Soulja’s Story 2Pac

[Intro]
They cuttin' off welfare
All he wanted to be, a soldier, like me (They think crime is rising now)
All he wanted to be, a soldier, a soldier (You got whites killing Blacks)
All he wanted to be, a soldier, like me (Cops killing Blacks)
All he wanted to be, a soldier, a soldier (And Blacks killing Blacks)
All he wanted to be, a soldier, a soldier (Shit just gon' get worse)
All he wanted to be, a soldier, a soldier (They just gon' become soldiers)
All he wanted to be, a soldier, like me (Straight soldiers)

[Chorus]
All you wanted to be, a soldier, a soldier
All you wanted to be, a soldier, like me
All you wanted to be, a soldier, a soldier
All you wanted to be, a soldier, like me
All you wanted to be, a soldier, a soldier
All you wanted to be, a soldier, a soldier
All you wanted to be, a soldier, a soldier
All you wanted to be, a soldier, like me

[Verse 1]
Crack done took a part of my family tree
My mama's on the shit, my daddy split and moms is steady blaming me
Is it my fault, just cause I'm a young Black male?
Cops sweat me as if my destiny is makin' crack sales
Only fifteen and got problems
Cops on my tail, so I bail 'til I dodge 'em
They finally pull me over and I laugh
"Remember Rodney King?" and I blast on his punk ass
Now I got a murder case
You speak of Heaven punk? I never heard of the place
Wanted to come up fast, got a Uz' and a black mask
Ducking fuckin' task, now who's the jackass?
Keep my shit cocked cause the cops got a Glock too
What the fuck would you do? Drop them or let 'em drop you?
I chose droppin' the cop
I got me a Glock, and a Glock for the niggas on my block
Mama tried to stab me, I moved out
Sold a pound a weed, made Gs, bought a new house
I'm only seventeen, I'm the new king
Got me a crew, bought 'em jewels, and a Uz'-thing
But all good things don't last
Task came fast, and busted my Black ass
Coolin' in the pen, where the good's kept
Now my little brother wants to follow in my footsteps, a soldier