Slippin' by DMX

Slippin'


Ha ha ha ha ha ha uhh
This life shit is like bug the fuck out fa real
See to live is to suffer but to survive
Well that's to find meaning in the suffering.

Chorus
Ay yo i'm slippin' i'm fallin' i can't get up
Ay yo i'm slippin' i'm fallin' i can't get up
Ay yo i'm slippin' i'm fallin' i gots to get up
Get me back on my feet so i can tear shit up!
(repeat)

-1-
I been through mad different phases like masons
To find my way & now i know that happy days are not far away
If i'm strong enough i'll live long enough to see my kids
Doing something more constructive with they time
Than bids i know because i been there
Now i'm in there (uhh)
Sit back & look at what it took for me to get there (uhh)
First came the bullshit the drama with my mama
She got on some fly shit til i split
And said that i'ma be (whooh)
That seed that doesn't need much to succeed (uhh)
Strapped with mad greed and a heart that doesn't bleed (what)
I'm ready for the world or at least i thought i was
Baggin' niggas when i caught a buzz
For thinking about how short i was (c'mon)
Going too fast it wouldn't last but yo i couldn't tell
Group homes & institutions, prepare my ass for jail (uh-huh)
They put me in a situation forcin' me to be a man
When i was just learnin' to stand without a helpin' hand
Damn, was it my fault, somethin' i did
To make a father leave his first kid at 7 doin' my first bid? (uhh)
Back on the scene at 14 with a scheme (uhh)
To get more cream than i'd ever seen in a dream (uhh)
And by all means i will be living high off the hog (what)
And i never gave a fuck about much but my dog (what)
That's my only muthafucka i had offered my last
Just another little nigga headed nowhere fast

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-2-
That ain't the half (uh)
Shit get's worse as i get older (uh-huh)
Actions become bolder heart got colder (uh-huh)
Chip on my shoulder that i dared a nigga to touch
Didn't need a click cause i scared a nigga that much (c'mon)
One deep with a bitch, started for kicks
Catchin' vicks throwin' bricks (uh)
Gettin by bein' slick (uh)
Used to get high to get by (what)
Used to have to puff my l
In the morning before i get fly (what)
I ate something a couple of forties made me hate somethin' (uh-huh)
I did some coke now i'm ready to take something (uhh)
3 years later showing signs of stress
Didn't keep my hair cut or give a fuck how i dressed (ohhh)
I'm possessed by the darker side livin' the cruddy life
Shit like this kept a nigga with a bloody knife (c'mon)
Wanna make records but i'm fuckin it up (why)
I'm slippin' i'm fallin' i can't get up

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-3-
Wasn't long before i hit rock bottom (uh)
Niggas talking shit like damn look how that rock got him (uh)
Open like a window no more indo look at a video (uh)
Sayin' to myself that could've been yo ass on the tv
Believe me it could be done somethin's got to give
It's got to change cause i've got a son (yes)
I've got to do the right thing for shorty
And that means no more getting high drinking forties (c'mon)
So i get back lookin' type slick again (uh)
Fake niggas jump back on my dick again (uh-huh)
Nothin' but love for those that know how it feel
& much respect to all my niggas that kept it real
Kept a nigga strong (uh)
Kept a nigga from doin' wrong (uh)
Niggas who they is and this is yo fuckin song (uh)
And to my boo who stuck with a nigga through
All the bullshit you'll get yours because it's due (c'mon c'mon)

Chorus

See, this is that shit
This is that shit
That all real niggas can relate to
This is from the heart baby, don't get it twisted
Ahh x baby!!!!!