'Cause it's your soul That you have sold You're only human Let the love in your heart shine a light, come alive and get you Search your heart You must have left it down in the womb of your mother Find it now You'd give away your love and your soul for a

Thug for Life I will be (this is the ballad of a dead soldier) A life of crime I will lead (close your eyes, hear the ballad of a dead soldier) If you play the game, you play to win (this is the ballad of a dead soldier) This is the ballad of a dead

I got soul, but I'm not a soldier Yeah, oh don't you put me on the backburner Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down If you can hold on Yeah, you know you got to help me out You know you got to help me out You're gonna bring yourself down Is there room

Another hit erases all the pain You’re falling, but you think you’re flying high Sold your soul Built a higher wall Now you’re thrown away Same rise and fall Who cares at all?