Jthovn Presents For Life

Lyrics

Started off between a rock and a hard place
Trying to make ends meet, provide for my family
Got a nine to five, six to 10, still struggling
Job juggling, no hustling, made a covenant

With the better half, but I gotta make a move though
Raised my right hand to the man, this is crucial
Bus Greyhound, took a trip down Route one
Eight weeks basic training down at Fort Jackson

No wife and kids, like a bid, I crossed off days
Kept my eye on the prize, my goals to graduate
Fort Gordon was my next stop, it was Signal School
Hanging with some army fools, trying to break all the rules

Started smoking cigarette, drinking at the night spots
Hanging with sister soldier in the dorm parking lots
First offense, innocence was the one and only thing
I could decree, can't let a little thing wreck my family

I'm soldier bound, serve my country with pride
Check the flag on my arm, salute it when I rise
Like many men, who have come and gone before me
Here's the part you never see, listen to a soldier's story

I'm soldier bound, serve my country with pride
Check the flag on my arm, salute it when I rise
Like many men, who have come and gone before me
Here's the part you never see, listen to a soldier's story

Now it's all good, stationed stateside at Fort Hood
Family comfy at the crib, but I'm off to the woods
To the desert, to the woods, must have been testin
On my family, especially with my transgressions

Thought I was bangin' chicks, there was some thoroughbreds
Even though I talk shi, I never straight my bed
Separated from my fam, adopted camouflaged
My new pastimes were drinking, smoking, bones, and playing cards

Started chasing broads now, without the inhibition
Trained by the best to accomplish any mission
Nine months overseas, stranded in a foreign land
A lot of time to think about your life and your future plans

When it's on the line every day, your mortality
You try to cherish what you lost, you want your family
Sometimes you have to lose what you have, that's the lesson
So the next time you'll appreciate your blessings

I'm soldier bound, serve my country with pride
Check the flag on my arm, salute it when I rise
Like many men, who have come and gone before me
Here's the part you never see, listen to a soldier's story

I'm soldier bound, serve my country with pride
Check the flag on my arm, salute it when I rise
Like many men, who have come and gone before me
Here's the part you never see, listen to a soldier's story

(Your left, your left, your left, right, left)
I don't know why I left
But I must have been wrong
And it won't be long
'til I get on back home

(Your left, your left, your left, right, left)
I don't know why I left
But I must have been wrong
And it won't be long
'til I get on back home

I'm soldier bound, serve my country with pride
Check the flag on my arm, salute it when I rise
Like many men, who have come and gone before me
Here's the part you never see, listen to a soldier's story

I'm soldier bound, serve my country with pride
Check the flag on my arm, salute it when I rise
Like many men, who have come and gone before me
Here's the part you never see, listen to a soldier's story

(Your left, your left, your left, right, left)
I don't know why I left
But I must have been wrong
And it won't be long
'til I get on back home

(Your left, your left, your left, right, left)
I don't know why I left
But I must have been wrong
And it won't be long
'til I get on back home