Jay-z - A Ballad for the Fallen Soldier

[tcage31]

Before you say never serve your country you need to thank every veteran you see because the reason why you are free is because of them. We took the oath and stand proud to give even worthless men the right to say whats on their mind without being killed. Some men need to stay back with the women and children.

[MrVizionary2012]

Neptunes got so much soul

[EightydueceJM]

Word to the wise, don't listen to that guy in the first comment^^^Talking about "propaganda", you're comment is propaganda. Live your life the way you want, if you choose to join the military and serve your country, then do so and don't let anyone give you their opinion. In the end, its you're decision on what you want to do with YOUR life, you have to live it, so do it the way you want! R.I.P. to all my fallen friends in Iraq and Afghanistan, you did not die in vein and will not be forgotten!

[guru1988510]

@EightydueceJM well join the military and do us a favor dont come back

[EightydueceJM]

@guru1988510 You're welcome :) You can say whatever you want because our military protects your freedom of speech. I am in the military and have been for the last 9 years, serving 4 tours in Iraq and 1 in Afghanistan, which is where I am currently located.

[guru1988510]

@EightydueceJM maybe i was a little too judgmental but lets be honest this country does not protect my freedom of speech, and to your definition it may but whats the purpose in that case... to be quite honest with you i don't hate you for joining the military your just a dog that sees a bone, my point you should find out the truth, and weather you believe it or not your only fighting for some baster'd that wanted money not equality or "freedom of speech" truth is freedom of speech we dont have

[vojasrb]

NOT "A Ballad for the Fallen Soldier " its a "Tupac - Ballad of a dead soulja " pure plagiat!! .I.

[Marketing614]

what happen to the hustlers?????

[lakerland24]

Neptunes :D

[Kimmica20]

@lakerland24 Yessir! : )

[sirPapp]

Rest (In Peace) Well.....Big D.A. aka Don Juan Ashford*** aka lil Don Don......c ya in a minnit mayh,,,,,, YOU MADE IT lil Daddy !!!

[JZSliceRocafella]

isnt he lyrical

best rapper ever

[kay77764]

i love this song!! Great Job Jay Z!!!

[marcelraj77]

i felt like you was talking about me and it brought me to tears. by the way, i love 2 pac and hated jay until i heard "you must love me"

[856Lockdown]

who's the guy that sings the hook?

[djCurie]

@856Lockdown rell

[Kimmica20]

@856Lockdown Mark Dorsey

[THEBARFO]

Enlisting in the Corps in one year.... can't wait. oorahh

[killamanjaro1000]

RIP Lil B Carter

[baythuggin]

JAY Z IS APART OF THE ILLUMANATI....OTHER THAN THAT I LUV THIS SONG LOL

[kay77764]

@baythuggin ok! i totally agree with you lol

[biga100able]

MAN THIS SONG GOT ME THREW ALOT JAY KEEP IT UP , ST.LOUIS REPA BIGA100 STAY TRU 1

[jmayhse]

God Bless all the Fallen Soldiers and everyone that has served for our country

[AceKing2012]

@jmayhse The people that serve our country are not soldiers...They are bullies with weapons that impose their technological advances on people that have sticks and stones....Toast to the real soldiers in the Streets, on the corners, the Tupacs, Larry Hoovers, Malcolm X's, and Muammar Gaddafis....

[jmayhse]

Hove the real OG triple, triple

[TheHazcam]

bin laden didn't happen in manhattan you dopey camel face. It was manufactured for the beginning of the new world order.

These soldiers sent to war and murdered for no reason but oil and dominance. Millions of civilians dead in iraq and afghanistan, life is equal whether you are jigga, gates, bush obama, a child in Israel, a girl in Iraq or a marine.

Fuck the elites sending children to war for their own satanic and power tripping agendas.

Word to God

[mackfrancois]

@TheHazcam i dont think you understood what he was saying lol

[jmayhse]

@TheHazcam You dumb as an illiterate cockroach, if u don't understand the metaphors and simile's don't make a comment you only look uneducated and prove Hova tha GOD'S point . This is grown man music, Foolish Child.

