Eminem Like Toy Solider Lyrics

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

I'm supposed 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 supposed to know it
Even if it means goin' toe to toe with the Benzino it, don't matter
I never drag them in battles that I can handle, less I absolutely have to
I'm supposed to set an example, I need to be the leader,
My crew looks for me ta guide 'em
If some s___ ever pop off I'm suppose to be beside 'em
That Ja s___, I tried to squashed it, it was too late to stop it
There's a certain line, you just don't cross and he crossed it
I heard him say Hailie's name on a song and I just lost it
It was crazy, this s___ went way beyond some Jay Z and Nas s___
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 in it I almost feel like I'm the one who caused it
This ain't what I'm in hip-hop for, That's not why I got in it
That was never my object for someone to get killed
Why would I wanna destroy something I helped build
That' wasn't my intentions, my intentions were good
I went through my whole career with out ever mentioning (Suge)
And that' was just out of respect for not runnin' my mouth
And talking about something that I knew nothing about
Plus Dre told me stay out, this just wasn't my beef, So I did
down talkin' a man, who literally saved my live like f___ it
I understand, this is business and this s___ just isn't none of my business
But still knowin' the s___ could pop off at any minute cuz

[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

There used to be a time when you could just say a rhyme
And wouldn't have to worry about one of your people dyin'
But now it's elevated cause once you put someone's kids in it
The s___ gets escalated, it ain't just words no more, is it?
It's a different ballgame you 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 , he wasn't gonna go after him
Until Ja started Yappin' in magazines how he stabbed him
f___ it 50, smash him, mash on him and 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 I'll be his resurrection
Tries to blow the dust off his mic and make a new record
But now he's f___ed 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 got a grudge against me for nothin' ? Well f___ it
That m_________er can get it too, f___ him then
But I'm so busy being p___ed 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
But we still have soldiers that's on the front line Who'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 a chorus to show 'em we love 'em back
And to 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 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 'fore I let it go any further
But don't get it twisted, it's not a plea that I'm copinn'
I'm just willing to be the bigger man
If y'all can quiet poppin' off at the jaws Well then I can
Cause frankly I'm sick of talkin'
I'm not gonna let someone else's coffin rest on my conscious...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