Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers Lyrics
Step by step, heart to heart, left right leftWe all fall downStep by step, heart to heart, left right leftWe all fall down like toy soldiersBit by bit torn apart. We never winBut the battle wages on for toy soldiers]I’m suppose to be the soldier who never blows his composureEven though I hold the weight of the whole world on my shouldersI ain’t never suppose to show it, my crew ain’t suppose to know itEven if it means going toe to toe with the Benzino, it don’t matterI never drag ‘em in battles that I can handle less I absolutely have toI’m suppose to set an example, I need to be the leaderMy crew looks for me to guide ’emIf some shit ever just pop off I’m suppose to be beside ‘emThat Ja shit, I tried to squashed it, it was too late to stop itThere’s a certain line, you just don’t cross it, and he crossed itI heard him say Hailie’s name on a song and I just lost itIt was crazy, this shit went way beyond some Jay Z and Nas shitAnd even though the battle was won, I feel like we lost itI spent so much energy on it, honestly I’m exhaustedI’m so caught it I almost feel like I’m the one who caused itThis ain’t what I’m in hip-hop for, it’s not why I got in itNow it’s never my object to for someone to get killedWhy would I wanna destroy something I helped buildIt wasn’t my intentions, my intentions were goodI went through my whole career with out ever mentioning SugeAnd that’s just outta respect for not running my mouthAnd talking about something that I knew nothing aboutPlus Dre told me stay out, just wasn’t my beef, So I didI just fell back, watched and gritted my teeth while he’s all over TVNow I’m talking a man who literally saved my live, like ***** itI understand, this is business and this shit just isn’t none of my businessBut still knowing this shit could pop off at any minute[Chorus-]Step by step, heart to heart, left right leftwe all fall down like toy soldiersBit by bit torn apart. We never winBut the battle wages on for toy soldiers]It used to be time when you could just say a rhymeAnd wouldn’t have to worry about one of your people dyingBut now it’s elevated cause once you put someone’s kids in itShit gets escalated, it ain’t just words no more, is itIt’s a different ball game, call names and you ain’t just rappingWe actually tried to stop the 50 and Ja beef from happeningMe and Dre had sat with him, kicked it and had a chat with himAnd asked him not to start it, he wasn’t gonna go after himUntil Ja start gabbing in magazines how he stabbed him***** it 50, smash him, mash him, and let him have itMeanwhile my intentions pulled in other directionsSome receptionist said the source who answers phones at his desk has an erection for me and thinks that I’ll be his resurrectionTries to blow the dust of his mic and make a new recordBut now he’s *****ed the game up cause one of the ways I came was through that publication, the same one that made me famousNow the owner of it got a grudge against me for nothing but ***** itThat motha *****er can get it too, ***** ‘em thenBut I’m so busy being pissed off, I don’t stop to thinkThat we just inherited 50’s beef with murder incAnd he’s inherited mine, which is fine, ain’t like either of us mindStill have soldiers that is on the front line that's willing to die for usAs soon as we give the orders, never to extort usStrictly to show they support usMaybe shout ‘em out in a rap or up in chorus to show we love ‘em backAnd to let ‘em know how important is to have Runyon Avenue soldiers up inour cornersTheir loyalty to us is worth more then any award isBut I ain’t trying to have none of me people hurt or murderedIt ain’t worth it, I can’t think of a perfecter way to word itThen to just say that I love y’all too much to see the verdictI’ll walk away from it all before I’ll let it go any furtherNow don’t get it twisted, it’s not a plea that I’m copingI’m just willing to be the bigger manIf y’all can quiet popping off at the jaws with the knockingCause frankly I’m sick of talkingI’m not gonna let someone else’s coffin rest on my conscious[chorus-]Step by step, heart to heart, left right left.We all fall down like toy soldiersBit by bit torn apart. We never win.But the battle wages on for toy soldiers.
