. ▁" S old ier " ▁was ▁recorded ▁by ▁Jim ▁Car u ana ▁at ▁Sony ▁Music ▁Studios ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁with ▁mixing ▁by ▁D ex ter ▁Sim m ons ▁and ▁master ing ▁by ▁Tom ▁Co y ne . ▁ ▁Gar rett ▁initially ▁wrote ▁" S old ier " ▁in ▁a ▁tax i ▁while ▁going ▁to ▁the ▁studio ▁where ▁the ▁band ▁worked ▁on ▁Dest iny ▁Ful filled ; ▁he ▁sang ▁the ▁hook ▁to ▁the ▁members ▁afterwards ▁and ▁they ▁liked ▁it . ▁Gar rett ▁further ▁revealed ▁about ▁his ▁collaboration ▁with ▁the ▁group , ▁" I ▁loved ▁how ▁Dest iny ' s ▁Child ▁evol ved ▁and ▁became ▁this ▁really ▁incred ible ▁pop ▁group ▁but ▁I ▁wanted ▁to ▁introduce ▁them ▁to ▁the ▁h ood ▁from ▁the ▁perspective ▁of ▁having ▁the ▁world ▁look ▁at ▁them ▁in ▁a ▁different ▁way ... ▁What ▁was ▁great ▁about ▁that ▁was ▁they ▁all ▁liked ▁guys ▁from ▁the ▁streets . ▁Each ▁verse ▁was ▁a ▁representation ▁of ▁the ▁gu y ▁they ▁were ▁actually ▁into ." ▁During ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁MTV ▁News , ▁Row land ▁said ▁that ▁with ▁" S old ier " ▁each ▁member ▁wanted ▁to ▁talk ▁about ▁their ▁preference ▁for ▁a ▁man ▁during ▁their ▁solo ▁vers es , ▁the ▁place ▁where ▁he ▁lives ▁and ▁his ▁physical ▁appearance . ▁Bey on cé ▁stated ▁that ▁as ▁the ▁song ▁had ▁a ▁" S ou thern ▁feel " ▁and ▁beat , ▁they ▁wanted ▁to ▁collabor ate ▁with ▁Lil ▁Wayne ▁and ▁T . I . ▁who ▁according ▁to ▁her ▁added ▁"