DMX Follow

Ha ha ha ha ha ha uhh

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 Mazes

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 so 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抦on)

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 the only muthafucka I had offered my last

Just another little nigga headed nowhere fast

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!

-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抦on)

One deep with a bitch, startin shit for kicks

catchin' vicks throwin' bricks (uh)

gettin by bein' slick (uh)

used to get high just to get by (what)

used to have to puff my L

in the morning before I could 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抦on)

wanna make records but I'm fuckin it up (why)

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 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!

-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 now 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抦on)

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 know 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抦on c抦on)

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!

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!!!!!