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    Toy Soldiers

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    The document is a song about the pressures of being a leader in hip hop and feeling responsible for one's crew. It references escalating beefs between artists that can lead to violence and death, and the singer's reluctance to engage in or continue conflicts for the sake of his family and crew. He would rather walk away from the industry than put others' lives at risk.

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    Toy Soldiers

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    The document is a song about the pressures of being a leader in hip hop and feeling responsible for one's crew. It references escalating beefs between artists that can lead to violence and death, and the singer's reluctance to engage in or continue conflicts for the sake of his family and crew. He would rather walk away from the industry than put others' lives at risk.

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    The document is a song about the pressures of being a leader in hip hop and feeling responsible for one's crew. It references escalating beefs between artists that can lead to violence and death, and the singer's reluctance to engage in or continue conflicts for the sake of his family and crew. He would rather walk away from the industry than put others' lives at risk.

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    Toy Soldiers

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    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
    '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 just 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, 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'

    And that was just outta 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' 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' 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 '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 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

    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 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 willin' 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 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
    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 'cause frankly I'm sick of talkin'
    I'm not gonna let someone else's coffin rest on my conscience '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

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