[TheHazcam]

@jmayhse Dude I'm a fan of Jigga (black album and prior especially) but all I'm saying is that Bin Laden didn't happen in Manhattan ie; 9/11 wasn't do to with Bin Laden/Al-CIA-da. That's all.

The rest of that post was talking about the recent wars not to do with jay or the song.

I understand the metaphors of the song and how it's relating the parallel life of a hustler versus a soldier. It's brilliant. I had to actually read the lyrics a few times to realise the genius of it.

[THEBARFO]

@TheHazcam i cant stand all of you assholes talking about 9/11 being a conspiracy... no matter how much you think the government is out to get us, they would never purposely destroy one of the buildings thats so important to our stock exchange and deffinately wouldnt purposely kill 3000 american citizens..... that shit is disrespectful especially to the men and women who went over to afganistan and iraq to even fight for your right to say this bullshit

[JAYBALK21]

@THEBARFO i second that... i know how the ppl who struck down our ppls that day think and believe me we aint built like that.

[blueagate]

I'm not a rap fan but I like this guy. I'm 54 and I ilke him. Thanks for this JayZ!

[royalace]

jay doesn't know what the fuck hes talking about lmao good try though....marines 06-10 r.i.p. Thomas Rivers....

[MsDaysofourlivesfan]

r.i.p spc.jonathan smith march11th 2007 will always miss you you went away to serve our country and you loved hard i will never forget you !!!

[markeise1010]

Chad Hugo!!!!!!

[MrBeeMore]

rip 2 lil bro Bernard Ceo lost  n iraq oct 15 2005 miss baby Ceos 4life

[mrdbrown100]

that last verse just touches you like real talk

[kensohan]

jay-z and the neptunes did it again.

[laodicea100]

one of the few songs i like by jay, dont realy like much of his music. Reasonable doubt was his best album and in my life time was decent it had some good songs and some weak ones.

[DrJDoubleM]

man im 15 in 3 years im getting ready to serve. God Bless America.

[DaveTheBluesGuy]

i think this song is also bout all the young niggas in the drug game, gettin locked up, a victim of their own need & desire for money. see, they prisoners of war in a different sense..... a prisoner of a fuckd up society. but yeh mad respect also to the ppl who serve this country

[worshiprobert]

this song gave me therapy after my tour of the invasion of iraq! to all the rakkasans still fighting, watch your 6! over!

[WGines614]

Jay Z has helped me with his Music thru some of the hardest Timez in my Life... Thank you for being the Marvin Gaye of my Generation Jigga....

[lildizz98]

Bin Laden's been Happening in Manhattan. Jay Z Is the realest R.I.P. everyone who died in 9-11 + the War <3

[AFCA09100]

R.I.P .for all fallen soldiers, and a great song!

[bluegale1776]

all gave some....but some gave all....

R.I.P. victims of 9/11 and every fallen soldier

[SnitchesonHitlist]

A soldier getting ready for boot camp? Those are called RECRUITS.... they aint soldiers yet! They RECRUITS!

[poetuvdapeople]

a thought provoking banger....my interest to hear this track was piaued by a reference in the brillant book "Born To Use Mics" by Micheal Eric Dyson, which is a scholary interpretation Nas Classic Debut "Illmatic"!!!!

[kampkingsince89]

oorah!!!

[comedicstuff]

Word to the wise: Never "serve you country" in the military unless you know exactly what you're fighting for - which you never will truly know. Don't buy that bullshit propaganda about "fighting for freedom" (we're already free) and "risking life and limb for your country." I see so many poor/homeless veterans - some in wheel chairs, some missing bodyparts. They risked life and limb and come back to be thrown away.

[comedicstuff]

Yes, us civilians appreciate you, but our government doesn't fully appreciate those who risk their lives for this country. In many cases, you're treated with more dignity if you die than if you live to go home. You're just another number - expendable - and our gov't proves that time and again. You're a pawn on the chess board and have no idea what you're fighting for. Period.

[tobin834]

@comedicstuff very well said. very hard nosed but very true.. but believe that the first line is true too.. we ALL appreciate soldiers keepin' the US locked down..

