​stic.man - Sober Soldier lyrics

Salute

Even with my own family
A lot of 'em just didn’t understand addiction
Addiction is in everybody's home
And it's not to be judged that

Sober like a soldier on active duty
That’s how I'm livin'
I ain't goin' out like a casualty or a victim
Had to rescue my lungs from
The Dutchies and Swishers
Cut off the shots of Patron to
Save my kidney and liver

This is an inner war for health
A lifelong mission i see the victory
Discipline will conquer addiction
It don't matter if the dope is
From the street or prescription
My perimeter's secure
It's contraband from my system

I ain’t dippin no shurn
I ain’t sippin no syrup
I ain't killin’ myself
I love the man in the mirror

Had to put out the pot no puff, just pass
I ain't judgin' nobody
I'm just clearin’ my path
Certain herbs is useful
It's abuse of my gifts
Don't want no crutch on the battlefield
I rely on my strength

I stay in fightin' condition
Focus with positive habit's
Too many uncles and brothers
Fathers and mothers is addicts
So I'm a soldier

I gotta be all I can be temptation gon' come
But, I'm strong, not weak
No I won't be a victim imma stand on my feet
No retreat, no surrender i accept no defeat
I'm a soldier

I gotta be all I can be temptation gon' come
But, I'm strong, not weak
No I won't be a victim imma stand on my feet
No retreat, no surrender i accept no defeat
I'm a soldier

I'm a dopeboy's nightmare
Young, clean and just don't need a hit
No cocaine or no needle fix
Breakin' the cycle
Gotta be your own leadership
So I just say "No" when
Friends pass me the spliff

Daily it's a uphill battle
It's not a easy trip
Learnin' from mistakes in the past
So not to be at risk already high off life
I don't need a lift
Still I know the haters is watchin'
Wantin' me to slip

When you make a positive change
People will judge you
Some will take it personal
But don't let it budge you
Fight on like a Vietnam vet quittin' heroin
My PT's my anti-drug it's my medicine
I stay on my discipline
Strivin' for excellence
Shinin' like a new recruit
Boots in his regimen

Through every struggle I come
Out a better man i slip before
But, I vow, "Never again" i'm a soldier
Salute

I gotta be all I can be temptation gon' come
But, I'm strong, not weak
No I won't be a victim imma stand on my feet
No retreat, no surrender i accept no defeat
I'm a soldier

I gotta be all I can be temptation gon' come
But, I'm strong, not weak
No I won't be a victim imma stand on my feet
No retreat, no surrender i accept no defeat
I'm a soldier

Even if a person has never
Had a problem with addiction
Um, everybody has had things they've
Had to deal with
There are those of us that struggle with
Our weight on a regular basis
There are those of us that
Struggle with other things that
We know that are dangerous for
Us, or not healthy, not healthy for us
Lack of exercise, and other things that
We, that we should be doing
That we're not doing to
Take care of ourselves
And what I would say to people who, uh
Are out there that don't
Really understand uh, that recovery is
Possible, or don't understand
Addiction -Please see it from this
Perspective: Understand that you yourself
Have some uh, challenges
No matter what your walk of
Life is but there are
People that have been through
The pains of addiction

People can actually abstain from alcohol and
Other drugs and more than that
Actually live lives of sobriety and success

I make a oath