[ar:Eminem]
[ti:Like a toy soldier]
[al:Curtain Call:The Hits]

[00:00.91]Step by step... heart to heart... left right left
[00:05.09]We all fall down
[00:06.80]
[00:09.67]Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
[00:13.65]We all fall down, like toy soldiers
[00:20.92]Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win
[00:25.68]But the battle wages on, for toy soldiers
[00:31.77]
[00:32.20]I'm supposed to be the soldier who never blows his composure
[00:35.86]Although I hold the weight of the whole world on my shoulders
[00:38.25]I ain't never supposed to show it, my crew ain't supposed to know it
[00:41.27]But if it means going toe to toe with the Benzino, it don't matter
[00:44.94]I'd never drag 'em in battles that I can handle 'less I absolutely have to
[00:47.90]I'm supposed to set an example, I need'uh be the leader
[00:50.95]My crew looks for me to guide 'em
[00:53.11]If some shit ever just pop off I'm suppose to be beside 'em
[00:57.07]Now Ja said I tried to squash it, it was too late to stop it
[01:00.18]There's a certain line you just don't cross and he crossed it
[01:02.96]I heard him say Hailie's name on a song and I just lost it
[01:06.00]It was crazy, this shit be way beyond some Jay-Z and Nas shit
[01:08.99]And even though the battle was won, I feel like we lost it
[01:11.72]I spent too much energy on it, honestly I'm exhausted
[01:13.40]And I'm so caught in it I almost feel I'm the one who caused it
[01:16.43]This ain't what I'm in hip hop for, it's not why I got in it
[01:19.88]That was never my object for someone to get killed
[01:22.44]Why would I wanna destroy something I help build
[01:25.32]It wasn't my intentions, my intentions were good
[01:27.97]I went through my whole career without ever mentionin' (Suge)
[01:31.12]Now it's just out of respect, for not runnin' my mouth
[01:33.91]And talkin' about something that I knew nothing about
[01:36.83]Plus Dre told me stay out, this just wasn't my beef
[01:39.81]So I did, I just fell back, watched and gritted my teeth
[01:42.72]While he's all over TV, down talkin' a man who literally saved my life
[01:47.04]Like "fuck it I understand" this is business
[01:49.44]And this shit just isn't none of my business
[01:52.06]But still knowin' this shit could pop off at any minute 'cause...
[01:55.50]
[01:55.96]Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
[02:00.12]We all fall down, like toy soldiers
[02:07.10]Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win
[02:11.50]But the battle wages on, for toy soldiers
[02:16.70]
[02:18.49]There used to be a time when, you could just say a rhyme
[02:21.41]And wouldn't have to worry about one of your people dyin'
[02:24.50]But now it's elevated 'cause once you put someone's kids in it
[02:27.66]The shit gets escalated, it ain't just words no more is it?
[02:30.37]It's a different ball game, callin' names and you ain't just rappin'
[02:33.47]We actually tried to stop 50 and Ja beef from happenin'
[02:36.24]Me and Dre had sat with him, kicked it and had a chat with him
[02:39.14]And asked him not to start it he wasn't gonna go after him
[02:42.06]Until Ja started yappin' in magazines how we stabbed him
[02:45.06]Fuck it 50 smash 'em, mash 'em and let him have it
[02:47.93]Meanwhile my attention is pullin' in other directions
[02:50.91]Some receptionist at The Source who answers phones at his desk
[02:53.57]has an erection for me and thinks that I'll be his resurrection
[02:56.81]Tries to blow the dust off his mic and make a new record
[02:59.76]But now he's fucked the game up 'cause one of the ways I came up
[03:02.61]Was through that publication the same one that made me famous
[03:05.58]Now the owner of it has got a grudge against me for nothin'
[03:08.38]Well fuck it, that motherfucker could get it too, fuck him then
[03:11.50]But I'm so busy being pissed off I don't stop to think
[03:14.56]That we just inherited 50's beef with Murder Inc.
[03:17.13]And he's inherited mine which is fine ain't like either of us mind
[03:20.80]We still have soldiers that's on the front line
[03:23.63]That's willing to die for us, as soon as we give the orders
[03:26.08]Never to extort us, strictly to show they support us
[03:29.22]We'll maybe shout 'em out in a rap or up in a chorus
[03:31.93]To show them we love 'em back and let 'em know how important it is
[03:34.92]to have Runyon Avenue soldiers up in our corners
[03:37.81]Their loyalty to us is worth more than any award is
[03:41.02]But I ain't tryna have none of my people hurt and murdered, it ain't worth it
[03:44.11]I can't think of a perfecter way to work it
[03:46.68]Then to just say that I love y'all too much to see the verdict
[03:49.69]I'll walk away from it all 'fore I let it go any further
[03:52.57]But don't get it twisted, it's not a plea that I'm coppin'
[03:54.97]I'm just willin' to be the bigger man
[03:56.77]If y'all can quit poppin' off at your jaws with the knockin'
[03:59.28]'cause frankly I'm sick of talkin'
[04:01.13]I'm not gonna let someone else's coffin rest on my conscience 'cause...
[04:04.30]
[04:05.05]Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
[04:08.64]We all fall down, like toy soldiers
[04:15.20]Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win
[04:19.88]But the battle wages on, for toy soldiers
[04:25.74]
[04:26.86](End)
[04:30.00]Like a Toy solider
[04:45.00]Eminem
[04:50.00]By Ian Ip