Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers

Step by step heart to heart
left right left
We all fall down
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
I'm suppose to
be the soldier
who never blows his
composure
Even though I hold
the weight of the whole
world on my shoulders
I ain't never
suppose to show it
my crew ain't
suppose to know it
Even if it means going
toe to toe
with the Benzino
it don't matter
I never drag em in battles
that I can
handle less
I absolutely have to
I'm suppose 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 suppose to be beside em
That Ja shit I tried to
squashed it
it was too late to stop it
There's a certain line
you just don't cross it
and he crossed it
I heard him say Hailie's
name on a song
and I just lost it
It was crazy
this shit went way
beyond some Jay Z and
Nas shit
And even though the
battle was won
I feel like we lost it
I spent so much energy on it
honestly I'm exhausted
I'm so caught it
I almost feel like
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
Now it's never my
object to for
someone to get killed
Why would
I wanna destroy something
I helped build
It wasn't my intentions
my intentions were good
I went through my whole
career with out ever
mentioning
And that's just outta
respect for not running my
mouth
And talking about something
that I knew nothing
about
Plus Dre told me stay out
just wasn't
my beef So I did
I just fell back
watched and gritted
my teeth while
he's all over TV
Now I'm talking a man who
literally saved
my live like fuck it
I understand
this is business and
this shit
just isn't none of my
business
But still knowing this shit
could pop off
at any minute
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
It used to be time
when you could
just say a rhyme
And wouldn't have to
worry about
one of your people dying
But now it's
elevated cause once you
put someone's kids in it
Shit gets escalated
it ain't just words no more
is it
It's a different ball game
call names and you ain't
just rapping
We actually
tried to stop the 50
and Ja beef from happening
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 start
gabbing in magazines
how he stabbed him
Fuck it 50 smash him
mash him
and let him have it
Mean while my intentions
pulley'd
in other directions
Some receptionist
said the source
who answers phones at
his desk has
an erection for me and
thinks that
I'll be his resurrection
Tries to blow the
dust of his mic and
make a new record
But now he's
fucked the game up
cause one of the ways
I came was through that
publication
the same one that
made me famous
Now the owner of it
got a grudge
against me for nothing but
fuck it
That motha fucker can
get it too
fuck em 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
Still have soldiers
that is 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
Maybe shout em out in a
rap or up
in chorus to
show we love em back
And to let em know how
important
is to have Runyon Avenue
soldiers up in our corners
Their loyalty to us is
worth more then any award is
But I ain't trying to
have none of me
people hurt or murdered
It ain't worth it
I can't think of
a perfecter way to word it
Then to just say that I love
y'all too much to
see the verdict
I'll walk away from
it all before
I'll let it go any further
Now don't get it twisted
it's not a plea that
I'm coping
I'm just willing to be the
bigger man
If y'all can quiet
popping off
at the jaws
with the knocking
Cause frankly
I'm sick of talking
I'm not gonna let
someone else's
coffin rest on my conscious
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
Step by step heart to heart
left right left
We all fall down
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
I'm suppose to
be the soldier
who never blows his
composure
Even though I hold
the weight of the whole
world on my shoulders
I ain't never
suppose to show it
my crew ain't
suppose to know it
Even if it means going
toe to toe
with the Benzino
it don't matter
I never drag em in battles
that I can
handle less
I absolutely have to
I'm suppose 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 suppose to be beside em
That Ja shit I tried to
squashed it
it was too late to stop it
There's a certain line
you just don't cross it
and he crossed it
I heard him say Hailie's
name on a song
and I just lost it
It was crazy
this shit went way
beyond some Jay Z and
Nas shit
And even though the
battle was won
I feel like we lost it
I spent so much energy on it
honestly I'm exhausted
I'm so caught it
I almost feel like
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
Now it's never my
object to for
someone to get killed
Why would
I wanna destroy something
I helped build
It wasn't my intentions
my intentions were good
I went through my whole
career with out ever
mentioning
And that's just outta
respect for not running my
mouth
And talking about something
that I knew nothing
about
Plus Dre told me stay out
just wasn't
my beef So I did
I just fell back
watched and gritted
my teeth while
he's all over TV
Now I'm talking a man who
literally saved
my live like fuck it
I understand
this is business and
this shit
just isn't none of my
business
But still knowing this shit
could pop off
at any minute
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
It used to be time
when you could
just say a rhyme
And wouldn't have to
worry about
one of your people dying
But now it's
elevated cause once you
put someone's kids in it
Shit gets escalated
it ain't just words no more
is it
It's a different ball game
call names and you ain't
just rapping
We actually
tried to stop the 50
and Ja beef from happening
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 start
gabbing in magazines
how he stabbed him
Fuck it 50 smash him
mash him
and let him have it
Mean while my intentions
pulley'd
in other directions
Some receptionist
said the source
who answers phones at
his desk has
an erection for me and
thinks that
I'll be his resurrection
Tries to blow the
dust of his mic and
make a new record
But now he's
fucked the game up
cause one of the ways
I came was through that
publication
the same one that
made me famous
Now the owner of it
got a grudge
against me for nothing but
fuck it
That motha fucker can
get it too
fuck em 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
Still have soldiers
that is 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
Maybe shout em out in a
rap or up
in chorus to
show we love em back
And to let em know how
important
is to have Runyon Avenue
soldiers up in our corners
Their loyalty to us is
worth more then any award is
But I ain't trying to
have none of me
people hurt or murdered
It ain't worth it
I can't think of
a perfecter way to word it
Then to just say that I love
y'all too much to
see the verdict
I'll walk away from
it all before
I'll let it go any further
Now don't get it twisted
it's not a plea that
I'm coping
I'm just willing to be the
bigger man
If y'all can quiet
popping off
at the jaws
with the knocking
Cause frankly
I'm sick of talking
I'm not gonna let
someone else's
coffin rest on my conscious
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

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