DMX: Somethin' new(Ruff Ryder's Anthem)

Chorus(2x):
Stop, drop, shut 'em down open up shop
Oh, no
That's how Ruff Ryders roll

DMX:

Niggaz wanna try, niggaz wanna lie
Then niggaz wonder why, niggaz wanna die
All I know is pain
All I feel is rain
How can I maintain, with madd shit on my brain
I resort to violence, my niggaz move in silence
Like you don't know what are style is
New York niggaz the wildest
My niggaz is wit' it
You want it? come and get it
Took it then we split it
You fuckin' right we did it
What the fuck you gonna do, when we run up on you
fuckin' wit' the wrong crew, don't know what we goin' thru
I'ma have ta show niggaz how easily we blow niggaz
When you find out there's somemore niggas, that's runnin with your niggaz
Nothin' we can't handle, break it up and dismantle, light it up like a candle
just cause I can't stand you
Put my shit on tapes, like you bussin' grapes
Think you holdin weight? Then you haven't met the Apes

Chorus(2x)

Is ya'll niggaz crazy?
I'll buss you and be swazy
Stop actin' like a baby, mind your business lady
Nosy people get it too, when you see me spit at you
you know I'm tryin' ta get rid of you
Ya I know it's pitiful
That's how niggaz get down
Watch why niggaz spit round
Make ya'll niggaz kiss ground, just for talkin' shit clown
Oh you think it's funny then you don't know me money
It's about to get ugly, fuck it dog I'm hungry
I guess you know what that mean, come up off that green
Five niggaz or a fiend, don't make it a murder scene
Give a dog a bone, leave a dog alone
let a dog roam and he'll find his way home
Home of the brave, my home is a cage
and yo I'ma slave til' my home is a grave
I'ma pull paper, it's all about the papers
Bitches talkin' paper then how they wanna rape us

Chorus(2x)

Look what you dun started,
Asked for it, you got it
had it, should have shot it
Now your dearly departed
Get at me dog, did I rip shit with this one here I flip shit
Niggaz know when I kick shit
It's gonna be some slick shit
What was that look for, when I walked in the door
Oh you thought you was raw, boom not anymore
Cause now you on the floor, wishin you never saw me walk
through that door, with that 4 4
Now it's time for bed
Two more to the head, got the floor red
Yea that nigga's dead
Another unsolved mystery, It's goin' down in history
Niggaz ain't never did shit to me
Bitch ass niggaz can't get to me
Gots to make the move, got a point to prove
Got a make'em grove, got'em all like ooh
So to the next time, you hear this nigga ryhme
Try to keep your mind, on gettin pussy and crime

Chorus(1x)

For My Dogs
DMX f/ Big Stan, Loose, Kasino, Dragon

My niggaz this is for my dogs, this is for my dogs
This is for my dogs, this is for my dogs
This is for my dogs, this is for my dogs
This is for my dogs my niggaz

My dogs the beginning of this bloodline of mine
That spark this in a niggaz heart and cause him to shine
Before the rhyme lessons that I keep in my mind
I owe you and I give my right hand to show you
Whether its fist or guns whatever it go to
Its me they go through if ever they want to
I'd light the flame, dead game and trying to scratch
K-A-S I know where my dogs is at

And I’m gonna be the one behind just to keep you on your toes
I be your extra eyes and hold you down around your foes
I be your extra gun you need me let me know
For my dogs I be the first to cock it back and let it go
They do it for the dough me I do it for the love
You my nigga to the death so I treat you like my blood
If push comes to shove and they try to send you back to the street
I give my last to put you back on your feet, feel me

Chorus:
This is for my dogs, this is for my dogs
This is for my dogs, this is for my dogs
This is for my dogs, this is for my dogs
This is for my dogs… my niggaz
(Repeat 1X)

You my dog nigga I die for
Shit bust a five for see the judge and lie for
You the type of nigga I throw weight up on the block for
Just go ahead and lock jaws and your half I got yours
Send in the dog I smell it all night
I told niggaz to shut up and write X barks with a hell of a bite
For the love they always will be till they kill me
I put my thugs on it and slide till I die on it

And to my motherfuckin dogs big ups to your first share
Niggaz know the deal just waitin for them plaques to get shipped
Do your thing nigga you know we got your back
Cause real dogs always return with food for the pack
Why these wack niggaz swingin when they gonna miss
Take it from me he was nice before all this
Yo X rain on em cause after that comes the blood
Ruff Ryders feed all they dogs wit raw blood

Chorus

My people show love (what!) and haven’t left me stranded yet
Though I have a death wish it ain’t been granted yet
So until then I’m gonna be that nigga all up in your chest (come on!)
Until the lord decides to lay my ass down to rest
Bless my body at the funeral and hope I don’t burn
Was a hard headed nigga and nope I don’t learn
Saw the truth but chose to ignore it wasn’t goin for it
My nigga had to give it to me (AHH!) then I saw it
This is clear as day I know here’s the day
I’m gonna be on my way nothin more to say
But take me lord make me lord what you will
Really wanted to chill but learned how to kill
Been downhill from then on cause I been on
Some shit hit on every move to get ten on
The next sac but you know thats how X act
Thats why these street niggaz is waitin for the next track

Chorus (Until fade)

Dogs For Life
DMX

Gotta have that.....uh,uh,uh

chours:
I will rob and steal witcha' , dog nigga what
ride till we die, on till it's up
thick like blood, where's my dogs ,uh, there's my dogs
repeat(1x)

