Soldier Life

(Ace Lex on the beat) (Thug life, bitch ass) Didn't ask to be alive, but I'm livin' Will I die in the streets? Maybe I'll go to prison, yeah Everybody got a time, I feel it coming Met death at sixteen, since then I ain't stopped running I promise this the life of a soldier (It's the) life of a soldier, yeah Life of a soldier Life of a soldier, yeah Didn't ask to be alive, but I'm livin' Will I die in the streets? Maybe I'll go to prison, yeah Everybody got they time, I feel it coming Met death at sixteen, since then I ain't stopped running I promise this the life of a soldier Life of a soldier, yeah (okay) Life of a soldier Life of a soldier, yeah It's hard to maintain this soldier life mentality It would be a tragedy, them white folks come and hassle me Throw me down and wrestle me just to put on handcuffs Try me with resisting when they told me throw my hands up For tryna get my bands up to feed the fam They want me nine-to-five working as a pizza man Instead I'm nine-to-five serving, going gram-for-gram 'Cause 'fore you know it, the bills gonna be due again They look at us as hooligans but they don't understand the hand that I was dealt All the dreams that I watched melt, all the pain that I done felt All the storms that I survived and all the rain that I done felt Look me in my eyes, you'll see I got no choice but to grind Didn't ask to be alive, but I'm livin' Will I die in the streets? Maybe I'll go to prison, yeah Everybody got a time, I feel it coming Met death at sixteen, since then I ain't stopped running I promise this the life of a soldier (It's the) life of a soldier, yeah Life of a soldier Life of a soldier, yeah Didn't ask to be alive, but I'm livin' Will I die in the streets? Maybe I'll go to prison, yeah Everybody got they time, I feel it coming Met death at sixteen, since then I ain't stopped running I promise this the life of a soldier Life of a soldier, yeah Life of a soldier (rrah) Life of a soldier, yeah, rrah (Ace Lex on the beat) Yeah, yeah --- Soldier Life - Rod Wave