Step by step
heart to heart
Left right left
We all fall down
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 am never supposed
to show it, my crew
ain't supposed
to know it
Even if it means
goin' toe to toe with
a Benzino it
don't matter
I'd never drag them
in battles that I can
handle unless I absolutely
have to I'm supposed
to set an example
I need to be the leader
My crew looks for me
to guide 'em
If some sh*t ever just
pop off, I'm supposed to
be beside 'em
Now the Ja sh*t I tried
to squash 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 sh*t
be way beyond some
Jay-z and Nas sh*t
And even though the
battle was won
I feel like we lost it
I spent too much
energy on it
Honestly I'm exhausted
And I'm so caught in it
I almost feel I'm the
one who caused it
This ain't what I'm
in hip-hop for,
it's not why I got in it
That was never my
object for someone
to get killed
Why would I wanna
destroy something I
help build
It wasn't my intentions
My intentions was good
I went through my
whole career without
ever mentionin'
Now it's just out of
respect for not
runnin' my mouth
And talkin' about
something that
I knew nothing about
Plus Dre told
me stay out
This just wasn't my
beef so I did. I just
fell back, watched
and gritted my teeth
While he's all over TV
down talkin' a man
who literally
saved my life
Like I understand this
is business and this
sh*t just isn't none
of my business
But still knowin' this
sh*t could pop off
at any minute 'cos
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 'cos once
you put someone's kids in it
the sh*t gets escalated, it ain't
just words no more is it? It's a
different ball game, callin'
names and you ain't 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
wasn't gonna go after him
Until Ja started yappin' in
magazines how
we stabbed him
F**k it 50 smash 'em,
mash 'em and
let him have it
Meanwhile my
attention is pullin' in
other directions
Some receptionist at
The Source who
answers phones
at his desk
Has an obsession for
me and thinks that
I'll be his ressurection
Tries to blow the dust
off his mic and make
a new record
But now he's f***ed
the game up 'cos 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 f**k it, that
m*therf***er can
get it too, f**k him
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
We still have soldiers
that's on the front line
That's willing to die for
us as soon as we give
the orders.Never to
extort us, strictly to
show they support us
We'll maybe shout 'em
out in a rap or up
in a chorus
To show them we love
'em back and let 'em
know how important it is
To have Reunion Avenue
Soldiers up in our corners
Their loyalty to us is
worth more than
any award is
But I ain't tryna have
none of my people
hurt and murdered
It ain't worth it
I can't think of a
perfecter way to word it
Then to just say that
I love ya'll too much to
see the verdict I'll walk
away from it all before
I let it go any further
But don't get it twisted,
it's not a plea
that I'm coppin'
I'm just willin' to be
the bigger man if ya'll
can quit poppin' off at
your jaws well
then I can
'Cos frankly I'm
sick of talkin'
I'm not gonna let
someone else's coffin
rest on my conscience
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