[00:00.80]Slippin'
[00:01.60]DMX
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[00:04.50]Ha ha ha ha ha ha uhh
[00:15.00]See to live is to suffer but to survive
[00:23.30]well that's to find meaning in the suffering.
[00:25.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
[00:27.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
[00:30.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up
[00:33.00]Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit !
[00:35.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
[00:38.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
[00:41.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up
[00:44.00]Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit !
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[00:46.00]I been through mad different phases like Masons
[00:48.00]to find my way & now I know that happy days are not far away
[00:52.00]If I'm strong enough I'll live long enough to see my kids
[00:55.00]doing something more constructive with they time than bids
[00:58.00]I know because I been there
[01:00.00]now I'm in there sit back & look at what it took for me to get there
[01:03.00]First came the "Howll!!" the drama with my mama
[01:05.00]she got on some fly shit "What!" til I split
[01:07.00]and said that I'ma be that seed
[01:08.50]that doesn't need much to succeed
[01:10.00]strapped with mad greed and a heart that doesn't bleed
[01:13.00]I'm ready for the world or at least I thought I was
[01:16.00]baggin' "Uhh!" when I caught a buzz for thinking about how short I was
[01:19.00]Going too fast it wouldn't last but yo I couldn't tell
[01:21.00]group homes & institutions, prepare my ass for jail
[01:24.00]They put me in a situation forcin' me to be a man
[01:27.00]when I was just learnin' to stand without a helpin' hand
[01:29.00]Damn, was it my fault, somethin' I did
[01:32.00]to make a father leave his first kid at 7 doin' my first bid?
[01:35.00]Back on the scene at 14 with a scheme
[01:37.00]to get more cream than I'd ever seen in a dream
[01:40.00]and by all means I will be living high off the hog
[01:43.00]and I never gave a "What!!" about much but my dog
[01:45.00]That's my only "Howll!" I had offered my last
[01:48.00]Just another little "Come on!!" headed nowhere fast
[01:51.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
[01:54.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
[01:57.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up
[02:00.00]Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit !
[02:02.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
[02:05.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
[02:08.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up
[02:11.00]Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit !
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[02:12.00]That ain't the half "Arf!" get's worse as I get older
[02:15.00]actions become bolder heart got colder
[02:18.00]chip on my shoulder that I dared a "Uhh!" to touch
[02:20.00]didn't need a click cause I scared a "Uh huh" that much
[02:23.00]One deep went to  for kicks
[02:26.00]catchin' vicks throwin' bricks gettin by bein' slick
[02:29.00]used to get high to get by used to have to "Howl!!"
[02:32.00]in the morning before I get fly
[02:34.00]I ate something a couple of forties made me hate somethin'
[02:36.30]I did some "Arf" now I'm ready to take some
[02:39.50]3 years later showing signs of stress
[02:42.00]didn't keep my hair cut or give a "Come on!" how I dressed
[02:45.00]I'm possessed by the darker side livin' the cruddy life
[02:48.00]"What!" like this kept a nigga with a bloody knife
[02:50.00]wanna make records but I'm "howl!" up
[02:52.00]I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
[02:55.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
[02:58.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
[03:01.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up
[03:04.00]Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit !
[03:06.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
[03:09.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
[03:12.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up
[03:15.00]Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit !
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[03:18.00]Wasn't long before I hit rock bottom
[03:20.00]"howl!" was like damn look how that "how that" got him
[03:23.00]Open like a window no more Indo look at a video
[03:26.00]sayin' to myself that could've been yo  on the TV
[03:29.00]believe me it could be done somethin's got to give
[03:31.50]it's got to change cause I've got a son
[03:34.00]I've got to do the right thing for shorty
[03:36.00]and that means no more getting high drinking forties
[03:39.00]So I get back lookin' type slick again
[03:41.00]Fake "What!" jump back on my "Uhh uh huh!" again
[03:44.50]Nothin' but love for those that know how it feel
[03:47.00]Then much respect to all my "Come on!!" that kept it real
[03:49.00]Be strong kept a  from doin' wrong
[03:52.00]"Uhh" who they is and this is yo "What uhh!" song
[03:55.00]and to my boo who stuck with a "Arf!" through
[03:58.00]all the bullshit you'll get yours because it's due
[04:00.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
[04:03.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
[04:06.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up
[04:09.00]Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit !
[04:11.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
[04:14.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I can't get up
[04:17.00]Ay yo I'm slippin' I'm fallin' I gots to get up
[04:20.00]Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit !
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[04:27.00]can't get up...I gots to get up
[04:34.00]This is from the heart baby, don't get it twisted
[04:41.00]Ahh X RATED!!!