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Y'know what I'm sayin'? These Ruff Ryder niggas (Dog)I heard these niggas is for realDog (Uh-huh?)That's my mans and themBut I heard these niggas 'posed to be likeLockin' down the industry on some shit, on some power shitDog, that's my mans and themHmm, I seeSo, what I'm doingRight, rightMy mans and them is doing, becauseRightThat's my mans and them, ya know?I feel yaNow you feel me?I feel yaSo you know, when you fucking with meRight, rightYou fucking withIntro
Uh-ohWhat have you done now?Told y'all niggasYou just don't listenWhy must you be hardheaded?Tried to explainBut you didn't hear me, thoughNow, uh, nowI mustI don't want toBut I have toUhVerse 1
One-two, one-two, come through, run throughGun who? Oh, you don't know what the gun do? (What?)Some do, those that know are real quietWhen you think you wanna try it, fuck around and start a riot (Uh)Niggas gon' ride regardlessBecause I'm the hardest rap artist and I'ma start thisShit up for real (What?), get up and feel (What?)My words, I make herbs split up and squeal (Come on)Ill is all I've been hearing latelyNiggas hate me, wanna duct tape me and make me (Ah)Put their brains on the wall, when I brawl (Uh)Too late for that 911 call (Come on)Niggas stay beefing, but a lot of 'em bluff (Uh-huh)But not me 'cause I'm a nigga that can get out of them cuffs (Uh-huh)You think a lot of 'em's tough? That's just a frontWhen I hit them niggas like, "What you want?" The battle turns into a hunt (Alright)With the dog right behind niggas chasing 'em downWe all knew that you was pussy (Uh), but I'm tasting it nowAnd never give a dog blood, 'cause raw blood will have a dog like what? (What?)Biting whatever, all up in your gut (Come on)Give it to you raw like thatAnd ain't no love, I do 'em all like thatFour right up in they back, clack-clackClose your eyes, baby, it's over, forget it (Uh)Happened in front of your building, but nobody knows who did it (What?)Bridge
Where my dogs at?What, what? Where my dogs at?Uh, where my dogs at?What, what? Where my dogs at?Uh, where my dogs at?What, what? Where my dogs at?Uh, where my dogs at?What, what?Verse 2
Niggas is puss, keep on running from the werewolfHowling at the moon on the roof (Uh-oh)Ooh, ah, no, get 'emTen niggas on him, hope God's with himGive me the bat, let me split himI'll have 'em where the pillow and the casket won't fit him (Come on)Only reason I did him, he wouldn't fight backTried to strike back, left him like thatLaying up with the white hatGetting right back at ya when I snatch yaUp out the grave, nothin' but bones and ashes (Get 'em)Hittin' niggas with gashes to the headStraight to the white meat, but the street stay redBitches gon' give me head for free 'cause they see (Uh-huh)Who I'ma be by like 2003 (Uh-huh)That nigga D took it there, he thought it was a jokeHe ran through like twenty G's, thought that I was broke (What?)Stupid, that's what you get for thinkingAnd eventually found that's what you get for stinking (Uh-huh)Blowing up the spot when you rot (Uh)Plus, if it gets hot, they know you dead for four square blocks (Come on)Hit 'em with the ox to the grillOoh, ah, kill, nigga, killYet and still, you don't know I'ma rob 'emThat nigga DMX is a motherfuckin' problem, aight?Key phrases explained
- Ruff Ryder
- member of the Ruff Ryders crew — The name of DMX's crew, which the track's loyalty and "dog" theme are built around.
- Where my dogs at?
- Where are my people? — A repeated rallying call to his crew, showing he has backup.
- beefing
- feuding, looking for a fight — Describes rivals who keep starting trouble with words and threats.
- That's just a front
- That's just a facade or pretense — Says that many tough-talking rivals are only putting on an act.
- the street stay red
- the streets stay stained with blood — A vivid image of the violence he leaves behind.
Song info
- Release date
- 1998-05-12
- Album
- It’s Dark And Hell Is Hot
- Written by
- James Mtume, DMX, Irv Gotti
- Produced by
- Irv Gotti, Lil Rob (USA)
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