DMX Slippin' Lyrics

Ha ha ha ha ha ha uhh
See to live is to suffer but to survive
well that's to find meaning in the suffering.

Chorus
Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet so I can tear s___ up!
(Repeat)

-1-
I been through mad different phases like Mazes
to find my way
and; now I know that happy days are not far away
If I'm strong enough
I'll live long enough to see my kids
doing something more constructive with they time than bids
I know because I been there
now I'm in there (uhh)
sit back and look at what it took for me to get there (uhh)
First came the bullshit the drama with my mama
she got on some fly s___ so I split
and said that I'ma be (whooh)
that seed that doesn't need much to succeed (Uhh)
strapped with mad greed and a heart that doesn't bleed (what)
I'm ready for the world or at least I thought I was
baggin' n____s when I caught a buzz
for thinking about how short I was
Going too fast it wouldn't last but yo I couldn't tell
group homes and institutions, prepare my a__ for jail (uh-huh)
They put me in a situation forcin' me to be a man
when I was just learnin' to stand without a helpin' hand
d___, was it my fault, somethin' I did
to make a father leave his first kid at 7 doin' my first bid? (uhh)
Back on the scene at 14 with a scheme (uhh)
to get more cream than I'd ever seen in a dream (uhh)
and by all means I will be living high off the hog (what)
and I never gave a f___ about much but my dog (what)
That's the only m____fucka I had offered my last
Just another little n____ headed nowhere fast

Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet so I can tear s___ up!

-2-
That ain't the half (uh)
s___ get's worse as I get older (uh-huh)
actions become bolder heart got colder (uh-huh)
chip on my shoulder that I dared a n____ to touch
didn't need a clique cause I scared a n____ that much (c抦on)
One deep with a b____, startin s___ for kicks
catchin' vicks throwin' bricks (uh)
gettin by bein' slick (uh)
used to get high just to get by (what)
used to have to puff my L
in the morning before I could fly (what)
I ate something a couple of forties made me hate somethin' (uh-huh)
I did some c__e now I'm ready to take something (uhh)
3 years later showing signs of stress
didn't keep my hair cut or give a f___ how I dressed (ohhh)
I'm possessed by the darker side livin' the cruddy life
s___ like this kept a n____ with a b_____ knife (c抦on)
wanna make records but I'm f___in it up (why)
I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up

Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet so I can tear s___ up!

-3-
Wasn't long before I hit rock bottom (uh)
n____s talking s___ like d___ look how that rock got him (uh)
Open like a window no more Indo look at a video (uh)
sayin' to myself that could've been yo a__ on the TV
believe me it could be done somethin's got to give
it's got to change cause now I've got a son (yes)
I've got to do the right thing for shorty
and that means no more getting high drinking forties (c抦on)
So I get back lookin' type slick again (uh)
Fake n____s jump back on my d___ again (uh-huh)
Nothin' but love for those that know how it feel
& much respect to all my n____s that kept it real
Kept a n____ strong (uh)
kept a n____ from doin' wrong (uh)
n____s know who they is and this is yo f___in song (uh)
and to my boo who stuck with a n____ through
all the bullshit you'll get yours because it's due (c抦on c抦on)

Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet so I can tear s___ up!

See, this is that s___
This is that s___
That all real n____s can relate to
This is from the heart baby, don't get it twisted
Ahh X BABY!!!!!