Soldiers - Original Lyrics
| Song | Soldiers - Original |
| Artist | Macklemore |
| Album | The Language of My World |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| [Intro] | |
| This is for my soldiers | |
| Not my soldiers that chose to be soldiers | |
| But the soldiers that were forced to be soldiers | |
| Now what’s the trouble, you scared of being a human? | |
| If the truth is a tool I double dare you to use it | |
| Hit the booth and I’m well aware of what I’m doin’ | |
| If I confuse you with the humor I’m preparing them for the movement | |
| I’ve been alive before and every person’s got a purpose | |
| Most don’t observe it or know what they’re striving towards | |
| Only you can light the torch | |
| Cause you won’t survive the war if you don’t know what the fuck it is you’re fighting for | |
| Most of us won’t open up and trust the inner source | |
| Combined with being tempted to just accept it | |
| But don’t twist the message, if you must think of my support | |
| Sometimes you gotta pull off the tees and get on some left right left shit | |
| I worked with 80 soldiers hooded behind locked doors | |
| Forced into a war, an entrance with no exit | |
| Before they could grow up, just some crazy soldiers | |
| Arming them with crack and guns, in essence, defenseless | |
| Yup, my man rapping killsmatic enhance them | |
| In his own words 21st century panther | |
| 13 years old gets into a fight | |
| Decided to steal the kid’s bike | |
| Cops come and he ends up in hand cuffs | |
| Two months in and now he’s caught in the trap | |
| Got out, got caught with a gat and crack | |
| Now what do these people think | |
| Juvenile life like that he grew up in a room with a mac | |
| And he’ll be policed until the day he can legally drink | |
| [Hook] | |
| Now tell me what’s the matter with this picture | |
| I wish it was a dream but it seems too vivid | |
| There’s blood on these streets I can’t see who’s is it | |
| I should probably mind my business | |
| I said tell me what’s the matter with this picture | |
| I wish it was a dream but it seems to vivid | |
| There’s blood on these streets I can see whose is it | |
| America wants me to mind my business | |
| Now if you contain anything in a cage | |
| Its natural tendency is going to try to be escape right? | |
| When these kids get out of the gates and face life | |
| If you raised them as a criminal what do you estimate they’ll behave like? | |
| The ratio is 80 something percent of kids who get locked up again or go straight to the pen | |
| And that’s strange right | |
| It’s a snowball effect, and they wanna see you again | |
| So they can make sure that America remains white | |
| Yup, going back on that race shit | |
| Most of the neighborhoods are like cages they try and escape and | |
| If the American dream is to make it | |
| It’s obviously blatant that if you’re left with nothing, what do you do? | |
| Take it | |
| Attempted Murder was the case | |
| My man got beat up, stomped in his face | |
| Ask George Bush what you do when you’re attacked | |
| His boy went and let it spray, hit one of them in the leg | |
| Now George you can relate | |
| Remember Iraq, or was it Afghanistan? Just ain't funny | |
| Proving sometimes you gotta take something to make money | |
| My man’s homie snitched and said that he planned to hit | |
| And he’ll be out when he’s 46 | |
| Now ain’t the game something | |
| The soldiers follow the same orders | |
| The generals are Crips folk and south of the border | |
| Nortenos and bloods | |
| Now is it a kid with a gun or the system he lives in that has his disorder | |
| If there’s a fiend on the block, somebody’s serving em | |
| If there’s a teen with a Glock, there’s a cop looking to turn 'em in | |
| If you have something I want, there’s somebody murdering | |
| Since 1492, where the fuck do you think we learned it from | |
| [Hook] |
| Intro | |
| This is for my soldiers | |
| Not my soldiers that chose to be soldiers | |
| But the soldiers that were forced to be soldiers | |
| Now what' s the trouble, you scared of being a human? | |
| If the truth is a tool I double dare you to use it | |
| Hit the booth and I' m well aware of what I' m doin' | |
| If I confuse you with the humor I' m preparing them for the movement | |
| I' ve been alive before and every person' s got a purpose | |
| Most don' t observe it or know what they' re striving towards | |
| Only you can light the torch | |
| Cause you won' t survive the war if you don' t know what the fuck it is you' re fighting for | |
| Most of us won' t open up and trust the inner source | |
| Combined with being tempted to just accept it | |
| But don' t twist the message, if you must think of my support | |
| Sometimes you gotta pull off the tees and get on some left right left shit | |
| I worked with 80 soldiers hooded behind locked doors | |
| Forced into a war, an entrance with no exit | |
| Before they could grow up, just some crazy soldiers | |
| Arming them with crack and guns, in essence, defenseless | |
| Yup, my man rapping killsmatic enhance them | |
| In his own words 21st century panther | |
| 13 years old gets into a fight | |
| Decided to steal the kid' s bike | |
| Cops come and he ends up in hand cuffs | |
| Two months in and now he' s caught in the trap | |
| Got out, got caught with a gat and crack | |
| Now what do these people think | |
| Juvenile life like that he grew up in a room with a mac | |
| And he' ll be policed until the day he can legally drink | |
| Hook | |
| Now tell me what' s the matter with this picture | |
| I wish it was a dream but it seems too vivid | |
| There' s blood on these streets I can' t see who' s is it | |
| I should probably mind my business | |
