05/05/2020
Slippin’
DMX
Produced by DJ Shok
Album Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood
[Intro]
This life s**t, this life s**t is like
Is like bugged the f**k out, son, for real
See, to live is to suffer
But to survive…
Well, that's to find meaning in the suffering
[Chorus]
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet so I can tear s**t up
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet so I can tear s**t up
[Verse 1]
I've been through mad different phases like mazes to find my way
And now I know that happy days are not far away
If I'm strong enough I'll live long enough to see my kids
Doin' somethin' more constructive with their time than bids
I know because I been there, now I'm in there
Sit back and look at what it took for me to get there
First came the bulls**t, the drama with my mama
She got on some fly s**t so I split and said that I'ma
Be that seed that doesn't need much to succeed
Strapped with mad greed and a heart that doesn't bleed
I'm ready for the world or at least I thought I was
Baggin' ni**as when I caught a buzz
For thinkin' about how short I was
Goin' too fast, it wouldn't last, but yo I couldn't tell
Group homes and institutions prepared my ass for jail
They put me in a situation forcin' me to be a man
When I was just learnin' to stand without a helping hand
Damn, was it my fault, somethin' I did
To make a father leave his first kid at seven doin' my first bid?
Back on the scene at fourteen with a scheme
To get more cream than I'd ever seen in a dream
And by all means I will be livin' high off the hog
And I never gave a f**k about much but my dog
That's my only mothaf**ka I hit off with my last
Just another lil n***a headed nowhere fast
[Chorus]
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet so I can tear s**t up
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet so I can tear s**t up
[Verse 2]
That ain't the half, s**t gets worse as I get older
Actions become bolder, heart got colder
Chip on my shoulder that I dared a n***a to touch
Didn't need a clique 'cause I scared a n***a that much
One deep with the pit startin' s**t for kicks
Catchin' Vicks, throwin' bricks, gettin' by bein' slick
Used to get high, just to get by
Used to have to puff my L in the morning before I could fly
Ate somethin', a couple of forties made me hate somethin'
I did some coke, now I'm ready to take somethin'
Three years later showin' signs of stress
Didn't keep my hair cut or give a f**k how I dressed
I'm possessed by the darker side, livin' the cruddy life
S**t like this kept a n***a with a bloody knife
Wanna make records but I'm f**kin' it up
I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
[Chorus]
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet so I can tear s**t up
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet so I can tear s**t up
[Verse 3]
Wasn't long before I hit rock bottom
Ni**as talkin' s**t, was like, "Damn, look how that rock got him!"
Open like a window, no more indo
Look at a video, sayin' to myself: "That coulda been yo
Ass on the TV," believe me, it could be done
Somethin's got to give, gots to change 'cause now I've got a son
I gots to do the right thing for shorty
And that means no more gettin' high, drinkin' 40s
So I get back lookin' type slick again
Fake ni**as jump back on my dick again
Nothin' but love for those that know how it feel
And much respect to all my ni**as that kept it real
Kept a n***a strong, kept a n***a from doin' wrong
Ni**as know who they is and this is your f**kin' song
And to my boo who stuck with a n***a through
All the bulls**t, you'll get yours because it's due
[Chorus]
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet so I can tear s**t up
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet so I can tear s**t up
[Outro]
See, this is that s**t, this is that s**t
That all real ni**as can relate to
This is from the heart, baby
Don't get it twisted
X, baby
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