所属专辑:Pop Instrumentals: Noughties Classics, Vol. 7
歌手: All Hits Gold
时长: 04:53
Step by step heart to heart left right left[00:00:00]
We all fall down [00:00:05]
Step by step heart to heart left right left[00:00:09]
We all fall down like toy soldiers[00:00:13]
Bit by bit torn apart we never win[00:00:21]
But the battle wages on for toy soldiers[00:00:25]
I'm supposed to be the soldier[00:00:32]
Who never blows his posure[00:00:34]
Even though I hold the weight of[00:00:35]
The whole world on my shoulders[00:00:37]
I am never supposed to show it [00:00:38]
My crew ain't supposed to know it[00:00:40]
Even if it means goin' toe to toe[00:00:41]
With a Benzino it don't matter[00:00:43]
I'd never drag them in battles[00:00:45]
That I can handle unless I absolutely have to[00:00:46]
I'm supposed to set an example[00:00:49]
I need to be the leader [00:00:50]
My crew looks for me to guide 'em[00:00:51]
If some sh*t ever just pop off [00:00:53]
I'm supposed to be beside 'em[00:00:55]
Now Ja said I tried to squash it [00:00:56]
It was too late to stop it[00:00:58]
There's a certain line you[00:00:59]
Just don't cross and he crossed it[00:01:00]
I heard him say Hailie's name on a song and I just lost it[00:01:02]
It was crazy [00:01:05]
This sh*t be way beyond some Jay-z and Nas sh*t[00:01:05]
And even though the battle was won [00:01:08]
I feel like we lost it[00:01:09]
I spent too much energy on it [00:01:11]
Honestly I'm exhausted[00:01:12]
And I'm so caught in it I almost feel[00:01:13]
I'm the one who caused it[00:01:16]
This ain't what I'm in hip-hop for it's not why I got in it[00:01:17]
That was never my object for someone to get killed[00:01:20]
Why would I wanna destroy something I help build[00:01:22]
It wasn't my intentions my intentions was good[00:01:25]
I went through my whole career without ever mentionin' Suge[00:01:28]
And that was just out of respect for not runnin' my mouth[00:01:31]
And talkin' about something that I knew nothing about[00:01:34]
Plus Dre told me stay out this just wasn't my beef[00:01:37]
So I did I just fell back watched and gritted my teeth[00:01:40]
While he's all over t v [00:01:43]
Down talkin' a man who literally saved my life[00:01:44]
Like f**k it i understand this is business[00:01:47]
And this sh*t just isn't none of my business[00:01:49]
But still knowin' this sh*t could pop off at any minute cuz[00:01:52]
Step by step heart to heart left right left[00:01:55]
We all fall down like toy soldiers[00:01:59]
Bit by bit torn apart we never win[00:02:07]
But the battle wages on for toy soldiers[00:02:11]
There used to be a time when you could just say a rhyme[00:02:18]
And wouldn't have to worry about one of your people dyin'[00:02:21]
But now it's elevated cuz once you put someone's kids in it[00:02:24]
The sh*t gets escalated it ain't just words no more is it [00:02:27]
It's a different ball game [00:02:30]
Callin' names and you ain't just rappin'[00:02:31]
We actually tried to stop the 50 and Ja beef from happenin'[00:02:32]
Me and Dre had sat with him [00:02:36]
Kicked it and had a chat with him[00:02:38]
And asked him not to start it he wasn't gonna go after him[00:02:39]
Until Ja started yappin' in magazines how we stabbed him[00:02:42]
F**k it 50 smash 'em mash 'em and let him have it[00:02:45]
Meanwhile my attention is pullin' in other directions[00:02:48]
Some receptionist at The Source[00:02:50]
Who answers phones at his desk[00:02:52]
Has an erection for me and thinks that I'll be his ressurection[00:02:53]
Tries to blow the dust off his mic and make a new record[00:02:56]
But now he's f**ked the game up cuz one of the ways[00:02:59]
I came up[00:03:02]
Was through that publication the same one[00:03:02]
That made me famous[00:03:04]
Now the owner of it has got a grudge against me for nothin'[00:03:05]
Well f**k it that mutherf**ker can get it too f**k him then[00:03:08]
But I'm so busy being pissed off I don't stop to think[00:03:11]
That we just inherited 50's beef with Murder Inc [00:03:14]
And he's inherited mine[00:03:16]
Which is fine ain't like either of us mind[00:03:18]
We still have soldiers that's on the front line[00:03:20]
That's willing to die for us as soon as we give the orders[00:03:23]
Never to extort us strictly to show they support us[00:03:26]
We'll maybe shout 'em out in a rap or up in a chorus[00:03:28]
To show them we love 'em back[00:03:32]
And let 'em know how important it is[00:03:33]
To have run ya nav and who sulked us up in our corners[00:03:35]
Their loyalty to us is worth more than any award is[00:03:38]
But I ain't tryna have none of my people hurt and murdered[00:03:41]
There ain't words that I can't think of a perfecter way to word it[00:03:43]
Then to just say that I love ya'll too much to see the virdict[00:03:46]
I'll walk away from it all before I let it go any further[00:03:49]
But don't get it twisted it's not a plea that I'm coppin'[00:03:52]
I'm just willin' to be the bigger man[00:03:55]
If ya'll can quit poppin' off at your jaws with the knockin'[00:03:57]
Cuz frankly I'm sick of talkin'[00:04:00]
I'm not gonna let someone[00:04:01]
Elses coffin rest on my conscience cuz[00:04:02]
Step by step heart to heart left right left[00:04:04]
We all fall down like toy soldiers[00:04:08]
Bit by bit torn apart we never win[00:04:16]
But the battle wages on for toy soldiers[00:04:20]