所属专辑:Hip-Hop and Rap Hits, Vol. 2
歌手: The Hit Co.
时长: 04:58
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 the[00:00:35]
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[00:00:48]
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[00:00:57]
There's a certain line you just[00:00:59]
Don't cross and he crossed it[00:01:00]
I heard him say Hailie's name[00:01:02]
On a song and I just lost it[00:01:03]
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[00:01:15]
This ain't what I'm in hip-hop for,[00:01:17]
It's not why I got in it[00:01:18]
That was never my object for someone to get killed[00:01:19]
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[00:01:28]
Without ever mentionin'[00:01:30]
Now it's 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[00:01:50]
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[00:02:06]
But the battle wages on for toy soldiers[00:02:11]
There used to be a time when[00:02:18]
You could just say a rhyme[00:02:20]
And wouldn't have to worry about[00:02:21]
One of your people dyin'[00:02:23]
But now it's elevated[00:02:24]
Cuz once you put someone's kids in it[00:02:25]
The sh*t gets escalated,[00:02:27]
It ain't just words no more is it?[00:02:28]
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[00:02:33]
And Ja beef from happenin'[00:02:35]
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[00:02:39]
He wasn't gonna go after him[00:02:40]
Until Ja started yappin' in magazines[00:02:42]
How we stabbed him[00:02:44]
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[00:02:54]
That I'll be his ressurection[00:02:55]
Tries to blow the dust off his mic[00:02:57]
And make a new record[00:02:58]
But now he's f**ked the game up[00:02:59]
Cuz one of the ways I came up[00:03:01]
Was through that publication the same one[00:03:03]
That made me famous[00:03:04]
Now the owner of it has got a grudge[00:03:05]
Against me for nothin'[00:03:07]
Well f**k it, that mutherf**ker can get it too,[00:03:08]
F**k him then[00:03:11]
But I'm so busy being pissed off[00:03:11]
I don't stop to think[00:03:13]
That we just inherited 50's beef with Murder Inc.[00:03:14]
And he's inherited mine[00:03:17]
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[00:03:22]
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[00:03:29]
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[00:03:35]
And who sulked us up in our corners[00:03:36]
Their loyalty to us is worth more than any award is[00:03:38]
But I ain't tryna have none of my people[00:03:41]
Hurt and murdered[00:03:42]
There ain't words that[00:03:43]
I can't think of a perfecter way to word it[00:03:44]
Then to just say that[00:03:46]
I love ya'll too much to see the virdict[00:03:47]
I'll walk away from it all before I let it go any further[00:03:49]
But don't get it twisted,[00:03:52]
It's not a plea that I'm coppin'[00:03:53]
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'[00:03:59]
I'm not gonna let someone elses[00:04:01]
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]
Like Toy Soldiers (Clean Version) - The Hit Co.[00:04:28]