Soldier (Acapella)

So you done, you done your work Yeah, I'm sitting here with your grandson Mama What's up, what's happening, honey What's cooking Oh, nothing much I gotta, I gotta tell you something Then I got a question to ask you Okay Yeah, so I'm working right now, Mama And I just wanted to, uh, tell you, thank you for having your daughter You know, cause without her, I wouldn't be who I am today You know, she never quit on me She always, you know, pushing me forward You really raised a great, great daughter And she's an amazing mother Right I'm glad to hear Yes, yes, so Very glad to hear Are you proud of your daughter, how far she came Yes That girl is alright You see she leave Baltimore and gone down there I would never do that Mm-hmm But she, she know what she's doing Mm-hmm, single mother holding it, holding it down for years Doing it by herself You know, we're a little bit out from you and all that stuff But she been holding it down for years Yes, I was too, with five You forget that I remember But I'm talking about your daughter And you did a daggone great job raising us, too With five, honey, five But I'm glad she, I'm glad she did that Mm-hmm I'm really glad Oh, thanks, Ma I'm proud of her, um Ian You proud of Ian, Ma Huh You proud of Ian Yes, I'm proud of Ian, too Aw Thank you, Mama, I appreciate that My grandmother He don't do anything, just quiet, him just stay home and he just do what you have to do Yes, yes Don't go, it don't make no trouble All right, thank you, Mama I love you, and hopefully I'll see you soon Okay, baby All right All right, Mama What you say, Ma What you say, Ma Woah Woah Woah Uh Yeah Yeah Yeah Uh Uh Woah Woah Woah Uh I used to work a nine-to-five, it was hard to survive But I had money on my mind, I had to hustle and grind And we done came from hard times, sharing meals with my moms And I'm from Baltimore City, seeing murders and crimes But I'm a soldier But I'm a soldier I thought I told ya Thought I told ya That I'm a soldier That I'm a soldier I thought I told ya I'm like do u remember me I grew up where them killas be A couple friends dead or the locked in the penitentiary My mother she a queen single mother on her own And my mother always held it down and she did it all alone And we ain't have it back then She kept food on my plate I ate baloney, TV dinners, hot pockets, ain't no steak What you know about bologna with the tape around it Boiled hot dogs with some ketchup put some bread around it. Rip my nigga Bruce he was standing on the block He was trappin on the A, the next day he got shot What you know about that smell when u walk inside your spot Mouse traps around the house you can't find it so it rot I thought I told ya I thought I told ya That I'm a soldier That I'm a soldier I thought I told ya I thought I told ya That I'm a soldier That I'm a soldier I used to work a 9 to 5, It was hard to survive But I had money on my mine, I had to hustle and grind And we done came from hard times sharing meals with my moms And I'm from Baltimore city seeing murders and crimes But I'm a soldier, ah ah I thought I told ya I thought I told ya, ah That I'm a soldier That I'm a soldier, ah ah I thought I told ya I thought I told ya