[Nas] Uh, If I can teach somethin´ so dear And hope somebody learn somethin´ from it
And give it back
[Verse1] They can´t break me or shake me They too fake to come kill me Think they faith this was satan They mistake me I´m filthy Rich off the ghetto madness, so now they wanna dare me It´s gonna be a murder confront me, the burners are empty Middle Passage I made it I´m from the land of David The Nazarene of Bethlehem they had me wrapped in blankets That bunch of backward gangsters That sign the affadavit Snitches with smile-like faces got you blowin´ trial I hear this
Hopin´ my child can see through this tryna be a good daddy I was there when she was born and she´ll be there when I´m buried Kind o´ waitin´ is scary All my years have prepared me What I fear is my temper, I subject to the center Right through a man´s soul Straight through his eyes, straight through his heart I´m still alive how did I make it this far ´Cause I been high I been low, searchin´ for a way to go Every single night I pray And Lord I´m on this battleground, lost just waitin´ to be found I guess it´s just a warrior´s way
[Chorus (1): Alicia Keys] This is the song, of my warriors A warrior song Bravehearted and strong, definition of a warrior Definition of a warrior Gonna keep marchin´ on, to the sound of her own beatin´ drum
[Verse2] Like King Nasir fightin´ the British regime I can´t cope my existence is hope for younger teens who lost in their world Earlier this year I buried my queen in a gold casket Your mother´s the closest thing to God that you ever have kid I´m askin, what would you do at your own mom´s
funeral Wanna pick her up out of it, this can´t be real Tellin´ my daughter grandma´s gone, but I can´t keep still I can´t go on, responsible for so many Her last days at the hospital Visits from family I´m tryin´ not to bust shots at niggas Wishin´ death on other nigga´s mothers ain´t right but why mommy She raised me in the projects alone Her untimely exit from her, heavenly body Got me ready to embody somethin´ quickly Can´t be happy, fuck a party she can´t party with me So your apologies are burnin´ ya own souls To the kids with no parents at home, grab a whole
[Chorus (2): Alicia Keys] This is the song, of my warriors A warrior song Bravehearted and strong, definition of a warrior (Uh, warriors) Gonna keep punchin´ on, to the sound of her own beatin´ drum
[Verse3] Fight ´til the fight is over, for my peoples I die see When you thought they were soldiers they turned out to be nobodies I think they out to get me, helpless was livin´ sinful If you was me all this pain I´m feelin would bend and killed you
(I´m a Warrior) It only made me stronger But in my head it gets darker who wishin´ evil on ya Sometimes I wish I was dead But I took heed to the cause (I´m a Warrior, yeah) ´Cause I been high I been low, searchin´ for a way to go Every single night I pray And Lord I´m on this battleground, lost just waitin´ to be found I guess it´s just a warrior´s way
[Chorus x3 (1) Until End: Alicia Keys]
[Nas] To my warriors
To all these, baby Krucial Keys! Braveheart y´all This to all my warriors, who breathe with the heart of a lion To everybody that lost their mother, their father Rest in peace moms! My mother´s last words: Never give up A true warrior, who raised me in the hood, in a war Love ya girl, y´kno keep marchin´ Yea yea yea, you never give up To all my warriors, haha Braveheart, Braveheart Definition of a warrior