DMX — Coming From

[Intro: DMX] Believe me when I say Before light, there was dark [Chorus: Mary J. Blige] Where you going, where you going? Where you going, where you going? Where you going? If I don't know where I'm coming from Where would I go? If I don't know where I'm coming from Where would I go? If I don't know where I'm coming from Where would I go? If I don't know where I'm coming from Where would I go? [Verse 1: DMX] Places that I've been, things that I have seen What you call a nightmare, are what I have as dreams Bad as that may seem, I know it's only gonna get worse Love, or a slug, which one am I gonna get first? My journey's been a rough one, I'm not sure when it began But the way it's looking, I kind of know when it's gonna end Thin love, hold me down baby, it's gon' be a rough ride Niggas give us plenty of room, 'cause I guess enough died Let me travel, 'cause my intentions are to travel in peace Fuck around I lay you down, you hit the gravel and cease I could be a beast, or I could be a gentleman But if you ain't my dog, you gonna be like "Oh, it's him again" Niggas will never win, this whole rap game is mine Hot as you ever been, I was that in '89 Seek and you shall find, look within and you will know Where you coming from, and where you gotta go Come on! [Chorus: Mary J. Blige] If I don't know where I'm coming from Where would I go? If I don't know where I'm coming from Where would I go? -Gotta keep it real with me If I don't know where I'm coming from Where would I go? -So the hell with you If I don't know where I'm coming from Where would I go? -I think I'm going to the top Me and DMX [Verse 2: DMX] I will spend mad time in one spot, plottin' my next move Tryin' figure out - why is it, that X do what X do Some questions go unanswered (why?), that's what I'm afraid of Sometimes I can't show, but I know what I'm made of They made love, or should I say they made lust Bound, there didn't have to be love there, cause they made us I got quite a few sisters, I was the only boy But being with my dog, was my only joy Like a kid with a new toy, I forgot about the grime Escaped the misery, didn't think about the crime Lost all track of time, was in another world Everybody knew Earl, but there was another Earl Lighter side of the dark, fight in the park but wouldn't wanna Stayed and fought, but when they jumped me, became a good runner One by one they all went under, so I had the last laugh They all thought it was a joke; I had the last laugh [Mary J. Blige] Ha ha ha ha ha ha [DMX] Come on! [Chorus: Mary J. Blige] If I don't know where I'm coming from -If I don't know, I don't know Where would I go? -Where would I go? If I don't know where I'm coming from Where would I go? -Where we going, where we going, where we going? If I don't know where I'm coming from -Where I'm going Where would I go? -But I know where I'm going If I don't know where I'm coming from -Do you know, do you know Where would I go? -I go, I go [Verse 3: DMX] I feel the ghost from within, comin' back to haunt me Stay lovin' my peoples, even though they don't want me When I was bad, I was forgotten, like I was dead and rotten Should've been gettin' love, but instead was plottin' Shit wasn't right, and it was all blamed on me Didn't know that I was special 'til this rap shit came to be Gave me a way out, showed me it was better to teach Than bust niggas with the 4-4, leave 'em dead in the streets Over beef that was worth less, than the cost of the slugs that I bought to kill them And that's because I thought I ought to kill 'em Little did I know, death wasn't right Didn't always show every breath was a life It was to be captured in suspended animation To be felt by all, understood by every nation What's the sense of hatin', when I can show love What's the sense of fakin', when I can show blood [Mary J. Blige] Now what's the moral to this story? [DMX] Come on! [Chorus: Mary J. Blige] If I don't know where I'm coming from Where would I go? -Where would I go? If I don't know where I'm coming from -If I don't know, I don't know Where would I go? If I don't know where I'm coming from -I don't know Where would I go? -But I know where I'm coming from If I don't know where I'm coming from -Do you know where you're coming from? Where would I go? [Outro: Mary J. Blige] Yonkers is where we grew Trials we got through On top is where we stay 'Til the end, as long as we pray P.K. in Swizz's place Send tracks everyday On Hot97 ya hear DMX all through the year