Every choice that he make he makes it for his fam
They're both at war
(What's up, kid?)
Mama said pray your sons becoming a man
If I'm gonna make it
Send him some energy, they all winners to me
You lost him mama, the war's callin' him
This war's about my family, me needin' the wealth
And I feel like I'm just writing my life away
Yeah, I know it sucks, life ain't a rosebud
(Gotta take it)
Till you become a 5 star general
Your baby boy is getting grown
Crack was anthrax back then, back when
You don't understand how useless as men we felt
Years turn to, 'How the fuck we make it in here?'
Other side you got the soldier
Did you ever notice, before you think, life goes fast?
Your baby boy is getting grown
So don't you worry about what you see, it will pass
My barracks average couple fights a day
Stay with us
(Soldiers)
(Forget about me for a second)
(This is life)
(Human beings)
(Gonna make it)
So don't you worry about what you see, it will pass
He was off the wall killing for a living
A couple of speed bumps, you gotta take your lumps
So your baby boy is moving on
Getting ready for the block
Did you ever notice, before you think, life goes fast
Off to boot camp, the worlds facing terror
I'm here for the purple heart, if I cant take one
For my team or my siblings what's my reason for living?
Now just remember while he's going to November
While I was out there hustling sinning with no religion
I love my niggaz more then anything else
Days turn to nights, nights turn to years
Your heart beatin' so fast speeding his pulse up
Did you ever notice, before you think, life goes fast
I've gotta chase
There's a war going on outside no man is safe from
Rose through the ranks as the head of your household
P.O.W.'s that's still in the war for real
Shout out to my niggaz that's locked in jail
And the one thing they got in common is pain
He ain't gon' always make the right choice, understand
So don't you worry about what you see, it will pass
And a soldier's life, parallel
(Gotta chase it)
It's death before dishonor
But if he's locked in the penetentiary
This wars taxin' to 'em like Uncle Sam
I'm gonna make it
Now its time to provide bank, like he's supposed ta
Bin Laden been happenin' in Manhattan
Don't cry we all gonna die eventually
So your baby boy is moving on
Picture split screen
Police was Al Qaeda to black men
There's part of him growing up
Feel it's his duty to fall in line with all of them, he's a soldier
Even if I gotta take it
And if hes gone you should honor his memory
Did you ever notice, before you think, life goes fast
Get you locked in a hole wont see the light of day
Getting ready for boot camp
(This is life, man)
I never thought shit could end up quite this way
On one side we got a hustler
His shirts soaks up your tears as he holds ya
I'm here for the good fight only the fakes run
