Slippin'

Slippin'

DMX

Ha ha ha ha ha ha uhh

See to live is to suffer but to survive

Well that's to find meaning in the suffering

Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up

Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up

Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up

Get me back on my feet so I can tear sh*t

Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up

Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up

Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up

Get me back on my feet so I can tear sh*t

I been through mad different phases like Masons

To find my way & now I know that happy days are not far away

If I'm strong enough I'll live long enough to see my kids

Doing something more constructive with they time than bids

I know because I been there

Now I'm in there sit back & look at what it took for me to get there

First came the "Howll " the drama with my mama

She got on some fly sh*t "What " til I split

And said that I'ma be that seed

That doesn't need much to succeed

Strapped with mad greed and a heart that doesn't bleed

I'm ready for the world or at least I thought I was

Baggin' "Uhh " when I caught a buzz for thinking about how short I was

Going too fast it wouldn't last but yo I couldn't tell

Group homes & institutions prepare my a** for jail

They put me in a situation forcin' me to be a man

When I was just learnin' to stand without a helpin' hand

Damn was it my fault somethin' I did

To make a father leave his first kid at 7 doin' my first bid

Back on the scene at 14 with a scheme

To get more cream than I'd ever seen in a dream

And by all means I will be living high off the hog

And I never gave a "What " about much but my dog

That's my only "Howll " I had offered my last

Just another little "Come on " headed nowhere fast

Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up

Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up

Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up

Get me back on my feet so I can tear sh*t

Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up

Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up

Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up

Get me back on my feet so I can tear sh*t

That ain't the half "Arf " get's worse as I get older

Actions become bolder heart got colder

Chip on my shoulder that I dared a "Uhh " to touch

Didn't need a click cause I scared a "Uh huh" that much

One deep went to for kicks

Catchin' vicks throwin' bricks gettin by bein' slick

Used to get high to get by used to have to "Howl "

In the morning before I get fly

I ate something a couple of forties made me hate somethin'

I did some "Arf" now I'm ready to take some

3 years later showing signs of stress

Didn't keep my hair cut or give a "Come on " how I dressed

I'm possessed by the darker side livin' the cruddy life

"What " like this kept a ni**a with a bloody knife