Like Toy Soldiers Lyrics - Encore - Eminem

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 shit ever just pop off, I'm supposed to be beside 'em 

That Ja crap 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 shit went way beyond some Jay-Z and nas shit 

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 yeah I'm talkin' a man who literally saved my life 

Like fuck it I understand this is business 

And this shit just isn't none of my business 

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But still knowin' this shit could pop off at any minute 'cause 

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 'cuz once you put someone's kids in it 

The shlit 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 

fuck it 50 smash 'em, mash 'em and let him have it 

Mean while my attention is pullin' 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 'cuz 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 fuck it, that mother fucker can 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 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 

To show them we love 'em back and let 'em know how important it is 

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To have runyon avenue soldiers up in our corners 

Their loyalty to us is worth more than any award is 

But I ain't try'na have none of my people hurt or murdered 

It ain't worth it, I can't think of a perfecter way to word it 

Then 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 willin' to be the bigger man if y'all can quit poppin' 

Off at your jaws well then I can 'cuz frankly I'm sick of talkin' 

I'm not gonna let someone else's coffin rest on my conscience '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