Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
We all fall down...
[Chorus]
Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
We all fall down like toy soldiers
Bit by bit, torn apart, we never-er win
But the battle wages on for toy soldiers
[Verse 1]
I'm supposed to be the soldier who never blows his composure
Even though I hold the weight of the whole world on my shoulders
I am never supposed to show it, my crew ain't supposed to know it
Even if it means goin' toe to toe with a Benzino it don't matter
I'd never drag them in battles that I can't handle unless
I absolutely have to
I'm supposed to set an example
I need to be the leader, my crew looks for me to guide 'em
If some shit ever just pop off, I'm supposed to be beside 'em
Now the Ja shit i tried to squash it, it was too late to stop it
There's a certain line you just don't cross and he crossed it
I heard him say Hailie's name on a song and I just lost it
It was crazy, this shit way beyond some Jay-z and Nas shit
And even though the battle was won, I feel like we lost it
I spent too much energy on it, honestly I'm exhausted
And I'm so caught in it I almost feel I'm the one who caused it
This ain't what I'm in hip-hop for, it's not why I got in it
That was never my object for someone to get killed
Why would I wanna destroy something I helped build
It wasn't my intentions, my intentions was good
I went through my whole career without ever mentionin' ...
Now it's just out of respect for not runnin' my mouth
And talkin' about something that I knew nothing about
Plus Dre told me stay out, this just wasn't my beef
So I did, I just fell back, watched and gritted my teeth
While he's all over t.v. down talkin' a man who literally saved my life
Like fuck it i understand this is business
And this shit just isn't none of my business
But still knowin' this shit could pop off at any minute cuz
[Chorus]
Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
We all fall down like toy soldiers
Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win
But the battle wages on for toy soldiers
[Verse 2]
There used to be a time when you could just say a rhyme
And wouldn't have to worry about one of your people dyin'
But now it's elevated cuz once you put someone's kids in it
The shit gets escalated, it ain't just words no more is it?
It's a different ball game, callin' names and you ain't just rappin'
We actually tried to stop the 50 and Ja beef from happenin'
Me and Dre had sat with him, kicked it and had a chat with him
And asked him not to start it he wasn't gonna go after him
Until Ja started yappin' in magazines how he stabbed him
Fuck it 50 smash 'em, mash 'em and let him have it
Meanwhile my attention is pullin' in other directions
Some receptionist at The Source who answers phones at his desk
Has an obsession for me and thinks that I'll be his ressurection
Tries to blow the dust off his mic and make a new record
But now he's fucked the game up cuz one of the ways I came up
Was through that publication the same one that made me famous
Now the owner of it has got a grudge against me for nothin'
Well fuck it, that motherfucker can get it too, fuck him then
But I'm so busy being pissed off I don't stop to think
That we just inherited 50's beef with Murder Inc.
And he's inherited mine which is fine ain't like either of us mind
We still have soldiers that's on the front line
That's willing to die for us as soon as we give the orders
Never to extort us, strictly to show they support us
We'll maybe shout 'em out in a rap or up in a chorus
To show them we love 'em back and let 'em know how important it is
To have Runion Avenue Soldiers up in our corners
Their loyalty to us is worth more than any award is
But I ain't tryna have none of my people hurt and murdered
It ain't worth it I can't think of a perfecter way to word it
Then to just say that I love ya'll too much to see the virdict
I'll walk away from it all before I let it go any further
But don't get it twisted, it's not a plea that I'm coppin'
I'm just willin' to be the bigger man
If ya'll can quit poppin' off at your jaws well then I can,
Cuz frankly I'm sick of talkin'
I'm not gonna let someone elses coffin rest on my conscience cuz
[Chorus]
한발짝씩한마음으로왼쪽오른쪽왼쪽우린쓰러지네한발짝씩한마음으로왼쪽오른쪽왼쪽우린쓰러지네
장난감병정처럼 조각조각찢겨지고 이길수는없는데전쟁은계속되네우린장난감병정
[Verse 1]
나는평정과침착을잃지않는용사가되어야해전세상의무게를어깨위에지고있다고해도남에게드러낼순
없지내크루마저도알면안돼Benzino와1대1로싸우는일이있더라도상관없어내가처리할수있는싸움에
다른사람은휘말리게하지않아물론꼭해야한다면어쩔수없지만난타의모범이되야해리더가되야해나의
크루는내가가는대로가기에어떤일이크게터져도그걸더크게번지게만들면안돼 Ja Rule사건조용히끝
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ilie의이름을말하는걸듣고난이성을잃었지미친짓이야Jay-Z와Nas사이의싸움보다훨씬심해졌지그리
고싸움에서이기긴했지만왠지진거같은기분이야너무많은에너지를써버렸어솔직히이젠피곤해난너무
빠져버렸어오히려내가벌인사건이라고생각될정도야이건내가힙합에들어온여기에있는이유가아냐누
가죽어나는것그건절대내목표가아니었지설마내가성공을도와줬던것을부숴버리길원하겠어? 의도한
일이아니야언제나좋은쪽으로바랬는걸 Suge의이름을언급하지도않고난지금까지잘해왔어그건리스
펙트에관한문제였어아무것도모르는것에대해괜시리입을놀리지않았던이유가바로그거지또 Dre도날
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할만한일이아이런일은언제든다시벌어질수있다는걸알아 왜냐하면
[Verse 2]
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가의아이를들먹이게되면여러가지로일이커지거든말로는끝나지않는거지안그래? 게임이달라져랩이
아니라서로를놀리는게임사실우린50과Ja Rule사이를막아보려했어나와 Dre는그와함께앉아서얘기
를나누었지괜한일시작하지말라고실제로그러겠다고했는데갑자기그놈이잡지에서그를칼로찔렀다던
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The Source에서전화나받던어떤접대원이날보고뭔느낌이왔는지지가내환생이라고하면서그의마이
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통해서였거든날유명하게만든녀석들이었지그런데그주인이아무이유없이내게반감을가지다니? 젠장
할그개자식들도본때를보여줘야해그놈도엿먹여날화나게하는사람이너무많아사실50과 Murder INC
간에싸움을물려받은것일지도모르겠어그도내싸움을이어받은거지괜찮아우리둘다싫진않아아직도최
전선엔우리들의군대가있으니그들은명령만내리면기꺼이우릴위해죽을수있어단지우릴곤란케만드려
는게아니라도와주기위해서그리고코러스에서그들의이름을외치는것도좋지우리의사랑을그쪽에게도
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어헤깔리지는마내가원하는건동정이아니라너네들의수다를멈출수있다면더큰남자가될수있다는거야
만약그런일이일어난다면말야솔직히나도얘기는지겨워이젠다른사람의관을보는일은하지않을거야
Eminem - Encore (2004)
