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Artist: Erykah Badu
Canonical path: /erykah-badu/soldier
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Soldier
Read Soldier lyrics by Erykah Badu on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Soldier
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Mmmmm
See he's organized
And he's on the ball
Never miss a day of school
And he's an underdog
Wanna learn more and more
Pa and mama taught him good
He's about to change the face
Of yo ghetto neighborhood
Walking to school today
Saw a brother on the streets
Seem like errthang was cool
Said the brother's packing heat
Oop, oop
Then everything changed
Cause he saw his own wings
And his mother was sad
They will last
Time will past
Cause I
Wondering
We're talking bout
Errbody know
What dis song's about
Dey be trying
To hide the history
But they know who we are
Do oo you want to see
Errybody rise
To this degree?
Raise ya hands
High if you agree
Just say
Yessireeee ooooh
Yessiree
If you agree say
Yessireeeeee
Ooooohh
Yessiree
Ugh
Come on
Ugh
Break it down say
Mmmm, mmhhh
Hey hey (shoop)
Mmmm, aaaye
Hey hey (shoop)
Mmmm, oooh
Hey hey (shoop)
Mmmm, oooh
Hey
Now to my folks
Think delivery sweet
Well dey gone fuck around
And push the leap
To the girls
On perscrptions pills
I know how ya feel
To my boys in iraqi fields
This ain't no time to kill
To my girls in therapy
See I'm a tell you
This fo' free
To my folks up on the hill
With the cake and dollar bills
You need to watch the dirty cop
Dey the one you need to watch
I'm talking bout the dirty cop
Dey the one you need to watch
Stop
You get the wake up call
When you saw the buildings fall
Bowties with the finer cars
Get ya money dollar bill ya'll
Bowties with the finer cars
Get ya money dollar bill ya'll
To my folks on the picket line
Don't stop til
You change dey mind
I got luv fo' my folks
Baptized
When the levees broke
We gone keep marchin' on
Until you hear dat
Freedom song
And if you think
About turning back
I got the shotgun on ya back
And if you think
About turning back
I got the shot gun on ya back
Bllaaaa (blac)
Wondering
We're talking bout
Errbody know
What dis song's about
Dey be trying
To hide the history
But they know who we are
Dooooo you want to see
Errybody rise
To the next degree?
Raise ya hands
High if you agree
Just say
Yessireeee ooooh
Yessiree
If you agree say
Yessireeeeee hey
Yessiree aye
Hey, hey, hey
Break it down say
Mmmm, ooooh
Hey hey (shoop)
Mmmm, oooh
Hey hey (shoop)
Mmmm, oooh
Hey hey (shoop)
Mmmm, oooh
Hey hey
Mmmm, ooooh
Hey hey (shoop)
Mmmm, oooh
Hey hey (shoop)
Mmmm, oooh
Hey hey (shoop)
Mmmm, oooh
Hey aye
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