Warrior Song (feat. Alicia Keys)

[00:08.87] Uh, If I can teach somethin' so dear
[00:16.05] And hope somebody learn somethin' from it
[00:17.54] And give it back
[00:21.41] They can't break me or shake me, they too fake to come kill me
[00:23.05] Think they faith this was Satan, they mistake me I'm filthy
[00:28.10] Rich off the ghetto madness, so now they wanna dare me
[00:30.98] It's gonna be a murder confront me, the burners are empty
[00:35.56] Middle Passage I made it, I'm from the land of David
[00:37.28] The Nazarene of Bethlehem they had me wrapped in blankets
[00:39.94] That bunch of backward gangsters, that sign of Alpha Davis
[00:43.78] Snitches with smile-like faces got you blowin' trial I hear this
[00:46.42] Hopin' my child can see through this tryna be a good daddy
[00:48.45] I was there when she was born and she'll be there when I'm buried
[00:50.56] Kind o' waitin' is scary, all my years have prepared me
[00:54.41] What I fear is my temper, I subject to the center
[01:03.05] Right through a man's soul straight through his eyes
[01:04.05] Straight through his heart, I'm still alive how did I make it this far?
[01:04.63] 'Cause I been high I been low, searchin' for a way to go
[01:05.58] Every single night I pray
[01:07.54] And Lord I'm on this battleground, lost just waitin' to be found
[01:10.60] I guess it's just a warrior's way
[01:12.22] This is the song, for my warriors, a warrior song
[01:23.84] Bravehearted and strong, definition of a warrior
[02:47.18] Gonna keep marchin' on
[02:47.55] To the sound of our own beatin' drum
[02:48.03] Like King Nasir fightin' the British regime
[02:48.63] I can't cope my existence is hope for younger teens who lost in their world
[02:49.18] Earlier this year I buried my queen in a gold casket
[02:49.65] Your mother's the closest thing to God that you ever have kid
[02:50.15] I'm askin', what would you do at your own mom's funeral?
[02:50.77] Wanna pick her up out of it, this can't be real
[02:51.22] Tellin' my daughter grandma's gone, but I can't keep still
[02:51.91] I can't go on, responsible for so many
[02:52.71] Her last days at the hospital
[02:53.04] Visits from family I'm tryin' not to bust shots at niggas
[02:53.46] Wishin' death on other nigga's mothers ain't right but why mommy?
[02:53.72] She raised me in the projects alone
[02:54.12] Her untimely exit from her, heavenly body
[02:54.73] Got me ready to embody somethin' quickly
[02:55.01] Can't be happy, fuck a party she can't party with me
[02:55.47] So your apologies are burnin' ya own souls
[02:56.32] To the kids with no parents at home, grab a whole
[02:56.93] This is the song, for my warriors, a warrior song
[02:57.43] Bravehearted and strong, definition of a warrior
[02:57.78] Gonna keep marchin' on
[02:58.15] To the sound of our own beatin' drum
[02:58.79] Fight 'til the fight is over, for my peoples I die see
[02:59.04] When you thought they were soldiers they turned out to be nobodies
[02:59.49] I think they out to get me, helpless was livin' sinful
[02:59.77] If you was me all this pain I'm feelin' would bend and killed you
[03:00.08] I'm a warrior, it only made me stronger
[03:00.48] But in my head it gets darker who wishin' evil on ya?
[03:00.70] Sometimes I wish I was dead
[03:01.03] But I took heed to the cause I'm a warrior, yeah
[03:01.47] 'Cause I been high I been low, searchin' for a way to go
[03:02.16] Every single night I pray
[03:02.76] And Lord I'm on this battleground, lost just waitin' to be found
[03:03.01] I guess it's just a warrior's way
[03:03.94] This is the song, for my warriors, a warrior song
[03:05.22] Bravehearted and strong, definition of a warrior
[03:05.67] Gonna keep marchin' on
[03:06.01] To the sound of our own beatin' drum
[03:06.45] This is the song, for my warriors, a warrior song
[03:06.88] Bravehearted and strong, definition of a warrior
[03:07.13] Gonna keep marchin' on
[03:07.59] To the sound of our own beatin' drum
[03:07.85] This to all my warriors, who breathe with the heart of a lion
[03:08.26] To everybody that lost their mother, their father, rest in peace moms!
[03:08.61] My mother's last words, "Never give up"
[03:08.98] A true warrior, who raised me in the hood, in a war
[03:09.47] Love ya girl, y'kno keep marchin'
[03:09.79] Yea yea yea, you never give up
[03:10.11] To all my warriors, haha
[03:10.50] Braveheart, braveheart, definition of a warrior
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