INTRO BY PAPOOSE: You wanna go to war? lets get it then If war bring peace im wit it then I don't start beef, I finish it Ghetto soldiers, we militent AKON: I dont like to fuss or fight Just tryin to live life right But dont take my kindness for weekness 'cause i will take your life At first i will walk away, unless you push me to play But thats somthin I know you'll regret, so please dont forget: Im a ghetto soldier,desperado oooo Im a ghetto soldier,good man sing ooooo Im a ghetto soldier,how white sing ooooo Yes, a ghetto soldier,black man sing oooooo PAPOOSE: The soldiers get trained my the leutenant The leutenant gets all of his orders from the captain General, when i was young, i got drafted Sent me to the army of brooklyn, those ba*tards Full of soldiers, my homies lay in caskets They couldn't survive the heat Just like the mavericks And I dont buy wolf tickets from n***as But n***as be wolfin so i walk around wit my clippers Some of my people was alive for my struggle But ain't lived to see my success They wanted to see me make it, but got stripped naked And layed in the mall cuz of d**h So yo now that Im successful How can i celebrate it? They died early, so in their eyes I never made it I ain't goin' give you my life, you gotta take it Soldier, I'm going out Blazin' Im a ghetto soldier,desperado oooo Im a ghetto soldier,good man sing ooooo Im a ghetto soldier,how white sing ooooo Yes, a ghetto soldier,black man sing oooooo PAPOOSE: We said the same thing at the same time I ain't knock on wood Black cat crossed my path, my luck still good Broke a mirror, I ain't get 7 years of bad luck Nuttin bad ain't even happened, my left eye jumped Put my hat on the bed when I walked in the room Swept my feet, and I ain't even spit on the broom What im try'na say is, Im not supersticious Akon what am I ? ((akon)Im a ghetto soldier) My right hand itchin, been havin money kid I even opened the unbrella in da crib Bought my girl some shoes, she ain't walk outta my life No bad luck, I skipped the po twice No superstition, just wise intuition On the battle field get k**ed or do the k**in By the way my good luck charm is a biscuit Ghetto soldier to the ended... Im a ghetto soldier,desperado oooo Im a ghetto soldier,good man sing ooooo Im a ghetto soldier,how white sing ooooo Yes, a ghetto soldier,black man sing oooooo PAPOOSE: No pain no gain All of the trama is k**ing me Pain can't swim Thats why I drown in that Hennesey Tired of the enemy, runnin to your crib Slumped you in your fireplace, and have smoke comin outta Your chimney I could see straight through your plots and your trickory It dont mean sh** to me, im trying to get to the bottom of it But I lost a whole lot of my energy Tryna get to the bottom of a botteless industry Now-a-days all i got is my pride and my dignity You ridin with sympathy They say misery needs company, why keep em company? You kiddin' me? when I could grab a weapon and put him outta his misery Says shots asked you to tell you Im not playing! When you fire back you let me know what chu saying This gun busting its like an unspoken language We communicate with our guns, this sh** is dangerous Im a ghetto soldier,desperado oooo Im a ghetto soldier,good man sing ooooo Im a ghetto soldier,how white sing ooooo Yes, a ghetto soldier,black man sing oooooo Ya know...