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A Ballad For The Fallen Soldier ft. Marc Dorsey, Pharrell Williams
JAY-Z
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This here's a ballad for all the fallen soldiers (This ain't music)
I'm 'bout to show you how a hustler's life (This is life, man)
And a soldier's life parallel
And the one thing they got in common
A mother's pain (Forget about music for a second)
Picture a split screen (This for all the musicians)
On one side you got a hustler getting
Ready for the block (Human beings)
Other side you got a soldier getting
Ready for boot camp (People, this is life)
They're both at war, stay with us
Did you ever notice, before you blink
Life goes fast?
So don't you worry about what you see
It will pass
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You lost him, mama, the war's calling him
Feel it's his duty to fall in line with all of them
He's a soldier, rose through the ranks
As the head of your household, now it's time to provide bank
Like he's supposed to, now just remember
While he's gone 'til November, it's part of him growing up
His shirt soaks up your tears as he holds ya
Your heart beatin' so fast, speedin' his pulse up
Yeah, I know it sucks, life ain't all rosebuds
A couple of speed bumps, you gotta take your lumps
Off to boot camp, the world's facing terror
Bin Laden been happenin' in Manhattan
Crack was Anthrax back then, back when
Police was Al'Qaeda to black men
While I was out there hustlin', sinnin' with no religion
He was off to war killin' for a livin'
Did you ever notice, before you blink (This is real shit)
Life goes fast? (This is 'bout life right now)
So don't you worry (This is real life) about what you see
It will pass
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Days turn to nights, nights turn to years
Years turn to "How the fuck we make it in here?"
My barracks average, couple fights a day
Get you locked in a hole, won't see the light of day
And I feel like I'm just writing my life away
I never thought shit could end up quite this way
It's a war going on outside no man is safe from
I'm here for the good fight, only the fake run
I'm here for the purple heart, if I can't take one
For my team or my siblings, what's my reason for livin'?
I love my niggas more than anything else
This war's about my family, me needin' the wealth
You don't understand how useless as men we felt
'Til you become a five-star general
Shout out to my niggas that's locked in jail
P.O.W.s that's still in the war for real, for real
Did you ever notice, before you blink
Life goes fast? (Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh)
So don't you worry about what you see
It will pass
Your baby boy is getting grown (See through)
So your baby boy is moving on (I've gotta chase it)
I'm gon' chase it (And I'm gon' make it, yeah) (Gon' make it)
Your baby boy is getting grown (See through)
So your baby boy is moving on (I'm gonna make it)
I'm gon' make it (Even if I gotta take it, ooh, yeah) (Gotta take it)
Mama, say a prayer, your son's becoming a man
This war's taxing to him like Uncle Sam
He ain't gon' always make the right choice, understand
Every choice that he make, he make 'em for his fam
It's death before dishonor and if he's gone, dishonor his memory
Don't cry, we all gon' die eventually
But if he's locked in the penitentiary, send him some energy
They all winners to me, what's up, Emory?
Did you ever notice, before you blink
Life goes fast? (Uh, uh, uh)
So don't you worry about what you see
It will pass
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Yeah, DJ Clue, Desert Storm
The Blueprint, part two
Time for bonus coverage, c'mon
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