Featured In
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
T.I.
Vocals
Lil Wayne
Vocals
Beyoncé
Lead Vocals
Kelly Rowland
Background Vocals
Michelle Williams
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Beyoncé
Songwriter
Sean Garrett
Songwriter
Rich Harrison
Songwriter
Kelly Rowland
Songwriter
Michelle Williams
Songwriter
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.
Songwriter
Clifford Harris
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Beyoncé
Producer
Rich Harrison
Producer
Jim Caruana
Recording Engineer
Tom Tapley
Vocal Recording Engineer
Fabian Marasciullo
Vocal Recording Engineer
Dexter Simmons
Mixing Engineer
Rommel Nino Villanueva
Editing Engineer
Tom Coyne
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
(I want a soldier) Well, you got it, I'm the hottest around
They'll know it when they see you rollin' Impalas around it
(I got a soldier) With the top down feelin' the sounds
Quakin' and vibratin' your thighs
Riding harder than guys
With the chrome wheels at the bottom, white leather inside
When them lames be spittin' at you tell 'em, don't even try it
Just shoot at Michelle and kick it with Kelly or holler at B.
You got it be G's, you way out of your league, please
[Verse 2]
We like them boys that be in them 'Lac's leanin'
Open they mouth, they grill gleamin'
Candy paint, keep that whip clean and
They always be talkin' that country slang, we like
We keep that beat that be in the back beatin'
Eyes be so low from that chiefing
I love how he keep my body screamin'
A rude boy that's good to me with street credibility
[Verse 3]
If his status ain't hood, I ain't checkin' for him
Better be street if he lookin' at me
I need a soldier that ain't scared to stand up for me
Known to carry big things, if you know what I mean
If his status ain't hood, I ain't checkin' for him
Better be street if he lookin' at me
I need a soldier that ain't scared stand up for me
Gotta know to get dough, and he better be street
[Verse 4]
We like them boys up top from the BK
Know how to flip that money three ways
Always riding big on the freeway
With that East Coast slang that us country girls, we like
Low cut Caesars with the deep waves
So quick to snatch up, yo, Beyoncé
Always coming down boppin' our way
Tellin' us that country girls the kind of girls they like
[Verse 5]
If his status ain't hood, I ain't checkin' for him
Better be street if he lookin' at me
I need a soldier that ain't scared to stand up for me
Known to carry big things, if you know what I mean
If his status ain't hood, I ain't checkin' for him
Better be street if he lookin' at me
I need a soldier that ain't scared to stand up for me
Gotta know to get dough, and he better be street
[Verse 6]
I know some soldiers in here (Where they at, where they at?)
They wanna take care of me (Where they at?)
I know some soldiers in here (Where they at, where they at?)
Don't mind taking one for me (Where they at?)
I know some soldiers in here (Where they at, where they at?)
They wanna spend that on me (Where they at?)
I know some soldiers in here (Where they at, where they at?)
Wouldn't mind putting that on me (Where they at?)
[Verse 7]
Next to the speakers keep a toy in the trunk of the 'Lac
A reformed D-Boy, used to run in the trap
Still a soldier, go to war if you runnin' your trap
About my girls, ain't no thing to put you under the map
Walk the streets five deep with nothin' less than a stack
And eighty karats on my chest provides a special attraction
Fifty G's in my jeans plus the dough from the white
It's a reason I'm the king, girl, I know what you like, come on
[Verse 8]
If his status ain't hood, I ain't checkin' for him
Better be street if he lookin' at me
I need a soldier that ain't scared stand up for me
Known to carry big things, if you know what I mean
If his status ain't hood, I ain't checkin' for him
Better be street if he lookin' at me
I need a soldier that ain't scared to stand up for me
Gotta know to get dough, and he better be street
[Verse 9]
I like them boys over there, they lookin' strong tonight
Just might give one the phone tonight
I'll be in the Dickies in my zone tonight
He don't know, it might be on tonight
Oh, he lookin' good, and he talkin' right
He the type that might change my life
Any time he look at me my girls be like
That one may be the one tonight
[Verse 10]
If his status ain't hood, I ain't checkin' for him
Better be street if he lookin' at me
I need a soldier that ain't scared to stand up for me
Known to carry big things, if you know what I mean
If his status ain't hood, I ain't checkin' for him
Better be street if he lookin' at me
I need a soldier that ain't scared to stand up for me
Gotta know to get dough, and he better be street
[Verse 11]
See Cash Money is a army
I'm walkin' with purple hearts on me
You're talking to the sergeant
Body marked up like the subway in Harlem
Call him, Weezy F. baby, please say the baby
If you don't see me on the block, I ain't tryna hide
I blend in with the hood, I'm camouflage
Bandana tied, so mami join my troop
Now every time she hear my name, she salute
[Verse 12]
I know some soldiers in here (Where they at, where they at?)
They wanna take care of me (Where they at?)
I know some soldiers in here (Where they at, where they at?)
Don't mind taking one for me (Where they at?)
I know some soldiers in here (Where they at, where they at?)
They wanna spend that on me (Where they at?)
I know some soldiers in here (Where they at, where they at?)
Wouldn't mind putting that on me (Where they at?)
Written by: Beyoncé, Clifford Harris, Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., Garrett R. Hamler, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, Rich Harrison, Sean Garrett