DMX
believe me, when i say
before light, there was dark
Mary J. Blige
where you goin, where you going?
where you goin, where you going?
where you goin?
chorus X4: Mary J. Blige w/add libs
if i don't know where i'm coming from
where would i go?
DMX
places that i've been (uh huh), things that i have seen (yeah)
what you call a nightmare, are what i have as dreams (yeah)
bad as that may seem, i know is only gonna to get worse (uh)
love, a slug, which one am i gonna get first? (what?)
my journey's been a rough one, i'm not sure when it began
but the way it's looking, i kinda know when it's gonna end
and what, send love, hold me down baby, it's gonna be a ruff ryde
niggas give us plenty of room, cuz i guess enough died (uh!)
let me travel, cuz my intentions are to travel in peace
but fuck around, i lay you down, you hit the gravel and cease
i could be a beast, or i could be a gentleman (uh)
but if you ain't my dog, you gonna be like "oh, it's him again"
niggas will never win, this whole rap game is mine (what?)
hottest you ever been? i was that in eighty-nine
seek and you shall find, look within and you will know
where you coming from, and where you've gotta go
c'mon!
chorus
DMX
i will spend mad time in one spot (uh), plotting my next move
trying to figure out why is it, that X do, what X do
some questions go unanswered (why?), that's what i'm afraid of
sometimes i can't show, but i know what i'm made of
they made love, or should i say they made lust
bound, there didn't have to be love there, but they made us
i got quite a few sisters (uh huh), i was the only boy
but being with my dog, was my only joy (c'mon!)
like a kid with a new toy, i forgot about the grime (uh)
escaped the misery (uh), didn't think about the crime (uh!)
lost all track of time (what!), was in another world
everybody knew Earl, but there was another Earl (c'mon!)
lighter side of the dark, fight in the park, but wouldn't wanna
stayed with father, when they jump me, became a good runner
one by one they all went under, so i had the last laugh
they all thought it all was a joke, but i had the last laugh
Mary J. Blige
hahahahahaha
DMX
c'mon!
chorus
DMX
i feel the ghost from within (uh), coming back to haunt me
stay lovin my peoples, even though they don't want me
when i was bad, i was forgotten (uh huh), like i was dead and rotten (uh huh)
should've been getting love, but instead was plottin (uh huh)
shit wasn't right, and it was all blamed on me
didn't know that i was special till this rap shit came to be
gave me a way out, showed me it was better to teach
than bust niggas with the fo-fo, leave 'em dead in the streets (uh)
over beef that was worth less, than the cost of the slugs, that i bought to kill 'em
and that's b-cuz i thought i ought to kill 'em (woo)
little did i know, death wasn't right (uh huh)
didn't always show every breath was a life (c'mon)
it was to be captured in suspended animation (uh!)
to be felt by all, understood by every nation (uh!)
what's the sense of hating (what?), when i can show love (uh!)
what's the sense of faking (what?), when i can show blood (uh!)
Mary J. Blige
now what's the moral to this story?
DMX
c'mon!
chorus
Mary J. Blige
Yonkers is where we grew
trials we got through
on top is where we'll stay
till the end, as long as we pray
DJ Swizz is played
sends tracks every day
on Hot 97 ya hear
DMX all through the year
