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