DMX — Getting Down

[Introduction] Getting down for what we stand for because it don't stop Once the line's crossed [Verse One] I am from the ghetto, I don't do the disco I just pull my pistol, take a chunk of your soul It's me who ride up by you, police won't recognize you Run up right behind you, and let my ratchet squeeze And, you don't want no drama, pistol-whip your momma Put that bitch in trauma, you don't want to war with me [Hook] Getting down for what we stand for because it don't stop Once the line's crossed Getting down for what we stand for cause it don't stop Once the line's crossed [Verse Two] I don't have to use the fifth to be a threat I stand six foot three, four thirty, any less Motherfuckers' want their shit split, I ain't the one to test Understand what I'm saying, if not, how I figure Nine to your tongue while I play with the trigger Will make you understand what I say a lot quicker Do we have an understanding, yeah, my nigga In case I be fronting, know they really don't want it with me Come coming with them hollows and heaters - to put it, simply So if your team don't follow its leader, then come, and get me But all you cowards better believe it - you coming with me [Hook] Getting down for what we stand for because it don't stop Once the line's crossed Getting down for what we stand for cause it don't stop Once the line's crossed [Verse Three] I'm known for getting up in these niggas' ass And they don't want to, fuck with the bitch of this shit Because I position the hits, speak with the nine Niggas ain't ready for that shit that I spit Oh no, get at these niggas for sure Because once you cross the line, you already know we get dough The quicker they slip, the quicker their ready Holes in your Pelle, body laid up in the back of the deli I thought you all already knew about me and these triggers Get touched if you ever fuck with me and these niggas The bitch is loose, got niggas like 'Bitch you loose' I'm the realest bitch of them all Because I get down for what I stand for [Hook] Getting down for what we stand for because it don't stop Once the line's crossed Getting down for what we stand for cause it don't stop Once the line's crossed [Verse Four] Fuck I've got to say it for, you already know I was going dizzy, I get busy with the flow Oh, it's like that, alright, aye yo Niggas coming through anytime, anywhere Pop up and pop niggas, up right there Put your man's brains in the motherfuckin air Pop, pop, pop, you drop, drop, drop, stopping Look at what I've done to you niggas I don't want to be your father, tired of sonning you niggas And, I'm sick of being bothered, I'm confronting you niggas And take this And, run, in a minute, I'm hunting you nigga [Hook] Getting down for what we stand for because it don't stop Once the line's crossed Getting down for what we stand for cause it don't stop Once the line's crossed