Fallen Soldiers Lyrics

[Intro]
What, I'ma live for my niggas
I'ma shine for my niggas

[Verse 1]
How can I express the sorrow, I learn to dread tomorrow
Had to see my nigga Yammy dead—he can rest with honor
'Cause he was reppin on his quest for dollars

I was the one who took him Uptown, with someone into measure powder
I treasure our memories together, hard to believe
I'ma never see you again, but I'ma make you breathe with a pen

So everyone can see you, my friend, in fly sneakers again
Life is sweet and kinda deep when it ends
Still remember you beefin' over bullshit calls at basketball games cheatin

Yo, my cipher ain't complete, I'm sorry for that argument we had
On twelfth street over a sale, knowing well that you was seekin dough as well
We made up the same night, through the years remained tight
The same love, same drugs, rockin' the same Nikes
Now that you gone, I'm here reppin' your name right

[Chorus]
Did you ever lose a nigga you love?
Then ask yourself is there a heaven for thugs?
And will you be forgiven when your spirit is judged
This song is dedicated to my niggas above
Did you ever lose a nigga you love?
Then ask yourself is there a heaven for thugs?
And will you be forgiven when your spirit is judged
This song is dedicated to my niggas above
[Verse 2]
To my cousin Bam
You my fuckin man, I find it hard to understand
You gone—your physical form is dormant
I'm lost like the Bulls without Jordan
Tell my man J.B. from Edgemere I said peace
Son, I live a thug life, I clutch mics
With the same intensity that I used to crush white
G-Fresh was at your funeral (Word), son I felt it
And if I start cryin when I rhyme I can't help it
Analyze, never think I forgot you, you my heart
And even death can't keep the two of us apart
From day one, watchin' cartoons, shootin' playguns
Who ever thought we see this day come?
Tell my moms I miss her—give her a kiss
And tell her that her youngest child done her proud
I know she heard about me runnin' wild
Y'all gone now, but livin in my memory
Fallen soldiers, sleepin' in serenity

[Chorus]
Did you ever lose a nigga you love?
Then ask yourself is there a heaven for thugs?
And will you be forgiven when your spirit is judged
This song is dedicated to my niggas above
Did you ever lose a nigga you love?
Then ask yourself is there a heaven for thugs?
And will you be forgiven when your spirit is judged
This song is dedicated to my niggas above
[Verse 3]
Killa Black, what up my nigga?
I know you chillin' with my nigga Ill Will
Inside a ghetto heaven building
With a Mac-11, still in your jeans, screamin' Infamous Queens
Forty-First Side kid, you know me

I know the O-Z's are whiter there, pussy much tighter there
'Pac and Eazy-E coming through on low riders there
The same old thing, except there ain't no pain
Your brother Havoc doing his thing, yo for real
It's all good in the hood, the Escalade with the wood-grain
Son was never misunderstood, dearly departed
Hear me acknowledge all my people who passed
Whether holdin' heat, or in it for cash
Some of y'all led sinister paths, some are pure like
Dominican raw
, knockin on heaven's door
The only thing you ever ran from in life is law
I reminisce your memories, for you this Hennessy we pour

[Chorus]
Did you ever lose a nigga you love?
Then ask yourself is there a heaven for thugs?
And will you be forgiven when your spirit is judged
This song is dedicated to my niggas above
Did you ever lose a nigga you love?
Then ask yourself is there a heaven for thugs?
And will you be forgiven when your spirit is judged
This song is dedicated to my niggas, my niggas
[Outro]
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Genius Annotation

This is the 7th track from Cormega’s debut album the realness. It samples Beggar’s song by Wet Willie. On this track Cormega pays his last respect to friends of his who died, most notably his best friend Yammy and his cousin Bam.

Q&A

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What did Cormega say about "Fallen Soldiers"?
Genius Answer

Cormega: “That’s a very emotional tribute record to me. I did it to pay homage to some people that stayed in my mind after they passed and it was hard to get over. My man Yammy, my cousin Bam, we were inseparable. My man Spank. It’s funny, I did the song, I mentioned Spank on the remix, his brother produced on the album, and at the beginning of ‘Glory Days’ that’s Spank. So Spank’s presence is on that album. That’s what’s deep about The Realness. That album wasn’t just me, that album was people’s voices.

“My man Blue — I mentioned him too, he was one of my biggest allies — is a big reason why I did The Realness because when I was in the streets, he told me, ‘Don’t forget, you’re a rapper. You can rap. Don’t let this shit consume you. Make music.’ And after he got killed, those words haunted me, and I didn’t know what was going to happen after The Realness, to be honest with you. I didn’t have a set plan. So basically that album was like a tribute to my man Blue and Spank.

“I did the remix also because more people died during the time of recording The Realness. When I first made ‘Fallen Soldiers,’ at least three more people who were very important in my life died after that. When I first did those songs they were from a creative perspective, but as time went on they became more emotional for me.
“It’s very hard for me to perform those songs now, even though I do. I don’t do both of them, I only do one of them and it’s real emotional for me. So that song is a double-edged sword.”

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Release Date
July 22, 2001
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