Jay-Z - A Ballad For The Fallen Soldier Lyrics

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This here's a ballad for all the fallen soldiers 
I'm about to show you how a hustlers life (this is life man) 
And a soldie's life, parallel 
And the one thing they got in common is pain (forget about me for a second) 
Picture split screen 
On one side we got a hustler getting ready for the block (human beings) 
Other side you got the soldier getting ready for bootcamp (soldiers) 
They're both at war (this is life) 
Stay with us 

[Chorus]: 
Did you ever notice, before you think, life goes fast 
So don't you worry, about what you see, it will pass 

[Verse 1]: 
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 it's time to provide bank 
Like he's supposed to 
Now just remember while he's gone til November 
There's part of him growing up 
His shirt's soaks up your tears as he holds ya 
You heart beatin' so fast speeding his pulse up 
Yeah, I know it sucks, life ain't a rose bud 
A couple of speed bumps 
You gotta take your lumps 
Off to bootcamp, the world's facing terror 
Bin Laden been happenin' in Manhatten 
Crack was anthrax back then, back when 
Police was Al'Qaeda to black me 
While I was out there hustling sinning with no religion 
He was off the wall killing for a living 

[Chorus] 

[Verse 2]: 
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 
There's a war goingon outside no man is safe from 
I'm here for the good fight only the fakes 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 living 
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 me 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 

[Chorus] 

Your baby boy is getting grown 
So your baby boy is moving on 
I've gotta chase (gotta chase it) 
If I'm gonna make it (gonna make it) 
Your baby boy is getting down 
So your baby boy is moving on 
I'm gonna make it 
Eve if I gotta take it (gotta take it) 

[Verse 3]: 
Mama said pray your son's becoming a man 
This war's taxin' to 'em like Uncle Same 
Hear the noise make the right choice, understand 
Ever choice that he make he makes it for his fam 
It's death before dishonor 
And if he's gone you should honor his memory 
Don't cry we all gonna die eventually 
But if he's locked in the penetentiary send his some energy 
They all winners to me 
(What's up kid?) 

[Chorus]

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lyrics submitted by Caitlin