Reality Check
4th25 Lyrics

92 to 94 percent of you fuckers fall short
The majority of people claiming to be soldiers or imitating soldiers are not actually capable or experienced.

Cause only 6 to 8 is or has ever been a soldier before
A small percentage of people have truly served as soldiers.

Sure its cute to imitate our likeness
It may be entertaining or amusing to imitate soldiers.

And never go to war
But these imitators have never experienced the realities and hardships of war.

But the closest you've been to in theaters
The closest they have been to theaters is watching movies with their partners.

With your bitch and some popcorn pussy
They enjoy watching war movies with their romantic partners while eating popcorn.

I'm trying to believe you
I want to trust your claims and stories.

And everything y'all telling me
I want to have faith in what all of you are saying.

But I have seen soldiers first hand
However, I have personally witnessed real soldiers.

And its not what y'all sellin' me
And what I have seen does not match the image you are presenting.

So could you please
I kindly request that you

Pull your brand from the shelf
Stop claiming to be a soldier or associating yourself with the soldier image.

And anymore songs identifying you with me
And refrain from making any more songs that connect you to me or the soldier identity.

Keep 'em to yourself
Keep those songs and associations to yourself.

Cause though you may have stood behind us
Although you may have voiced your support for us

You ain't never stood wit us
You have never truly been with us

Cause I ain't never seen you on the blocks here
Because I have never witnessed you in the dangerous areas where we operate

When them ambushes hit us
When we are attacked by surprise

And please don't think
And I urge you not to assume

Just cause you bought some fatigues
That simply because you purchased military-style clothing

And run around with your little guns
And play with small firearms

Playing war back home in the streets
Acting like you are engaged in real war while in the safety of your own neighborhood

That you could ever in any lifetime
That you could ever, under any circumstances

Be a reflection of me
Truly represent or embody who I am as a soldier

Cause I have deployed to go war
Because I have been sent to war

And you ain't got the balls to leave
And you do not have the courage or determination to experience what I have

So for me could you please
So I kindly request

Shut the fuck up
Stop talking or making false claims

And let me know when your done on my dick
And inform me when you are finished idolizing or obsessing over me

So I can zip my pants back up
So I can put an end to this unwanted attention or admiration

Walk a mile in my boots
Experience what I have been through

You couldn't make it
You would not be able to endure or handle it

Sure you all soldiers at home
You may act or pretend to be soldiers in your own environment

But out here you can't fake it
But in the real world, you cannot pretend or deceive

That's why y'all ain't here
That is why you are not present or involved

Ain't it
Isn't that the case

Its just easier to act
It is simpler to pretend or put on a facade

Hard on credit than it is to make a payment
Claiming to be tough is easier than actually proving it

But I got my receipts
I have evidence or proof of what I have done

No balance due on my statement
I have fulfilled all my obligations and debts

And y'all got to love me
And all of you must acknowledge or respect me

Hear the music and I face it
Listen to the lyrics of my songs and confront the realities

Its too easy to bluff a hand
It is effortless to fake or deceive others

And never have to play it
And not have to actually engage or face the consequences

So no y'all are not soldiers
Hence, you are not true soldiers

Just cause y'all say it
Merely because you claim to be

Look, I'm hearing some things
Listen, I am aware of some rumors or statements

Right now that I don't like at all
Currently, I strongly dislike what I am hearing

Cause according to destiny's child
Because based on a song by Destiny's Child

Ain't none of us here soldiers at all
None of us can truly be considered soldiers

And the whole country right now
The entire nation currently

They just in love with that song
They are simply infatuated or obsessed with that song

But I ain't hear emsay nothing
But I have not heard them say anything

But keep using the word soldier wrong
Except for misusing or misrepresenting the term soldier

And I've been through too much here
I have experienced too much here

For y'all to use the term so lightly
For all of you to casually or carelessly use the term soldier

And these mofuckers they are describing
And the individuals they are describing

They are nothing like me
They do not resemble me or my experiences at all

But I'm glad they marketing strategy
However, I am pleased that their marketing strategy

