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Like Toy Soldiers Lyrics – Eminem

    Like Toy Soldiers is a popular song by Eminem from the 2004 album Encore. Check words to Eminem Like Toy Soldiers Lyrics in English below.

    Like Toy Soldiers Lyrics – Eminem 

    [Intro]
    Step by step, heart to heart
    Left, right, left, we all fall down…

    [Chorus]
    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

    [Verse 1]
    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 goin’ toe-to-toe with a Benzino
    It don’t matter, I never drag ’em in battles that I can’t handle
    ‘Less 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 does pop off, I’m supposed to be beside ’em
    That Ja shit, 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, the 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 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 wanna destroy somethin’ I helped build?
    It wasn’t my intentions, my intentions were good
    I went through my whole career without ever mentionin’ ****
    And that was just outta respect, for not runnin’ my mouth
    And talkin’ about somethin’ that I knew nothin’ 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’ the 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 knowin’ the shit could pop off at any minute, ’cause—
    [Chorus]
    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

    [Verse 2]
    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, ’cause once you put someone’s kids in it
    The shit gets escalated—it ain’t just words no more, is it?
    It’s a different ballgame, you call 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 he stabbed him
    Fuck it, 50, smash him! Mash 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 nothin’?
    Well, fuck it, that motherfucker could get it too, fuck him then!
    But I’m so busy bein’ pissed off, I don’t stop to think
    That we’ve 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
    Who’s willin’ to die for us as soon as we give the orders
    Never to extort us, strictly to show they support us
    And maybe shout ’em out in a rap or up in a chorus
    To show ’em we love ’em back and let ’em 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 tryna 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 ‘fore 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 the jaws, well, then I can, ’cause frankly I’m sick of talkin’
    I’m not gonna let someone else’s coffin rest on my conscience
    ‘Cause—
    [Chorus]
    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

     

    Writer(s): Eminem (Marshall Mathers), Luis Resto, Marta Marrero

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