In “Warrior,” Gremlin and Vin Jay trade verses about clawing out of addiction, poverty, and grief, insisting that past scars prove a divine purpose rather than shame. Gremlin mourns family lost to addiction and vows to become the change his mother needs, while Vin Jay recalls minimum-wage desperation until a voice told him to act, not just pray. The repeated title becomes a battle cry: rising from shadows and shallows, no longer living for themselves, they claim the identity of soldier and warrior as both survival and testimony.
Warrior Lyrics by Gremlin & Vin Jay
(Feat. Vin Jay)
Tell ’em I’m a warrior (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Tell ’em I’m a soldier (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Uh, God has always been with me
Even when my pockets only had a lighter and, like, $6.50
Even used to be an alcoholic, now, my brand is broken people
And that’s somethin’ that I’m proud to call it
I wear these scars on my body with pride
‘Cause they serve as a reminder God wants me alive
And that I have a bigger purpose than just gettin’ by
And I don’t know if I’ma make it, all I know is that I’m meant to try
‘Cause I’m sick of addiction takin’ my family members
Sick of seein’ my momma cry every damn December
I’m tryna achieve all the dreams that we had together
So, I can remind you who we are in case you can’t remember
Life has been a re-run, so instead of waiting for a change
I’ma be one, back against the wall all I have is my fight
Thank God that I’m finally comin’ back to the light
Been on a dark path, I’ve been off in the shadows
Don’t know exactly when I fell, but on God’s time
I’ll rise up from the shallows, I’m done livin’ for myself
Tell ’em I’m a warrior, tell ’em I’m a soldier (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
I remember days of that minimum wage
Hopin’ to stray from the place that I came from
I would pray for strength, until heard a voice say”
“If you really want change go and make some”
Ain’t no way to tell if I was meant for this
So, I’ma take a leap of faith when I get to the precipice
Pleasant fates never been a friend of pessimists
And this could be the start of it all my own Genesis
Conquered my demons, my back on the wall
No-one can stop me, I’m built for it all
Turned to a light for the ones who feel lost
God on my side, ain’t no way that I’ll fall
No lookin’ backward, I’ma face my vision
Erase my sinnin’ and pain through the grace I’m given
The only thing that’s pullin’ me out of this grave I’m diggin’
I’m done, think it’s time that I escape this prison
Been on a dark path, I’ve been off in the shadows
Don’t know exactly when I fell, but on God’s time
I’ll rise up from the shallows, I’m done living for myself
Tell ’em I’m a warrior, tell ’em I’m a soldier (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
Tell ’em I’m a warrior (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
