||||||||
| If I'm gonna make it (gonna make it) | If I'm gonna make it (gonna make it) | ||||||||||||
| Your baby boy is getting grown | Your baby boy is getting grown | ||||||||||||
| So your baby boy is moving on | So your baby boy is moving on | ||||||||||||
| I'm gonna make it | I'm gonna make it | ||||||||||||
| Even if I gotta take it (gotta take it) | Even if I gotta take it (gotta take it) | ||||||||||||
| 15 | [Verse 3] | 15 | |||||||||||
| Mama said pray your sons becoming a man | Mama said pray your sons becoming a man | ||||||||||||
| This wars taxin to 'em like Uncle Sam | This wars taxin to 'em like Uncle Sam | ||||||||||||
| Hear the noise make the right choice, understand | Hear the noise make the right choice, understand | ||||||||||||
| Every choice that he make he makes it for his fam | Every choice that he make he makes it for his fam | ||||||||||||
| 18 | It's death before dishonour | it's death before dishonor | 18 | ||||||||||
| And if hes gone you should honor his memory | And if hes gone you should honor his memory | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Dont cry we all gonna die eventually | don't cry we all gonna die eventually | 19 | ||||||||||
| 20 | But if he's locked in the penetentiary send him some energy | But if he's locked in the | 20 | ||||||||||
| 16 | penitentiary send him some energy | 16 | |||||||||||
| They all winners to me | They all winners to me | ||||||||||||
| (What's up kid?) | (What's up kid?) | ||||||||||||
| 17 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | [Chorus] | 18 | |||||||||||
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