[Intro] 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 win, but the battle wages on For toy soldiers [Verse 1] Im supposed to be the soldier who never blows his composure Even though I hold the weight of the whole world on my shoulders I aint never supposed to show it My crew aint supposed to know it Even if it means goin toetotoe with a Benzino It dont matter, I never drag em in battles that I cant handle Less I absolutely have to, Im supposed to set an example I need to be the leader, my crew looks for me to guide em If some shit ever does pop off, Im supposed to be beside em That Ja shit, I tried to squash it, it was too late to stop it Theres a certain line you just dont cross, and he crossed it I heard him say Hailies name on a song and I just lost it It was crazy, the shit went way beyond some JAYZ and Nas shit And even though the battle was won, I feel like we lost it I spent so much energy on it, honestly Im exhausted And Im so caught in it, I almost feel Im the one who caused it This aint what Im in hiphop for, its not why I got in it That was never my object, for someone to get killed Why would I wanna destroy somethin I helped build? It wasnt my intentions, my intentions were good I went through my whole career without ever mentionin And that was just outta respect, for not runnin my mouth And talkin about somethin that I knew nothin about Plus Dre told me stay out, this just wasnt my beef So I did, I just fell back, watched and gritted my teeth While hes all over TV, downtalkin the man Who literally saved my life, like fuck it, I understand This is business, and this shit just isnt none of my business But still knowin the shit could pop off at any minute, cause [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 Wouldnt have to worry about one of your people dyin But now its elevated, cause once you put someones kids in it The shit gets escalatedit aint just words no more, is it? Its a different ballgame, you call names and you aint 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 wasnt gonna go after him Until Ja started yappin in magazines how he stabbed him Fuck it, 50, smash him! Mash on him, let him have it Meanwhile my attentions pulled in another direction Some receptionist at The Source who answers phones at his desk Has an erection for me and thinks that Ill be his resurrection Tries to blow the dust off his mic and make a new record But now hes fucked the game up cause 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 could get it too, fuck him then! But Im so busy bein pissed off, I dont stop to think That weve just inherited 50s beef with Murder Inc. And hes inherited mine, which is fine, aint like either of us mind We still have soldiers thats on the front line Whos willin to die for us as soon as we give the orders Never to extort us, strictly to show they support us And maybe shout em out in a rap or up in a chorus To show em we love em back and let em know how important It is to have Runyon Avenue soldiers up in our corners Their loyalty to us is worth more than any award is But I aint tryna have none of my people hurt or murdered It aint worth it, I cant think of a perfecter way to word it Than to just say that I love yall too much to see the verdict Ill walk away from it all fore I let it go any further But dont get it twisted, its not a plea that Im coppin Im just willin to be the bigger man, if yall can quit poppin Off at the jaws, well, then I can, cause frankly Im sick of talkin Im not gonna let someone elses coffin rest on my conscience Cause [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
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