Like Toy Soldier by Eminem

(Step by step, heart to heart, (1)________ right left)
(We all fall down...)
Step by step, heart to heart, left (2)__________ left
We all (3)________ 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 (4)____________________ have to
I'm supposed to set an example
I need to be the leader
My (5)________ looks for me to guide 'em
If some shit ever just pop off
I'm supposed to be (6)____________ 'em
Now Ja said "I tried to squash it,
It was too late to (7)________ it"
There's a certain line
You just don't cross and he crossed it
I heard him say Hailie's name
On a (8)________ and I just lost it
It was crazy
This (shit) be way beyond some Jay-z and Nas (shit)
And even though the battle was won
I (9)________ 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 (10)__________ my life
Like (fuck) it I (11)____________________ this is business
And this (shit) just isn't none of my business
But still knowin' this (shit) could pop off at any (12)____________ cuz
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 (13)________ to be a time
When you (14)__________ just say a rhyme
And wouldn't (15)________ to worry about
One of your people dyin'
But now it's elevated
Cuz once you put someone's kids in it
The (shit) gets escalated
It ain't just words no (16)________ 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 (17)__________ him not to start
It he wasn't gonna go (18)__________ him
Until Ja started yappin' in magazines how we stabbed him
(Fuck) 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 erection for me
And (19)____________ that I'll be his ressurection
Tries to blow the dust off his mic and make a new record
But now he's (fucked) the game up
Cuz one of the ways I came up
Was through that publication the same one
That (20)________ me famous
Now the owner of it has got a (21)____________ against me for nothin'
Well (fuck) it, that (motherfucker) can get it too
(Fuck) him then
But I'm so busy being (22)____________ off
I don't stop to think
That we just inherited 50's beef (23)________ Murder Inc.
And he's inherited mine
Which is (24)________ 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 (25)__________ '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 (26)____________ 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 (27)__________________ 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 (28)________ jaws with the knockin'
Cuz frankly I'm sick of talkin'
I'm not gonna let (29)______________ else's coffin
Rest on my (30)____________________ cuz
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

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