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Tiny toy dancing soldiers
Eminem
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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 supposed to show it
My crew ain't supposed to know it
Even if it means going toe-to-toe with the Benzino, it don't matter
I'd never drag them in battles that I can't 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 them
If some shit ever does pop off, I'm supposed to be beside them
That job said I tried to squash it. It was too late to stop it
There's a certain line you just don't cross, and it crossed it
I heard him say Haley's name on a song, and I just lost it
It was crazy. This shit went way beyond some Jay-Z and Nas shit
And even though the battle was won, I feel like we lost
And I spent so 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 want to destroy something I helped build?
That wasn't my intentions. My intentions were good
I went through my whole career without ever mentioning
And that was just out of respect for not running 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. I just fell back, watched and gritted my teeth
while he's all over TV down talking to man who literally saved my life
Like fuck it, I understand this is business
And this shit just isn't none of my business
But still knowing this shit could pop off at any minute
There used to be a time when you could just say a rhyme
and wouldn't have to worry about one of your people dying
But now it's elevated. Cause once you put so much kids in it
the shit gets escalated. It ain't just words no more is it?
It's a different ball game. You call names and you ain't just rapping
We actually tried to stop a 50 and John B from happening
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 John started yapping in magazines how we stabbed him
50 smashed him, mashed on him, let him have it
Meanwhile my attention's 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 fucked 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 has got a grudge against me for nothing?
Well fuck it, that motherfucker could get it too. Fuck him then
But I'm so busy being pissed 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 mine
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 too extort us, strictly to show they support us
And maybe shout him out and a rapper up in the chorus
to show him we love him back and let him 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 my people hurt or murdered
It ain't worth it. I can't think of a perfecter way to word it
than to just say that I love y'all 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 willing to be the bigger man if y'all can quit poppin' off at your 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
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