[ti:Slippin'] [ar:DMX] [al:] [00:00.80]Slippin' [00:01.60]DMX [00:02.40] [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 ! [00:45.00] [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 ! [02:11.50] [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 ! [03:16.50] [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 ! [04:23.00] [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!!!