Like Toy Soldiers

Accordi Like Toy Soldiers

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DO#m7
Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
   
FA#11
We all fall down...

MI            
SI              
DO#m7
Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
   
FA#/LA#  
LA   
SI        
DO#m     
SI/RE#
We all fall down  like toy soldiers
MI          
SI             
DO#m7
Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win
        
FA#/LA# 
LA      
SI       
DO#m7
But the battle  wages on for toy soldiers

      
DO#m
I'm supposed to be the soldier 
      
DO#m7/4
who never blows his composure
     
DO#m
Even though I hold the weight 
       
SI/DO# 
of the whole world on my shoulders
        
LA
I ain't never supposed to show it, 
   
SOL#m
my crew ain't supposed to know it
     
DO#m
Even if it means goin' toe to toe 

with a Benzino it don't matter
                       
DO#m7/4               
I'd never drag them in battles 
             
DO#m
that I can't handle unless I absolutely have to
      
SI/DO#
I'm supposed to set an example
  
LA
I need to be the leader, 
   
SOL#m
my crew looks for me to guide 'em
        
DO#m
If some shit ever does pop off, 
        
I'm supposed to be beside 'em
            
That Ja shit I tried to squash it, 
   
DO#m7/4
it was too late to stop it
DO#m
There's a certain line you 
     
SI/DO#
just don't cross and he crossed it
  
LA
I heard him say Hailie's name 
     
SOL#m
on a song and I just lost it
       
DO#m
It was crazy, this shit went way 

beyond some Jay-z and Nas shit
                               
DO#m7/4
And even though the battle was won, 

I feel like we lost it
  
DO#m
I spent so much energy on it, 
SI/DO#
honestly I'm exhausted
    
LA
And I'm so caught in it I almost feel 
    
SOL#m
I'm the one who caused it
     
DO#m
This ain't what I'm in hip-hop for, 

it's not why I got in it
                                 
DO#m11
That was never my object for someone to get killed
DO#m                      
SI/DO#
Why would I wanna destroy something I help build
   
LA                    
SOL#m
It wasn't my intentions, my intentions were good
  
DO#m
I went through my whole career

without ever mentionin'

And that was just out of respect 
    
DO#m7/4
for not runnin' my mouth
    
DO#m
And talkin' about something 
     
SI/DO#
that I knew nothing about
     
LA
Plus Dre told me stay out, 
     
SOL#m
this just wasn't my beef
     
DO#m
So I did, I just fell back, 

watched and gritted my teeth
                            
DO#m7/4
While he's all over T.V. down talkin' a man 
    
DO#m
who literally saved my life
     
SI/DO#                       
LA
Like fuck it I understand this is business
    
SOL#m     
And this shit just isn't none of my business
    
DO#m
But still knowin' this shit 

could pop off at any minute cause

MI            
SI              
DO#m7
Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
   
FA#/LA#  
LA   
SI        
DO#m     
SI/RE#
We all fall down  like toy soldiers
MI          
SI             
DO#m7
Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win
        
FA#/LA# 
LA      
SI       
DO#m7
But the battle  wages on for toy soldiers

      
DO#m
There used to be a time 
     
DO#m7/4
when you could just say a rhyme
             
DO#m
And wouldn't have to worry about one 
   
SI/DO#
of your people dyin'
    
LA
But now it's elevated 
      
SOL#m
cause once you put someone's kids in it
    
DO#m
The shit gets escalated, 

it ain't just words no more is it?
 
It's a different ball game, 
         
DO#m7/4
you call names and you ain't just rappin'
   
DO#m
We actually tried to stop the 50 
       
SI/DO#
and Ja beef from happenin'
LA 
Me and Dre had sat with him, 
SOL#m
kicked it and had a chat with him
    
DO#m
And asked him not to start it 

he wasn't gonna go after him
                            
DO#m7/4
Until Ja started yappin' in magazines 

how we stabbed him
DO#m
Fuck it 50 smash him! 
SI/DO#
Mash on him and let him have it
    
LA                             
SOL#m
Meanwhile my attention's pulled in another direction
       
DO#m
Some receptionist at The Source 

who answers phones at his desk

Has an erection for me and thinks 
          
DO#m7/4
that I'll be his resurrection
DO#m
Tries to blow the dust off 
        
SI/DO#
his mic and make a new record
    
LA
But now he's fucked the game up 
      
SOL#m
cause one of the ways I came up
    
DO#m
Was through that publication the same one 

that made me famous
                              
DO#m7/4
Now the owner of it has got a grudge 

against me for nothin'
     
DO#m                             
SI/DO#
Well fuck it, that motherfucker could get it too, 

fuck him then
    
LA                       
SOL#m
But I'm so busy being pissed off 

I don't stop to think
        
DO#m
That we just inherited 50's beef with Murder Inc
                                 
DO#m7/4
And he's inherited mine which is fine ain't 
                  
DO#m
like either of us mind
                              
SI/DO#
We still have soldiers that's on the front line
       
LA
That's willing to die for us 
   
SOL#m
as soon as we give the orders
DO#m
Never to extort us, 

strictly to show they support us

We'll maybe shout 'em out 
     
DO#m7/4
in a rap or up in a chorus
   
DO#m
To show them we love 'em back 
         
SI/DO#
and let 'em know how important it is
   
LA                     
SOL#m
To have Runyan Avenue, soldiers up in our corners
      
DO#m
Their loyalty to us is worth more than any award is

But I ain't tryna have none 
      
DO#m7/4
of my people hurt and murdered
         
DO#m
It ain't worth it, I can't think 
     
SI/DO#
of a perfecter way to word it
        
LA
Than to just say that I love ya'll 
    
SOL#m
too much to see the verdict
     
DO#m
I'll walk away from it all 'fore 

I let it go any further

But don't get it twisted, 
         
DO#m7/4
it's not a plea that I'm coppin'
    
DO#m
I'm just willin' to be the bigger man
   
SI/DO#                        
LA
If ya'll can quit poppin' off at the jaws, 

well then I can
      
SOL#m
Cause frankly I'm sick of talkin'
    
DO#m
I'm not gonna let someone else's coffin rest 

on my conscience cause

MI            
SI              
DO#m7
Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
   
FA#/LA#  
LA   
SI        
DO#m     
SI/RE#
We all fall down  like toy soldiers
MI          
SI             
DO#m7
Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win
        
FA#/LA# 
LA      
SI       
DO#m7
But the battle  wages on for toy soldiers...

DO#m   
DO#m7/4   
DO#m   
SI/DO#

LA   
SOL#m   
DO#m