[00:00.000] 作词 : J. Cole

[00:01.000] 作曲 : J. Cole

[00:02.440]Soldier's song, marching on, on

[00:10.601]Hoping to see home

[00:14.718]If I die, before I

[00:19.323]See your smile, just one more time

[00:24.705]Sometimes I question whether this shit matters

[00:26.547]Puttin' substance into something and the world's so used to instant gratification

[00:30.366]I found this instrumental on my phone while on vacation

[00:32.942]Ib sent it a year ago or so

[00:34.513]I probably heard it before, but slept on it, you know?

[00:37.277]Shit don't always connect as soon as you press play

[00:39.956]At times you gotta step away, do some livin'

[00:42.733]Let time provide a new prescription, give a truer vision

[00:45.405]I dibble dabble in a few religions

[00:47.280]My homie constantly telling me 'bout Quran, puttin' me on

[00:50.558]I read a few pages and recognize the wisdom in it

[00:53.239]But I ain't got the discipline for stickin' with it

[00:55.627]Now I'm on the way to London, got a show for seven digits

[00:58.132]I'm wonderin' just when did I become my biggest critic?

[01:00.740]I wanna be my biggest fan like how I was when didn't nobody know my jams

[01:04.955]Today my son said, "Dad, let go my hand"

[01:06.699]Reminded me one day he's gonna be his own man

[01:08.789]And my job is to make sure he's equipped

[01:11.604]I gotta make sure he not no bitch 'cause niggas bound to try him

[01:14.413]If I said I was the toughest growin' up, I would be lyin'

[01:16.782]I had, a fear of gettin' punched while everybody eyein’

[01:19.398]Add to that a constant fear of dyin'

[01:22.221]By gunshot wound, the other violent type of endings

[01:23.985]I kept a tough demeanor on the surface but was mostly just pretendin'

[01:27.484]Luckily my bluff was workin' way more often than that

[01:30.030]But sometimes a nigga pulled my card, tryna expose me for a fraud

[01:33.465]And with my reputation at stake, I was scufflin' just to save face

[01:36.999]Couple wins, couple losses

[01:39.113]Some broken up too quick to call it

[01:41.073]My last scrap was with Puff Daddy, who would've thought it?

[01:43.464]I bought that nigga album in seventh grade and played it so much

[01:46.240]You would've thought my favorite rapper was Puff

[01:49.119]Back then I ain't know shit, now I know too much

[01:51.349]Ignorance is bliss and innocence is just ignorance before it's introduced to currency and clips

[01:56.942]Or bad licks that have a nigga servin' three to six, shit

[02:00.935]Soldier's song, marching on, on

[02:07.757]Hoping to see home

[02:11.992]If I die, before I

[02:16.348]See your smile, just one more time

[02:22.336]Soldiers song

[02:24.922]I could be one and lean on

[02:27.513]Time will right the wrongs

[02:30.213]Won't be long

[02:32.807]How can we grow any closer?

[02:35.394]How can we grow any closer?

[02:38.180]How can we grow any closer?

[02:40.767]How can we grow any closer?

[02:43.294]Something inside of me's tryna crawl up to the surface

[02:49.121]Something is suddenly smothering, stopping me, stubbornly gettin' his way, way, way, way

[02:55.763]Drowning out the wave (Drowning out)

[02:58.743]I've got a reason to believe that I'll turn out just fine

[03:03.831]Soldiers song

[03:10.299]Lord, please guide our steps

[03:12.452]Watch us, cover us

[03:16.162]So that every move we make is in alignment of your will

[03:20.657]Your purpose, please, fill us with Your spirit

[03:25.920]Keep us forever in the present

[03:28.664]For presence makes the strongest fathers

[03:31.510]Teach us how to lead

[03:34.311]Show us how to love