[comedicstuff]

@tobin834 - Thanks.

[TheDavedizzle]

@comedicstuff Yah, youre right! we dont need a military! Everyone quit!...uh but wait then who will stop someone from coming to takeover our country....? As for exactly what im fighting for..so i dont have to leave my life, your life, or the lives of everyone I know and love in the hand of some well spoken, war protesting, keyboard jockey...my parents, my grandparents, my brothers, sisters and friends..thats enough for me..

[SnitchesonHitlist]

@comedicstuff We are never really free. Freedom is being tested all over. Remember the NY fail bomber? What about the failed Xmas day bomber? What about the cartels from Mexico inflitrating us? What about those Russian spies? We aint never free.

[greenview91]

@comedicstuff hell yeah amen 

[wadeivory]

I'm probably trippin' but it sounds like this beat was sampled from a song by Metropolis called "darkest side of the night." It's the song that was on Friday The 13th: Jason Takes Manhattan.

[luuk]

@wadeivory SHROOMS! xD

[youngdinero187]

Who's on the course sounds like pharell but a little bet then pharell

[MR469]

Thats who it is.

[guitar818]

Stole the song title from Tupac...

[ChrisCothron]

Pacs song is Ballad of a Dead Soulja.

[MR469]

No he didnt. The Isley Brothers is the original singer of the song and Pac's song is totally different from this song.

[patrc25]

number one rap the poeta..

[shecanfeel]

i love this instrumental, jay didnt do it justice, it coulda been a much better song i think

[timleflore23]

i posted the instrumental to this song

[bennyweloveyou]

jay z is ok figkid is better

[romainthedon]

he is a bling bling rapper

[MR469]

Not all at. To qoute him "you must dont listen to music, you skim through it".

[jmb524]

damm how does jay do it? this is true talent right here. jay doesnt need to retire. i dont give a damm if he is 65 years old and still rappin i'd still listen to him..

[Pesso843]

@jmb524 age doesn't have any thing to do with true talent.. if any thing he has wisdom and experience thats what makes him the best rapper to ever do it since 97

[YoungAnthym89]

@jmb524 i AGREE WHEN DID AGE BECOME FACTOR IF U REAL I LISTEN!

[mrdbrown100]

@jmb524 true dat Jay all day

[flasha8lebr8r11]

@jmb524 I feel ya man. I don't think music has an age limit! I mean if your like Jay and you speak on your experience and life itself? Then how can you be too old! Only way I think you should stop, is when your heart stops! (No offense to anyone but it's the truth) If your a true artist out there and speak on your life as it goes or talk about what all human being goes through everyday, then all should be welcomed in. I mean u do got to have talent and creation to be a lyricist lol but u know :D

[jmb524]

@flasha8lebr8r11 indeed bro. Jay is just a lyricist ahead of his own time.

[flasha8lebr8r11]

@jmb524 Agreed! ... You should check out Kanye's new album on youtube if you hadn't already. lol If not? I can give you a list of em and trust me, there's no disappointment other than the fact that so far, I think it's only 13 tracks :( But I think it's 13 for a reason though!

[PKJ332]

if you can feel the music then you can feel the life in the muzik

[prettybashful773]

1 of his best

[emzetok]

Hova all the time serious in his shit. Everythink's real

[onealkonica]

even though he's old i still like him fuck wat yall haters got to say!

[courte]

nice tribute to isleys

[kampkingsince89]

this song is siqk ii really feel when he tlking bout boot kamp and koming out in november kause ill be koming outta boot kamp november 30th semper fi marine corps

[purplekush317]

do they teaqh you to never use the letter "c" in boot kamp?

[kampkingsince89]

lolz no that would be the people i grew up with

[guerebear]

serious.?

[Ghostkid135]

lol wat it means is to never use the word "can't"

[Anicsim]

This song made me cry when me cousin went to Iraq

[hazysin84]

@Anicsim this song made me cry when my brother went to prison for defending himself

[H2T]

The Neptunes=G.O.A.T.

[sephyiroth]

G.O.A.T.?

Greatest Of All Time?

[H2T]

yup

[AirMyu]

seriously this is my favorite song from the Bp2 i swear....

