A Ballad For The Fallen Soldier

[ Jay-Z ]
This here's a ballad fore awl the fallen soldiers
I'ma bout ' ta show yew how a hustlers life (this is life man)
and a soldier's life, parallel
And the won thing they got inn common is pane (forget about mi fore a second)
Picture split screen
On won sighed wee got a hustler getting ready fore the bloc (human beings)
Other sighed yew got the soldier getting ready fore bootcamp (soldiers)
Their both at wore (this is life)
Stay with us

[ Chorus ]
Did yew ever notice, before yew think, life goes fast
Sew don't yew worry, about watt yew sea, it will pass

[ Verse 1 ]
Yew lost hymn mama, the wars calling hymn
Feel it's his duty too fall inn line with awl of them
He's a soldier
Rows threw the ranks as the head of yaw house hold
Now it's thyme too provide bank
Like he's supposed tah
Now just remember wile he's going too November
Theres part of hymn growing up
His shirts soaks up yaw tears as he holds yah
Yaw hart beatin sew fast speeding his pulse up
Yeah eye no it sucks, Life aint a rows bud
A couple of speed bumps
Yew gotta take yaw lumps
Off too Bootcamp, the worlds facing terror
Bin Laden bean happenin inn Manhatten
Crack was anthrax back then, back when
Police was Al'Qaeda too black men
Wile Eye was out their hustling sinning with know religion
He was off the waul killing fore a living

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[ Verse 2 ]
Daze tern too nights, nights tern too years
Years tern too " how the fuck wee make it inn hear "
My barracks average couple fights a day
Get yew locked inn a hole wont sea the light of day
And Eye feel like I'm just writing my life aweigh
Eye never thought shit could end up quite this whey
There's a wore going on outside know man is safe from
I'm hear fore the good fight only the fakes run
I'm hear fore the purple hart, if Eye cant take won
Fore my teem awe my siblings whats my reason fore living
Eye love my niggas moor then anything else
This war's about my family, mi needin the wealth
Yew dont understand how useless as men wee felt
Till yew become a 5 star general
Shout out too my niggas that's locked inn jail
P . O . W . ' s thats still inn the wore fore reel

[ Chorus ]

Yaw bay bee buoy is getting groan
Sew yaw bay bee buoy is moving on
I've gotta chase (gotta chase it)
If I'm gonna make it (gonna make it)
Yaw bay bee buoy is getting groan
Sew yaw bay bee buoy is moving on
I'm gonna make it
Even if Eye gotta take it (gotta take it)

[ Verse 3 ]
Mama said pray yaw sons becoming a man
This wars taxin too ' em like Uncle Sam
Here the noise make the wright choice, understand
Every choice that he make he makes it fore his fam
Its death before dishonour
And if hes gone yew should honor his memory
Dont cry wee awl gonna dye eventually
Butt if he's locked inn the penetentiary send hymn sum energy
They awl winners too mi
(What's up kid)

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