Cameron Butler - SOLDIER Lyrics

Red dot at the top
I ain't aiming to please
Breaking ground being grounded
Now they shaking they knees
Finding abundance in healing
I was hurt for plenty
Over time I waited to play
It made my worth get heavy

Locked in, pen and paper
I still write in my celly
Plenty sentences I've served
These words curbside ready
A soldier till the war is won
Sure, I've lost some battles
Schooled by it all
I graduated with no tassel

It's me versus me
And either or gotta prosper
Bigger visions for my dreams
Started seeing it proper
God provided the testing
Without need of a proctor
Still resolved with solutions
While they weep at the problem

My belief is in the all
Even when I had nothing
Turned that into something
Don't ask me what I'm becoming
The villain wins in this story
That good guy shit died
It's crazy I was at my lowest
Folks saw it as high

You can really give your all
And it still ain't enough
I been playing the field
Got me making gains in a rush
Taking all of the pain
To paint a picture of the situation
Plenty spots and blotches from when I gave into limitations

I know that I'm doing the work
Sometimes I get fired up
Came for something major
For all the times I was slighted bruh
I'm learning to trust things for what they are
But dumbfounded on how I thought I wasn't a star

Red dot at the top
I ain't aiming to please
Breaking ground being grounded
Now they shaking they knees
Finding abundance in healing
I was hurt for plenty
Over time I waited to play
It made my worth get heavy

Locked in, pen and paper
I still write in my celly
Plenty sentences I've served
These words curbside ready
A soldier till the war is won
Sure, I've lost some battles
Schooled by it all
I graduated with no tassel

I swear this life shit is tricky
But I find a way to flip it
Niggas been up on the grind
Without time for me to kick it
But I push on, coasting fiascos
Practicing to respond quick while tryna react slow

It's a process like everything
This life is growth and decay
Takes strength to survive
So we hope and we pray
Cleared the lenses of my mind
From what took focus away
Tryna spread light and love is
My approach for today

And every day forward
I pour my glass to capacity
Make the water stretch
But I'm keeping at least half for me
Cuz shit get hard being parched
Tough pill to swallow realizing you're in need of some heart

So please have a seat if you can't withstand
When I held things down, I had to switch hands
I never been the type to clock the pockets of others
I always exchanged game instead of plotting my brothers

Red dot at the top
I ain't aiming to please
Breaking ground being grounded
Now they shaking they knees
Finding abundance in healing
I was hurt for plenty
Over time I waited to play
It made my worth get heavy

Locked in, pen and paper
I still write in my celly
Plenty sentences I've served
These words curbside ready
A soldier till the war is won
Sure, I've lost some battles
Schooled by it all
I graduated with no tassel