Slippin'

About Slippin'

"Slippin'" is a song by American rapper DMX, released as the first single from his second studio album Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood (1998). The song peaked at #30 on the UK Singles Chart, and at #60 on the U. S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. This song also features credited background vocals from future American Idol contestant Tamyra Gray.

Year:

2007

5:06

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Slippin'
Ha ha ha ha ha ha uhh
This life s*** is like bug the f*** out fa real
See to live is to suffer but to survive
Well that's to find meaning in the suffering.

[Chorus: x2]
Ay yo i'm slippin' i'm fallin' i can't get up
Ay yo i'm slippin' i'm fallin' i can't get up
Ay yo i'm slippin' i'm fallin' i gots to get up
Get me back on my feet so i can tear s*** up!

I been through mad different phases like masons
To find my way & now i know that happy days are not far away
If i'm strong enough i'll live long enough to see my kids
Doing something more constructive with they time

Than bids i know because i been there
Now i'm in there (uhh)
Sit back & look at what it took for me to get there (uhh)
First came the bulls*** the drama with my mama

She got on some fly s*** til i split
And said that i'ma be (whooh)
That seed that doesn't need much to succeed (uhh)
Strapped with mad greed and a heart that doesn't bleed (what)

I'm ready for the world or at least i thought i was
Baggin' n****s when i caught a buzz
For thinking about how short i was (c'mon)
Going too fast it wouldn't last but yo i couldn't tell

Group homes & institutions, prepare my a** for jail (uh-huh)
They put me in a situation forcin' me to be a man
When i was just learnin' to stand without a helpin' hand
Damn, was it my fault, somethin' i did

To make a father leave his first kid at 7 doin' my first bid? (uhh)
Back on the scene at 14 with a scheme (uhh)
To get more cream than i'd ever seen in a dream (uhh)
And by all means i will be living high off the hog (what)

And i never gave a f*** about much but my dog (what)
That's my only muthaf***a i had offered my last
Just another little n**** headed nowhere fast

[Chorus]

That ain't the half (uh)
S*** get's worse as i get older (uh-huh)
Actions become bolder heart got colder (uh-huh)
Chip on my shoulder that i dared a n**** to touch

Didn't need a click cause i scared a n**** that much (c'mon)
One deep with a b****, started for kicks
Catchin' vicks throwin' bricks (uh)
Gettin by bein' slick (uh)

Used to get high to get by (what)
Used to have to puff my l
In the morning before i get fly (what)
I ate something a couple of forties made me hate somethin' (uh-huh)

I did some coke now i'm ready to take something (uhh)
3 years later showing signs of stress
Didn't keep my hair cut or give a f*** how i dressed (ohhh)
I'm possessed by the darker side livin' the cruddy life

S*** like this kept a n**** with a bloody knife (c'mon)
want to make records but i'm f***in it up (why)
I'm slippin' i'm fallin' i can't get up

[Chorus]

Wasn't long before i hit rock bottom (uh)
N****s talking s*** like damn look how that rock got him (uh)
Open like a window no more indo look at a video (uh)
Sayin' to myself that could've been yo a** on the tv

Believe me it could be done somethin's got to give
It's got to change cause i've got a son (yes)
I've got to do the right thing for shorty
And that means no more getting high drinking forties (c'mon)

So i get back lookin' type slick again (uh)
Fake n****s jump back on my dick again (uh-huh)
Nothin' but love for those that know how it feel
And much respect to all my n****s that kept it real

Kept a n**** strong (uh)
Kept a n**** from doin' wrong (uh)
N****s who they is and this is yo f***in song (uh)
And to my boo who stuck with a n**** through
All the bulls*** you'll get yours because it's due (c'mon see'mon)

[Chorus]

See, this is that s***
This is that s***
That all real n****s can relate to
This is from the heart baby, don't get it twisted
Ahh x baby!

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DMX

Earl Simmons (born December 18, 1970), better known by his stage names DMX and Dark Man X, is an American rapper and actor. In 1999, DMX released his best-selling album ...And Then There Was X, which featured the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)". He has acted in films such as Belly, Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 The Grave, and Last Hour. In 2006, he starred in the reality television series DMX: Soul of a Man, which was primarily aired on the BET cable television network. In 2003, DMX published a book of his memoirs entitled, E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX. DMX released a mixtape The Weigh In as a prelude/promotion towards his album Undisputed (2012). DMX has sold over 30 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling hip… more »

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