| I said tell me what' s the matter with this picture | |
| I wish it was a dream but it seems to vivid | |
| There' s blood on these streets I can see whose is it | |
| America wants me to mind my business | |
| Now if you contain anything in a cage | |
| Its natural tendency is going to try to be escape right? | |
| When these kids get out of the gates and face life | |
| If you raised them as a criminal what do you estimate they' ll behave like? | |
| The ratio is 80 something percent of kids who get locked up again or go straight to the pen | |
| And that' s strange right | |
| It' s a snowball effect, and they wanna see you again | |
| So they can make sure that America remains white | |
| Yup, going back on that race shit | |
| Most of the neighborhoods are like cages they try and escape and | |
| If the American dream is to make it | |
| It' s obviously blatant that if you' re left with nothing, what do you do? | |
| Take it | |
| Attempted Murder was the case | |
| My man got beat up, stomped in his face | |
| Ask George Bush what you do when you' re attacked | |
| His boy went and let it spray, hit one of them in the leg | |
| Now George you can relate | |
| Remember Iraq, or was it Afghanistan? Just ain' t funny | |
| Proving sometimes you gotta take something to make money | |
| My man' s homie snitched and said that he planned to hit | |
| And he' ll be out when he' s 46 | |
| Now ain' t the game something | |
| The soldiers follow the same orders | |
| The generals are Crips folk and south of the border | |
| Nortenos and bloods | |
| Now is it a kid with a gun or the system he lives in that has his disorder | |
| If there' s a fiend on the block, somebody' s serving em | |
| If there' s a teen with a Glock, there' s a cop looking to turn ' em in | |
| If you have something I want, there' s somebody murdering | |
| Since 1492, where the fuck do you think we learned it from | |
| Hook |
| Intro | |
| This is for my soldiers | |
| Not my soldiers that chose to be soldiers | |
| But the soldiers that were forced to be soldiers | |
| Now what' s the trouble, you scared of being a human? | |
| If the truth is a tool I double dare you to use it | |
| Hit the booth and I' m well aware of what I' m doin' | |
| If I confuse you with the humor I' m preparing them for the movement | |
| I' ve been alive before and every person' s got a purpose | |
| Most don' t observe it or know what they' re striving towards | |
| Only you can light the torch | |
| Cause you won' t survive the war if you don' t know what the fuck it is you' re fighting for | |
| Most of us won' t open up and trust the inner source | |
| Combined with being tempted to just accept it | |
| But don' t twist the message, if you must think of my support | |
| Sometimes you gotta pull off the tees and get on some left right left shit | |
| I worked with 80 soldiers hooded behind locked doors | |
| Forced into a war, an entrance with no exit | |
| Before they could grow up, just some crazy soldiers | |
| Arming them with crack and guns, in essence, defenseless | |
| Yup, my man rapping killsmatic enhance them | |
| In his own words 21st century panther | |
| 13 years old gets into a fight | |
| Decided to steal the kid' s bike | |
| Cops come and he ends up in hand cuffs | |
| Two months in and now he' s caught in the trap | |
| Got out, got caught with a gat and crack | |
| Now what do these people think | |
| Juvenile life like that he grew up in a room with a mac | |
| And he' ll be policed until the day he can legally drink | |
| Hook | |
| Now tell me what' s the matter with this picture | |
| I wish it was a dream but it seems too vivid | |
| There' s blood on these streets I can' t see who' s is it | |
| I should probably mind my business | |
| I said tell me what' s the matter with this picture | |
| I wish it was a dream but it seems to vivid | |
| There' s blood on these streets I can see whose is it | |
| America wants me to mind my business | |
| Now if you contain anything in a cage | |
| Its natural tendency is going to try to be escape right? | |
| When these kids get out of the gates and face life | |
| If you raised them as a criminal what do you estimate they' ll behave like? | |
| The ratio is 80 something percent of kids who get locked up again or go straight to the pen | |
| And that' s strange right | |
| It' s a snowball effect, and they wanna see you again | |
| So they can make sure that America remains white | |
| Yup, going back on that race shit | |
| Most of the neighborhoods are like cages they try and escape and | |
| If the American dream is to make it | |
| It' s obviously blatant that if you' re left with nothing, what do you do? | |
| Take it | |
| Attempted Murder was the case | |
| My man got beat up, stomped in his face | |
| Ask George Bush what you do when you' re attacked | |
| His boy went and let it spray, hit one of them in the leg | |
| Now George you can relate | |
| Remember Iraq, or was it Afghanistan? Just ain' t funny | |
| Proving sometimes you gotta take something to make money | |
| My man' s homie snitched and said that he planned to hit | |
| And he' ll be out when he' s 46 | |
| Now ain' t the game something | |
| The soldiers follow the same orders | |
| The generals are Crips folk and south of the border | |
| Nortenos and bloods | |
| Now is it a kid with a gun or the system he lives in that has his disorder | |
| If there' s a fiend on the block, somebody' s serving em | |
| If there' s a teen with a Glock, there' s a cop looking to turn ' em in | |
| If you have something I want, there' s somebody murdering | |
| Since 1492, where the fuck do you think we learned it from | |
| Hook |
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