DMX — Here We Go Again

[Intro] Same old shit, dog, just a different day It is not a fuckin' game (You know how niggas do, when we play, how we play) A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do If it's fuck me, nigga, you know it's fuck you [Verse 1] I kick it to shorty to try to help him understand (Uh) Hit him with work, 'cause yo, that's my little man (Uh-huh) He asked a few questions 'bout the game and I told him (Yeah) So when he made a bad move, it was my place to scold him (A'ight) Never told him nothin' wrong, kept it fair Didn't listen, so I might as well have been talkin' to the air (Damn) Everybody makes mistakes, a mistake is a'ight But if it ain't, I'ma tell you straight, time to say goodnight Nobody likes to be played, regardless of the relationship But shorty's fuckin' up big time, I hate this shit I'm caught in the middle of havin' love for a lil nigga And knowin' what's expected of me as a real nigga (Damn) My next move is crucial, what do I do? How do I keep it real with shorty and my crew? Didn't wanna kill him, so instead of puttin' the MAC on him I did the only thing I could do, turn my back on him [Chorus] Here we go again Same old shit, dog, just a different day Here we go again You know how niggas do, when we play, how we play Here we go again A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do Here we go again So if it's fuck me, nigga, then you know it's fuck you [Verse 2] Niggas that I fuck with wanna get him dead But I'm cool with shorty's peoples, so I let him live Under normal circumstances, he would be a marked man But I hit him with a grand, just didn't shake his hand (Ooh) Go about your business (Uh-huh), do what you gon' do (Uh) Be what you gon' be, I wash my hands, I'm through (A'ight) I can forgive, I just can't forget You're on your own, little man, don't ask me for shit (No) If you paid attention to what I taught you, then you good (Uh) If I see you again, get it, understood? Go 'head before I change my mind 'cause you know you should be dead "I just wanted to say—," ah, go ahead Instinct told me to kill him, but the savior is I'm a good nigga, plus I owed his peeps a favor (Mmm) But I also knew the decision I just made (Yeah) Went against the rules of the game that we play (Damn) [Chorus] Here we go again Same old shit, dog, just a different day Here we go again You know how niggas do, when we play, how we play Here we go again A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do Here we go again So if it's fuck me, nigga, then you know it's fuck you [Verse 3] I should've followed my first instinct 'cause I knew (Right) Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do (True) Now this nigga's fuckin' with the competition (What) Ungrateful motherfucker, should've got him missin' (What) This nigga got the nerve to take my kindness for a weakness Gots to get back on some street shit so I can creep this Rat, when I act, take one, set him up Take two, get him there, take three, get him done Wasn't hard for me to get him where I wanted him, confronted him Bzzt, click, there was a bullet in one of them Feelin' lucky? Click, looks like you are Click-click-click, luck ain't goin' too far (Uh) What you did was put on another pair of shoes And they just happened to be too big What you did was stupid (Damn), real fuckin' stupid (A'ight) Well, shorty, I gave you a chance and what did you do? Threw it back in my fuckin' face, so fuck you too (A'ight) [Chorus] Here we go again Same old shit, dog, just a different day Here we go again You know how niggas do, when we play, how we play Here we go again A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do Here we go again So if it's fuck me, nigga, then you know it's fuck you Here we go again Same old shit, dog, just a different day Here we go again You know how niggas do, when we play, how we play Here we go again A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do Here we go again So if it's fuck me, nigga, then you know it's fuck you