[itz1ShadyLane]

this nigga does use other niggaz 2pac-Ballad of a Dead Solder

both good songs tho

[chibby13]

"Pound for Pound I'm the best 2 come around here, excluding nobody look what I embody. The soul of a hustler I really ran the streets. a Ceo's plan that marketing plan was me. And no I ain't get shot up a whole bunch times or make up sh1t in a whole bunch of lines. .. But the real sh1t you get when you bust down my lines, add that to the fact I went plat a bunch of times, times that by my influence on pop culture. I supposed to be #1 on everybody's list."

Jay-z= The Best

[GKF042]

Everyone saying bp2 is the best i say"Reasonable doubt"

[TheMostGifted]

i agree

[jmichaelflem]

easily

[Saf1Ahm3d]

Yeah true that

[ExtremeToad123]

Obviously

[187NotGuilty]

"...I make some though provokin' music, and they say I'm fallin' off"

[KillaKanga]

jay-z+the neptunes=greatest collab ever

[voordeeldrogist]

best album ever, the gift & the curse. i played both over 1200 times

[KidProper]

Thats what i've been saying the gift & the curse is THAT album

[voordeeldrogist]

tru, black album was also ait, but BP 2 is the shit.

[KillaCdaLegend]

nah fuck that the first blue print is the classic tho u cant argue that

[dayday1080]

dis is a classic...my favorite of all

[syncere397]

"your baby boy is moving on...

your baby boy is getting grown, I gotta chase and I'm going make it!! " one love to all the moms out there

[slowjamz101]

aww man i lov this song... jay-z had it back in the day

[solidsnake0707]

nothing more than mear heavens and roaches

[solidsnake0707]

just to let you know satin i dont give a damn what penetetary any man is locked in

[4romVA2GA]

This song deep and real true this track is hot doe no question

[sirlloydt1]

This cd dropped while i was on my way to boot... R.I.P. to PO2 Pratt, PO3 Shahid, Sn Vicanti all the fallen soldiers

[BF33210]

Thanks for serving.

[jmayhse]

@sirlloydt1 How people not say Hov the Greatest? 16-80 yrs old he spit it for the realist to feel and bump in the back of their trunk YOUNG HOVA FOREVER!

[godofhockeysteviey19]

This track is fire! Gave me chills the first time I heard it.

[cgoodsz3]

Pharrell & Rell

[masturbateMUSIK]

thank you dear.

: )

[masturbateMUSIK]

NVM..That sounds like Pharrell.

[masturbateMUSIK]

That's Jamie Foxx singing?

[dieforthecause08]

how can you compare someone who kills for their brothers, and their country, to someone who kills for themselves?

[Gmen0066]

because some people do it for there family who constantly need them and dont have time to better themself. unless your hustlin you really cant see the pain that it causes to youreself knowing that you have to provide for your whole fam for whatever reason and a mcdonalds 9-5 wont do it.you have to live with what you do in your life even if you feel that you were forced into doing it....

i know im never doing it again its not fun and its not easy.Big ups to all the soldiers of both wars.

[Santix850617]

this song makes me cry

[usnace]

i made it in iraq twice...came back to become a p.o.w of the streets thanks to jay, and rell mad love for telling jay what happened to me

[BF33210]

Thank you for your service.

[usnace]

it was an honor...

[kevtheman21489]

man this shit is soo deep, ill song, good lyrics good message, this is real hip hop

[jonteez]

R.I.P to my nigga Big Homie from New Castle Ave, Delaware

[lcplpeetjr]

1:15 to 1:32 sum of the realest shit i have ever heard and the pic at 1:50 brings tears to my eyes because i hav personally had to do that more than once oooooorrraahhh Semper Fi!!!! R.I.P Lance Corporal Hawk and Corporal Givins Maj.Holdings Hotel Co 2nd Plt.

Deployed- July 27th 2006 Returned Home Feb.14th 2007 lost 3 who we will never forget!!

Marines Die so u can Fly

Cpl Peet

[BF33210]

R.I.P to your fallen comrades.

[quandrel07]

shout out to the troops. come home soon