Like Toy Soldiers (Clean Version)-The Hit Co.

[ti:Like Toy Soldiers (Clean Version)] [ar:The Hit Co.] [al:Hip-Hop and Rap Hits, Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.85]Step by step, heart to heart, left right left [00:04.55] [00:05.13]We all fall down... [00:06.83] [00:09.54]Step by step, heart to heart, left right left [00:13.73]We all fall down like toy soldiers [00:18.62] [00:21.32]Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win [00:25.06] [00:25.72]But the battle wages on for toy soldiers [00:30.06] [00:32.86]I'm supposed to be the soldier [00:34.34]Who never blows his posure [00:35.86]Even though I hold the weight of the [00:37.21]Whole world on my shoulders [00:38.67]I am never supposed to show it, [00:40.36]My crew ain't supposed to know it [00:41.90]Even if it means goin' toe to toe [00:43.70]With a Benzino it don't matter [00:45.01]I'd never drag them in battles [00:46.33]That I can handle unless I absolutely have to [00:48.23]I'm supposed to set an example [00:49.82] [00:50.51]I need to be the leader, [00:51.94]My crew looks for me to guide 'em [00:53.75]If some sh*t ever just pop off, [00:55.32]I'm supposed to be beside 'em [00:56.29]Now Ja said I tried to squash it, [00:57.99]It was too late to stop it [00:59.64]There's a certain line you just [01:00.90]Don't cross and he crossed it [01:02.31]I heard him say Hailie's name [01:03.66]On a song and I just lost it [01:05.33]It was crazy, [01:05.89]This sh*t be way beyond some Jay-z and Nas sh*t [01:08.38]And even though the battle was won, [01:09.61]I feel like we lost it [01:11.01]I spent too much energy on it, [01:12.69]Honestly I'm exhausted [01:13.73]And I'm so caught in it I almost feel [01:15.76]I'm the one who caused it [01:17.07]This ain't what I'm in hip-hop for, [01:18.55]It's not why I got in it [01:19.96]That was never my object for someone to get killed [01:22.37] [01:22.91]Why would I wanna destroy something I help build [01:24.98] [01:25.90]It wasn't my intentions, my intentions was good [01:28.81]I went through my whole career [01:30.20]Without ever mentionin' [01:30.68] [01:31.66]Now it's just out of respect for not runnin' my mouth [01:34.06] [01:34.72]And talkin' about something that I knew nothing about [01:37.49]Plus Dre told me stay out, this just wasn't my beef [01:40.39]So I did, I just fell back, watched and gritted my teeth [01:43.36]While he's all over T.V [01:44.35] [01:44.87]Down talkin' a man who literally saved my life [01:47.71]Like f**k it I understand this is business [01:50.13]And this sh*t just isn't none of my business [01:52.34]But still knowin' this sh*t could pop off at any minute cuz [01:55.46]Step by step, heart to heart, left right left [01:59.52]We all fall down like toy soldiers [02:04.46] [02:06.98]Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win [02:11.20]But the battle wages on for toy soldiers [02:15.90] [02:18.84]There used to be a time when [02:20.33]You could just say a rhyme [02:21.66]And wouldn't have to worry about [02:23.15]One of your people dyin' [02:24.66]But now it's elevated [02:25.94]Cuz once you put someone's kids in it [02:27.74]The sh*t gets escalated, [02:28.59]It ain't just words no more is it? [02:30.28]It's a different ball game, [02:31.56]Callin' names and you ain't just rappin' [02:33.35]We actually tried to stop the 50 [02:35.15]And Ja beef from happenin' [02:36.46]Me and Dre had sat with him, [02:38.00]Kicked it and had a chat with him [02:39.63]And asked him not to start it [02:40.78]He wasn't gonna go after him [02:41.85] [02:42.47]Until Ja started yappin' in magazines [02:44.40]How we stabbed him [02:45.32]F**k it 50 smash 'em, mash 'em and let him have it [02:48.12]Meanwhile my attention is pullin' in other directions [02:50.87]Some receptionist at The Source [02:52.48]Who answers phones at his desk [02:54.12]Has an erection for me and thinks [02:55.35]That I'll be his ressurection [02:56.25] [02:57.02]Tries to blow the dust off his mic [02:58.45]And make a new record [02:59.85]But now he's f**ked the game up [03:01.20]Cuz one of the ways I came up [03:03.06]Was through that publication the same one [03:04.29]That made me famous [03:05.69]Now the owner of it has got a grudge [03:07.30]Against me for nothin' [03:08.50]Well f**k it, that mutherf**ker can get it too, [03:11.22]F**k him then [03:11.70]But I'm so busy being pissed off [03:13.23]I don't stop to think [03:14.53]That we just inherited 50's beef with Murder Inc. [03:16.68] [03:17.49]And he's inherited mine [03:18.74]Which is fine ain't like either of us mind [03:20.77]We still have soldiers that's on the front line [03:22.44] [03:22.99]That's willing to die for us as soon as we give the orders [03:25.62] [03:26.19]Never to extort us, strictly to show they support us [03:28.25] [03:29.30]We'll maybe shout 'em out in a rap or up in a chorus [03:32.04]To show them we love 'em back [03:33.55]And let 'em know how important it is [03:35.36]To have run ya nav [03:36.28]And who sulked us up in our corners [03:38.16]Their loyalty to us is worth more than any award is [03:41.00]But I ain't tryna have none of my people [03:42.85]Hurt and murdered [03:43.37]There ain't words that [03:44.09]I can't think of a perfecter way to word it [03:46.66]Then to just say that [03:47.53]I love ya'll too much to see the virdict [03:49.53]I'll walk away from it all before I let it go any further [03:52.01] [03:52.64]But don't get it twisted, [03:53.64]It's not a plea that I'm coppin' [03:55.36]I'm just willin' to be the bigger man [03:57.14]If ya'll can quit poppin' off at your jaws with the knockin' [03:59.30]Cuz frankly I'm sick of talkin' [04:01.51]I'm not gonna let someone elses [04:02.84]Coffin rest on my conscience cuz [04:04.61]Step by step, heart to heart, left right left [04:08.54]We all fall down like toy soldiers [04:13.59] [04:16.11]Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win [04:19.69] [04:20.42]But the battle wages on for toy soldiers [04:25.39] [04:28.24]Like Toy Soldiers (Clean Version) - The Hit Co.