Soldier Like Me

The opening track for Loyal to the Game sets the tone for the album, kicking off with an impassioned vocal clip of 2Pac speaking. It jumps right into a slow tempo beat produced for the (then) modern times of 2005. The two verses we hear are actually lifted from two separate songs (produced by Big D the Impossible and Stretch) that were scrapped sometime between Tupac’s debut and being signed to Death Row Records. One of said songs, “Judgement Day” was originally intended to be a Thug Life track. Despite the hard gangsta' lyrics, Eminem takes this opportunity on the chorus to make it clear that he is not a thug and never has been. Instead he asserts that, like ‘Pac, he’s been able to muster up the courage to live a life of honesty, never pretending to be anything other than exactly who he is.

Writing

Eminem, Luis Resto, 2Pac

Production

2Pac, Eminem, Luis Resto

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