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Post by Admin on Dec 25, 2004 22:22:13 GMT 1
Just been watching Toy Soldiers by Eminem, can someone explain who has killed who (allegedly) and who hates who, etc, etc and why... I know about the east coast and the west coast rivalries, but where does eminem fit into all that?  |
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Post by baskerville on Dec 26, 2004 3:45:52 GMT 1
Just been watching Toy Soldiers by Eminem, can someone explain who has killed who (allegedly) and who hates who, etc, etc and why... I know about the east coast and the west coast rivalries, but where does eminem fit into all that? Eminem is from Detroit, which is the midwest, but he hangs with Dr. Dre, Snoop and 50 Cent who are all west coast. That's all I know.  However, I do know that Charlotte Church is Welsh. ;D |
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Post by DansiB on Dec 26, 2004 22:54:11 GMT 1
He talks about 50 cents and Ja's rivalry in it doesn't he
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Post by Admin on Dec 27, 2004 11:53:42 GMT 1
Not sure as cant hear most of his lyrics;)
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Post by ManicKangaroo on Dec 27, 2004 15:01:30 GMT 1
Like Toy Soldiers
by Eminem
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
I'm suppose 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 suppose to show it, my crew ain't suppose to know it
But if it means going toe to toe with the Benzino, it don't matter
I'd never drag 'em in battles that I can handle 'less I absolutely have to
I'm suppose to set an example, I need to be the leader
My crew looks for me to guide 'em
If some sh*t ever just pop off I'm suppose to be beside 'em
Now Ja said 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 sh*t be way beyond some Jay-Z and Nas sh*t
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 were good
I went through my whole career without ever mentionin' [Suge]
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 saved my life
Like "f**k it I understand" this is business
And this sh*t just isn't none of my business
But still knowin' this sh*t could pop off at any minute 'cause...
Chorus
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 sh*t 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
f**k 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 thinks that I'll be his resurrection
Tries to blow the dust off his mic and make a new record
But now he's f**ked 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 f**k it, that motherf**ker could get it too, f**k him then
But I'm so busy being p1ssed 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 chorus
To show them 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 and 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 '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 your jaws with the knockin'
'cause frankly I'm sick of talkin'
I'm not gonna let someone else's coffin rest on my conscience 'cause...
Chorus
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However, I do know that Charlotte Church is Welsh. ;D
