Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers(2005)

[00:00.34] Step by step, heart to heart
[00:02.88] Left right left, we all fall down
[00:08.64] Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
[00:13.08] We all fall down like toy soldiers
[00:20.44] Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win
[00:24.64] But the battle wages on for toy soldiers
[00:32.19] I'm supposed to be the soldier who never blows his composure
[00:34.99] Even though I hold the weight of the whole world on my shoulders
[00:37.85] I am never supposed to show it, my crew ain't supposed to know it
[00:40.75] Even if it means goin' toe to toe with a Benzino it don't matter
[00:44.11] I'd never drag them in battles that I can handle unless
[00:47.03] I absolutely have to I'm supposed to set an example
[00:49.36] I need to be the leader, my crew looks for me to guide 'em
[00:52.55] If some shit ever just pop off, I'm supposed to be beside 'em
[00:55.65] That Ja crap I tried to squash it, it was too late to stop it
[00:58.50] There's a certain line you just don't cross and he crossed it
[01:01.36] I heard him say Hailie's name on a song and I just lost it
[01:04.60] It was crazy, this shit went way beyond some Jay-Z and nas shit
[01:07.29] And even though the battle was won, I feel like we lost it
[01:10.16] I spent too much energy on it, honestly I'm exhausted
[01:12.98] And I'm so caught in it I almost feel I'm the one who caused it
[01:15.98] This ain't what I'm in hip-hop for, it's not why I got in it
[01:19.02] That was never my object for someone to get killed
[01:21.92] Why would I wanna destroy something I help build
[01:24.77] It wasn't my intentions, my intentions was good
[01:27.56] I went through my whole career without ever mentionin'
[01:30.54] Now it's just out of respect for not runnin' my mouth
[01:33.56] And talkin' about something that I knew nothing about
[01:36.31] Plus Dre told me stay out, this just wasn't my beef
[01:39.46] So I did, I just fell back, watched and gritted my teeth
[01:42.28] While he's all over TV yeah I'm
[01:44.66] talkin' a man who literally saved my life
[01:46.85] Like fuck it I understand this is business
[01:49.03] And this shit just isn't none of my business
[01:51.14] But still knowin' this shit could pop off at any minute 'cause
[01:54.20] Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
[01:58.68] We all fall down like toy soldiers
[02:06.24] Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win
[02:10.49] But the battle wages on for toy soldiers
[02:17.73] There used to be a time when you could just say a rhyme
[02:20.58] And wouldn't have to worry about one of your people dyin'
[02:23.51] But now it's elevated 'cuz once you put someone's kids in it
[02:26.66] The shlit gets escalated, it ain't just words no more is it?
[02:29.45] It's a different ball game, callin' names and you ain't just rappin'
[02:32.26] We actually tried to stop the 50 and Ja beef from happenin'
[02:35.22] Me and Dre had sat with him, kicked it and had a chat with him
[02:38.35] And asked him not to start it he wasn't gonna go after him
[02:41.03] Until Ja started yappin' in magazines how we stabbed him
[02:44.02] fuck it 50 smash 'em, mash 'em and let him have it
[02:46.94] Mean while my attention is pullin' in another direction
[02:49.60] Some receptionist at the source who answers phones at his desk
[02:52.70] Has an erection for me and thinks that I'll be his resurrection
[02:55.61] Tries to blow the dust off his mic and make a new record
[02:58.72] But now he's fucked the game up 'cuz one of the ways I came up
[03:01.63] Was through that publication the same one that made me famous
[03:04.69] Now the owner of it has got a grudge against me for nothin'
[03:07.58] Well fuck it, that mother fucker can get it too, fuck him then
[03:10.57] But I'm so busy being pissed off I don't stop to think
[03:13.35] That we just inherited 50's beef with murder inc
[03:16.20] And he's inherited mine which is fine ain't like either of us mind
[03:19.73] We still have soldiers that's on the front line
[03:22.14] That's willing to die for us as soon as we give the orders
[03:25.16] Never to extort us, strictly to show they support us
[03:28.39] We'll maybe shout 'em out in a rap or up in a chorus
[03:30.98] To show them we love 'em back and let 'em know how important it is
[03:34.10] To have runyon avenue soldiers up in our corners
[03:36.89] Their loyalty to us is worth more than any award is
[03:39.86] But I ain't try'na have none of my people hurt or murdered
[03:42.74] It ain't worth it, I can't think of a perfecter way to word it
[03:45.69] Then to just say that I love y'all too much to see the verdict
[03:48.69] I'll walk away from it all before I let it go any further
[03:51.43] But don't get it twisted, it's not a plea that I'm coppin'
[03:54.80] I'm just willin' to be the bigger man if y'all can quit poppin'
[03:57.26] Off at your jaws well then I can 'cuz frankly I'm sick of talkin'
[04:00.29] I'm not gonna let someone else's coffin rest on my conscience 'cuz
[04:03.67] Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
[04:07.99] We all fall down like toy soldiers
[04:15.04] Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win
[04:19.40] But the battle wages on for toy soldiers
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