Featured In
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Whitney Houston
Vocals
Donnie Lyle
Guitar
Bigg Makk
Programming
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
R. Kelly
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
R. Kelly
Producer
Harvey Mason, Jr.
Mixing Engineer
Ian Mereness
Recording Engineer
Abel Garibaldi
Recording Engineer
Jeff Meeks
Recording Engineer
Andrew Hey
Mixing Engineer
Dabling Harward
Vocal Recording Engineer
David Boyd
Assistant Recording Engineer
Michael Daley
Assistant Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Eh-eh-eh, eh-eh-eh
Oh-oh, oh-oh (Uh)
You say you want to walk away (Walk away)
You ain't got nothing to say (Nothing to say)
I salute ya, yeah (Salute ya, yeah)
Go on out the door now, you take care
[Verse 2]
No more tears to shed
What, you expecting me to beg?
Well I'm not, I'm done
So when you leave, just close the door behind you
[Verse 3]
'Cause
I'm feeling kind of taller than you (Lately)
I'm feeling kind of stronger than you (Oh, lately)
I'm feeling kind of better than you
And I know just what to do
[Verse 4]
I feel like doing my hair (My hair)
I feel like calling some of my friends (Some of my girl friends)
I feel like going to a club
And partying
[Verse 5]
'Cause I'm a soldier girl (Ooh)
In this world
I stand alone
I can be strong
I walk for miles
I made it home
It's good to know without you I made it
[Verse 6]
Soldier girl in my world
I took the fall
Now I stand tall
For the pain and all
I made it through
And now what I gotta say to you
Salute (Eh-eh-eh, eh-eh-eh)
Salute (Eh-eh-eh, eh-eh-eh)
[Verse 7]
You think you know everything
And you think that your shit don't stink
Well it do, yeah
And when it comes to me you don't have a clue
[Verse 8]
Took me all of these years
To realize that you don't belong here
I can do better
You say, I'll never do better (Better)
Yeah, right, whatever
[Verse 9]
'Cause
I'm feeling kind of taller than you (Lately)
I'm feeling kind of stronger than you (Oh, baby lately)
I'm feeling kind of better than you
And I know just what to do
[Verse 10]
I feel like doing my hair (My hair)
I feel like calling some of my friends (My girl friends)
I feel like going to a club
Do some partying
[Verse 11]
'Cause I'm a soldier girl (Soldier girl)
In this world (In this world)
I stand alone (Oh)
I can be strong (Strong)
I walk for miles (Walk for miles)
And made it home (I made it home)
It's good to know without you, I made it (I made it)
[Verse 12]
Soldier girl (Soldier girl)
In my world (In this world)
I took the fall (Yeah)
Now I stand tall (Uh-huh)
For the pain and all
I made it through
And now what I gotta say to you
Salute (Eh-eh-eh, eh-eh-eh)
I salute you (Eh-eh-eh, eh-eh-eh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
[Verse 13]
So don't call it a comeback, no (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
I've been here for years (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Through all the drama and the pain (Oh-oh-oh)
And all of the tears (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Time to stop this roller coaster (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Say I want to get off (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
And start moving mountains
Swimming seas (Oh-oh)
And climbing over (Oh)
[Verse 14]
Cause I'm a soldier girl in this world, I stand alone (Soldier girl)
I can be strong (Oh)
I walk for miles (Oh)
I made it home (Woo)
It's good to know without you I made it (I salute you, I salute you)
[Verse 15]
Soldier girl (Oh)
In my world
I took the fall, now I stand tall (Soldier girl)
For the pain and all (Pain and all)
I made it through (I made it through)
And now all I gotta say to you
I salute you (Eh-eh-eh)
I salute you (Eh-eh-eh)
Salute
Salute (Eh-eh)
Salute (Eh-eh, Eh-eh-eh)
I salute you (Eh-eh-eh)
Go on, take care (Eh-eh-eh, eh-eh-eh)
Go on out the door, take care (Eh, Eh-eh-eh)
Written by: R. Kelly