OShea Woodhouse - SOULDIER Lyrics

When you born in the struggle
It's hard to forget
Soul ties
From the southside
Battle scars like a soldier
I got soul ties with the struggle
Ima Souldier
Got it out the mud
Now we up
Like I told yah
I got soul ties with the music
Ima soulster
From the southside
Battle scars like a soldier
I got soul ties with the struggle
Ima Souldier
Got it out the mud
Now we up
Like I told yah
I got soul ties with the music
Ima soulster
Who can relate
To a freed slave
These days
I want a peace
But does peace pay
I learned a lot from street ways
Mixed it with the books
Hook or crook
Ima be saved
If I could make it out the neighborhood
Then ima get paid
If I could make it out the university of VA
Then I could be a bridge like a freeway
Free game
But I got soul ties to the struggle
So my heart drained
Graduation day granny died
I can't catch a break
On my way to Texas all I did was pray
Back to mamma couch
And minimum wage
Seven twenty five to stay alive
A modern day slave
Chef was making cheesecakes
And I would study ways
Now I'm like a runaway
Rey showed me game
Granny looking down from heaven
So my passion heaven sent
I was in the building
Asking for another shift
Shit
If I work a little harder
Then mamma can retire
She worked her whole life
With no money and she tired
Fighting for a salary
And tryna keep the fire
But management is testing me
And ima end up fired
Chip all on my shoulder
But this job don't pay no money
If I stay because the name
Then I'll really be a dummy
I tell em that I work for myself they looking funny
I tell em that I work for the man and they love me
From the southside
Battle scars like a soldier
I got soul ties with the struggle
Ima Souldier
Got it out the mud
Now we up
Like I told yah
I got soul ties with the music
Ima soulster
From the southside
Battle scars like a soldier
I got soul ties with the struggle
Ima Souldier
Got it out the mud
Now we up
Like I told yah
I got soul ties with the music
Ima soulster
I'm blessed
And I'm grateful
And it's real
Never hateful
And I'm blessed
Because I made it to the league
Youngin with hoop dreams
Now really I'm really wit the team
The beauty of a dream
is you gotta wake up
If I stay complacent
Ima end up wasting
Got mo time to make up
Got no time to fake it
If I end up like a lifer
I'll barely have retirement
And my mamma need retirement
Grateful for the crumbs
Cuz it got me to the bread gang
Thankful for the ones
That helped me build my own lane
So the one mission bigger than just having fun
Mamma need me
And I got a son
Met my shorty in the building
And some real ones
So don't take it personal
When the real comes
From the southside
Battle scars like a soldier
I got soul ties with the struggle
Ima Souldier
Got it out the mud
Now we up
Like I told yah
I got soul ties with the music
Ima soulster
From the southside
Battle scars like a soldier
I got soul ties with the struggle
Ima Souldier
Got it out the mud
Now we up
Like I told yah
I got soul ties with the music
Ima soulster

When you born in the struggle
It's hard to forget
Soul ties
From the southside
Battle scars like a soldier
I got soul ties with the struggle
Ima Souldier
Got it out the mud
Now we up
Like I told yah
I got soul ties with the music
Ima soulster
From the southside
Battle scars like a soldier
I got soul ties with the struggle
Ima Souldier
Got it out the mud
Now we up
Like I told yah
I got soul ties with the music
Ima soulster
Who can relate
To a freed slave
These days
I want a peace
But does peace pay
I learned a lot from street ways
Mixed it with the books
Hook or crook
Ima be saved
If I could make it out the neighborhood
Then ima get paid
If I could make it out the university of VA
Then I could be a bridge like a freeway
Free game
But I got soul ties to the struggle
So my heart drained
Graduation day granny died
I can't catch a break
On my way to Texas all I did was pray
Back to mamma couch
And minimum wage
Seven twenty five to stay alive
A modern day slave
Chef was making cheesecakes
And I would study ways
Now I'm like a runaway
Rey showed me game
Granny looking down from heaven
So my passion heaven sent
I was in the building
Asking for another shift
Shit
If I work a little harder
Then mamma can retire
She worked her whole life
With no money and she tired
Fighting for a salary
And tryna keep the fire
But management is testing me
And ima end up fired
Chip all on my shoulder
But this job don't pay no money
If I stay because the name
Then I'll really be a dummy
I tell em that I work for myself they looking funny
I tell em that I work for the man and they love me
From the southside
Battle scars like a soldier
I got soul ties with the struggle
Ima Souldier
Got it out the mud
Now we up
Like I told yah
I got soul ties with the music
Ima soulster
From the southside
Battle scars like a soldier
I got soul ties with the struggle
Ima Souldier
Got it out the mud
Now we up
Like I told yah
I got soul ties with the music
Ima soulster
I'm blessed
And I'm grateful
And it's real
Never hateful
And I'm blessed
Because I made it to the league
Youngin with hoop dreams
Now really I'm really wit the team
The beauty of a dream
is you gotta wake up
If I stay complacent
Ima end up wasting
Got mo time to make up
Got no time to fake it
If I end up like a lifer
I'll barely have retirement
And my mamma need retirement
Grateful for the crumbs
Cuz it got me to the bread gang
Thankful for the ones
That helped me build my own lane
So the one mission bigger than just having fun
Mamma need me
And I got a son
Met my shorty in the building
And some real ones
So don't take it personal
When the real comes
From the southside
Battle scars like a soldier
I got soul ties with the struggle
Ima Souldier
Got it out the mud
Now we up
Like I told yah
I got soul ties with the music
Ima soulster
From the southside
Battle scars like a soldier
I got soul ties with the struggle
Ima Souldier
Got it out the mud
Now we up
Like I told yah
I got soul ties with the music
Ima soulster