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I'm always tEmalking shit cause wheBmrever I go I walk in shit
And now they got me on some stalking shit
Broad dEmaylight niggaz is cryBming "But I don't want anyone to blast"
So from the roof I pick em off like a scab
EmAnd watch the slug bust a Bmthug like a watermelon
He shoulda thought about that before caught a terror
EmAnd now another kid grows uBmp without a daddy or a mommy
Cause at the funeral I hit up the caddy,
Emit's the army for real niggaz with notBmhing to lose
Cause when it's time to go you don't get to choose
I make the Emmuthafuckin rules and I eBmnforce it,
shorty's people was loose hand so he lost it
I took the joEmints and tossed them, in the riBmver,
at the same spot that I dumped
This kid that didn't want to give a nigga the Emcombo, to the safe in the cBmrib
Look, money, that's why I did what I did
Mad sEmtressed and I'm about to have a breBmakdown
It's time for pops who got the store on the corner to have get a shakedown
EmHe hasn't paid for protection in Bmlike two months
So I figured I'd leave him wit like two fronts
EmI break up shit to let him knBmow that I'm real
Reminder, I know where you live so don't squeal
EmTold him, next time I coBmme, Have some paper for me
Don't fuck around and turn into another caper for me
EmCause though he's cool all that cool shit sBmtops
And I be in the crowd talking bout, "Yo who killed pops?"
It's a shaEmme, he was caught up in the Bmgame and couldn't play it
So I smoked him, I asked him "who's the man" and made him say it
EmThree times, and that's how many tBmimes I hit him
A nigga was acting like he didn't have to pay so I did him
EmYo I think this shit is going Bmto my head (for real)
But let that be a lesson, don't pay dues and you dead
A little Embirdie told me that the feds were Bmon to me
And they wanted to do something real wrong to me
So I bEmroke out, Blazed the BmL for a while
Checked my sources and found my name was on file
Under Emgun for hire and extoBmrtion, but yo I never use
The same joint twice as a precaution and EmI heard this kid tried to sBmet me up
He knew I knew so he tried to wet me up
See Emhe was under investigation for dBmrugs
They set up all types of phone taps and bugs
Then when they baEmgged him, money went out, reprisBment (he was my friend)
Said they'd let him go, all he had to do was snitch
And I kEmnow now he wish they would have kBmept him
Cause it was sweet how I crept him, wet him up then left him
EmAnd that's for mufuckas that don't kBmnow
Go against the grain and you feel the pain
Aight yo?

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The Story

by DMX

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Em Bm

I'm always talking shit cause wherever I go I walk in shit

And now they got me on some stalking shit

Em Bm

Broad daylight niggaz is crying "But I don't want anyone to blast"

So from the roof I pick em off like a scab

Em Bm

And watch the slug bust a thug like a watermelon

He shoulda thought about that before caught a terror

Em Bm

And now another kid grows up without a daddy or a mommy

Cause at the funeral I hit up the caddy,

Em Bm

it's the army for real niggaz with nothing to lose

Cause when it's time to go you don't get to choose

Em Bm

I make the muthafuckin rules and I enforce it,

shorty's people was loose hand so he lost it

Em Bm

I took the joints and tossed them, in the river,

at the same spot that I dumped

Em Bm

This kid that didn't want to give a nigga the combo, to the safe in the crib

Look, money, that's why I did what I did

Em Bm

Mad stressed and I'm about to have a breakdown

It's time for pops who got the store on the corner to have get a shakedown

Em Bm

He hasn't paid for protection in like two months

So I figured I'd leave him wit like two fronts

Em Bm

I break up shit to let him know that I'm real

Reminder, I know where you live so don't squeal

Em Bm

Told him, next time I come, Have some paper for me

Don't fuck around and turn into another caper for me

Em Bm

Cause though he's cool all that cool shit stops

And I be in the crowd talking bout, "Yo who killed pops?"

Em Bm

It's a shame, he was caught up in the game and couldn't play it

So I smoked him, I asked him "who's the man" and made him say it

Em Bm

Three times, and that's how many times I hit him

A nigga was acting like he didn't have to pay so I did him

Em Bm

Yo I think this shit is going to my head (for real)

But let that be a lesson, don't pay dues and you dead

Em Bm

A little birdie told me that the feds were on to me

And they wanted to do something real wrong to me

Em Bm

So I broke out, Blazed the L for a while

Checked my sources and found my name was on file

Em Bm

Under gun for hire and extortion, but yo I never use

Em Bm

The same joint twice as a precaution and I heard this kid tried to set me up

He knew I knew so he tried to wet me up

Em Bm

See he was under investigation for drugs

They set up all types of phone taps and bugs

Em Bm

Then when they bagged him, money went out, reprisent (he was my friend)

Said they'd let him go, all he had to do was snitch

Em Bm

And I know now he wish they would have kept him

Cause it was sweet how I crept him, wet him up then left him

Em Bm

And that's for mufuckas that don't know

Go against the grain and you feel the pain

Aight yo?

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