Worked while we here dying
Has been successful while we are here suffering or dying

Had to now that song ed sell
They had to know that the song would sell

Shit why the fuck else would they write it
Otherwise, why would they even create it

Or was it written before we deployed
Or was it written before we were sent to war

And they just retitled it
And they simply changed the title to make it fit

Turning a garbage song to a hit
Turning a terrible song into a hit

Increasing their entitlement
Boosting their sense of entitlement or importance

Or maybe I ain't got no taste
Perhaps I lack good judgment or preference

Or idea what a soldier is
Or an understanding of what a soldier truly is

And maybe their description is dead on
And perhaps their description is completely accurate

And I ain't here going through shit
While I am here experiencing hardships and struggles

Maybe these mofuckers at home
Maybe these individuals at home

Being soldiers is real shit
Being soldiers is actually tough and challenging

And maybe I'm wrong and to be a soldier
And perhaps I am mistaken, and to be a soldier

You ain't gotta do shit
You do not have to do anything substantial or significant

But sit on your ass
But simply relax or do nothing

And let somebody else pray those rpg's miss
And rely on someone else to pray for safety from rockets

Or when your country goes to war
Or when your country engages in war

Just lay down like a bitch
Simply surrender or give up easily

It's a lot a talk about where y'all from
There is much discussion about your origins or background

And who that makes you
And how that defines or portrays you

Sellin yourself as the hardest fucker
Presenting yourself as the toughest individual

In the world no thank you
In the world, but I am not interested in that

Sure you hard on your block
Sure, you may appear tough in your neighborhood

But these streets ed break you
But these streets would easily overwhelm and defeat you

Here its brand name thugs
Here, we have well-known or reputable criminals

And y'all some off brand ganstas
While you all are just low-quality or inferior gangsters

Wanna be soldiers
Individuals who aspire to be soldiers

Follow me I'll take you
Follow my lead, and I will show you

To see some marines in fallujah
To witness the presence of marines in Fallujah

And I hope you make it
And I hope you survive or endure

Or come visit my theatre
Alternatively, come visit my battleground

Shit I'll show you some places
I will proudly show you some locations

But I really don't think
However, I highly doubt

That y'all wanna go where I'll take you
That you all truly desire to go where I would lead you

Straight to the shittiest
Directly to the most awful or dreadful

City on a map
City marked on a map

Where you was probably better off
Where you probably would have been better

Shootin yourself for we left
Shooting yourself before we departed

But y'all mofuckers so hard
But all of you are so tough or daring

You can't be worried bout that
You are not concerned about that

Shit y'all ed probably hold down
Indeed, all of you would likely manage or control

Sadr city all by yourselves
The volatile Sadr City on your own

The truth is
In reality

I don't hink its enough towels
I do not believe there are sufficient towels

Cause y'all ed throwem all in
Because all of you would throw them all

For I could show y'all around pussy
Before I could guide or introduce all of you

And I'm wonderin
And I am curious

Who y'all gone let fuck y'all now
Who are you going to allow to take advantage of you now

Hardest soldiers in America
Claiming to be the toughest soldiers in America

And y'all all layin down
Yet all of you are surrendering or giving up

The fuck happened
What the fuck has occurred

Thought y'all was ready for war
Believed all of you were prepared for war

At least that's what every word outta your mouth
At least, that is what every word you speak suggests

Said you was but
Claimed you were, but

Let y'all tell it
According to your own accounts

And anythings possible
And anything can happen

When the closest y'all been to war
When the closest all of you have been to war

Is only 6,000 miles
Is merely a distance of 6,000 miles

Come on now
Come on now, seriously

Y'all can't be serious
All of you cannot be serious

And please tell me its more to y'all
And please assure me that there is more to all of you

Than just smoke and mirrors
Than just deception or illusions

I wanna believe you
I want to trust and have faith in you

And everything y'all telling me
And everything all of you are telling me

But again, I've seen soldiers first hand
However, once again, I have personally witnessed real soldiers

And its not what y'all selling me.
And what I have seen does not match the image or story you are presenting.

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