[Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
We all fall down like toy soldiers]

[Chorus]
Step by step,
heart to heart,
left right left
We all fall down like toy soldiers
Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win
But the battle wages on for toy soldiers

[Verse 1]
I'm supposed to be the soldier
who never blows his composure
Even though I hold the weight
of the whole world on my shoulders
I am never supposed to show it,
my crew ain't supposed to know it
Even if it means goin' toe to toe
with a Benzino it don't matter
I'd never drag them in battles that
I can handle unless I absolutely have to
I'm supposed to set an example
I need to be the leader,
my crew looks for me to guide 'em
If some shit ever just pop off,
I'm supposed to be beside 'em
Now the Ja shit I tried to squash it,
it was too late to stop it
There's a certain line you just
don't cross and he crossed it
I heard him say
Hailie's name on a song and I just lost it
It was crazy, this shit be
way beyond some Jay-z and Nas shit
And even though the battle was won,
I feel like we lost it
I spent too much energy on it,
honestly I'm exhausted
And I'm so caught in it I almost feel
I'm the one who caused it
This ain't what I'm in hip-hop for,
it's not why I got in it
That was never my object for someone to get killed
Why would I wanna destroy something I help build
It wasn't my intentions, my intentions was good
I went through my whole career
without ever mentionin'
Now it's just out of respect
for not runnin' my mouth
And talkin' about something
that I knew nothing about
Plus Dre told me stay out,
this just wasn't my beef
So I did, I just fell back,
watched and gritted my teeth
While he's all over t.v. down talkin'
a man who literally saved my life
Like fuck it I understand this is business
And this shit just isn't none of my business
But still knowin' this shit
could pop off at any minute cuz

[Chorus]
Step by step,
heart to heart,
left right left
We all fall down like toy soldiers
Bit by bit, torn apa