A Ballad For The Fallen Soldier Lyrics - The Blueprint 2: The Gift And The Curse - Jay-z

This here's a ballad for all the fallen soldiers 

I'ma 'bout ta show you how a hustlers life 

(This is life, man) 

And a soldier'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 boot camp 

(Soldiers) 

They're both at war 

(This is life) 

Stay with us 

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Did you ever notice, before you think, life goes fast? 

So don't you worry about what you see, it will pass 

You lost him mama, the war's callin' 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 its time to provide bank, like he's supposed ta 

Now just remember while he's going to November 

There's part of him growing up 

His shirts soaks up your tears as he holds ya 

Your heart beatin' so fast speeding his pulse up 

Yeah, I know it sucks, life ain't a rosebud 

A couple of speed bumps, you gotta take your lumps 

Off to boot camp, the worlds 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 hustling sinning with no religion 

He was off the wall killing for a living 

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Did you ever notice, before you think, life goes fast 

So don't you worry about what you see, it will pass 

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 wont 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 going on 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 cant take one 

For my team or my siblings what's my reason for living? 

I love my niggaz more then anything else 

This war's about my family, me needin' the wealth 

You don't understand how useless as men we felt 

Till you become a 5 star general 

Shout out to my niggaz that's locked in jail 

P.O.W.'s that's still in the war for real 

Did you ever notice, before you think, life goes fast 

So don't you worry about what you see, it will pass 

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 grown 

So your baby boy is moving on 

I'm gonna make it 

Even if I gotta take it 

(Gotta take it) 

Mama said pray your sons becoming a man 

This wars taxin' to 'em like Uncle Sam 

He ain't gon' always make the right choice, understand 

Every choice that he make he makes it for his fam 

It's death before dishonor 

And if hes gone you should honor his memory 

Don't cry we all gonna die eventually 

But if he's locked in the penetentiary 

Send him some energy, they all winners to me 

(What's up, kid?) 

Did you ever notice, before you think, life goes fast 

So don't you worry about what you see, it will pass