Now who I am is who I'll be until I die
either accept it or don't fuck with it
but if we gon' be dogs then you stuck with it!
Let me go my way but walk with me
see what I see, watch me then, talk with me.
Share my pain, make it a little easier to deal with it
cause despite all the fame YOU I'm a keep it real with it (true)!
Rob and steal withcha' dog nigga what
ride till we die, on till it's up.
Love is love and I enjoy the love,
but when it's conflict then it destroys the love.
You can't toy with love, niggas take to the heart
you ain't gon' find too many niggas willing to, bark in the dark.(come on!)
Keep your head from the start, don't fuck it up now,
later on they be hit like, fuck it how??
You my dog and I die for you, keep it like that,
give me unconditional love, and I give it right back.

chours: repeat 2x

Most niggas make movies, but niggas like us make it happen'
the shit we used to do never thought we would make it rappin'.
But now we here, at the same place at the same time,
and got jokes cause now niggas get it, with the same rhyme.
Yeah niggas is living comfortable, cause life is all good
but one thing we must remember, is that life is all hood.
And the casket's all wood and we all take there one day,(shit)
shit today is Sunday we both can be there on Monday.
Life is funny like that, WHAT bug the fuck out,
sometimes I take it to the church in terms of thug the fuck out.
Niggas get dropped the fuck out they boots, violatin' families rules
motherfucker stay in your shoes!
Now see what you need to do, is chill shorty
'body please come and get him before I, kill shorty.
I will do for my niggas as they would do for me
bust a faggot like you for free.
COME ON!

chours: repeat 2x

I'm always surrounded by dogs, for the love
only niggas I fuck wit is thugs nigga what.
Blood in blood out vatos locos homes, theres no chocos homes
when we smoke them chromes, and how we broke them bones.
While the last niggas is ass niggas,
the skimask niggas to trash niggas they ass niggas pussy.
And half you cats can't even flow,
and when I hear y'all niggas around my head, well you know.
But that's a whole 'nother issuse, right now we own this
we keep spittin' like this, how the FUCK we gon' miss?
Cause the camp is strong, and the stamp is strong
double love motherfucker keep the casketes flowing.
You done got yourself, caught up in some shit you can't handle
and you know I can't stand you, you'r man too.
This one time I'ma letta dog be a dog,
but I'ma see you in the ringing when it's on then it's on.

chorus: repeat 2x

dog nigga what?
on till it's up
where's my dog?
uh,uh there's my dog.(repeat 1x)

DMX: Let Me Fly
Uh. Yea. Uh. If you love something let it go, if it
comes back to you it's yours. If it doesn't, it never was.
Hold me down baby

Chorus(2x):
Either let me fly, or give me death
Let my soul rest, take my breath
If I don't fly I'ma die anyway, I'ma live on
but I'll be gone any day

Hold me down, niggaz wanna know me now
Didn't want ta play wit' me when to show me how
No meow
Is it all about the bark ?
Let the dog lose baby it's about to spark
Light up the night, like the 4th of July
Niggaz know, when I let go, niggaz die
wit' this Y and you don't know you slow like Baltimore
If you ain't tryin' ta go ya blow
I soke up all the pain and except it in silence
When I let go it's violence cause the wildest
leaves the dog barkin' up the tree for the cat
in the fog but ya'll niggaz see is the bat
Flappin' away wit' em blind like Stevy
Niggas don't hear me, still tryin' to see me
Stop being greedy, ya heard what I said
Let me go, let me flow on my bed

Chorus(2x)

I sold my soul to the devil, and the price was cheap
A yo it's cold on this level cause it's twice as deep
But you don't hear me, ignorance is blisning and so on
Sometimes it's better to be taught dumb
Shall I go on
You don't want no real, what the deal is a mystery
How is it I can live and make history
If you don't see it then it, wasn't ment for you to see
If you wasn't born wit' it then, it wasn't ment for you to be
But you can't blame me for not wantin' to be hound
lock down in a cell wit' a soul gettin' dwelled
This is hell, go get the devil and get me the key
but can't be worst than the curse that was given ta me
It's what I live for, you take away that and I'm gone
There's a difference between, doin' wrong and being wrong
and that ain't right
Just keep it fair baby
Put me in the year, and I'll take it there baby Yes

Chorus(2x)

I'ma flow regardless because I'm an artist until I'm trapped
I'ma continue to hit he hardest whether I scrap or rap
Give me death but you ain't my friend
I see it in your eyes, you contemplate my end
You waitin' for that bin in the road, where you were told
that you would go, when you were old
and if you died young, it was told
So what the dilly, what it was worth
Think back 26 years, be like what of his birth
What if it was a miscarriage and I never existed
Have I given something that have been taken away you
would of missed it
Didn't know, did I persisted ?
It was the call of the wild
I'm here to say what's in my heart, and you call it a style
Don't put it in the cage, don't mistreat it
You say you hunger for knowledge, here it is eat it
Another soul completed is another thought captured
Let me do my thing I got it locked wit' this rap shit

Chorus(2x)

Or give me death, uh uh uh, or take my breath
I'ma die anyway, but I'll be gone any day
Where my niggaz ?
(3x)Uh ha ha, for my niggaz

My Niggas
DMX

Just cause I love my niggas, (Ruff Ryders)
I shed blood for my niggas. (Ryde or die)
Let a nigga holla, "Where my niggas?" (Get down or lay down)
All I wanna hear is, "Right here my niggas."
(We here nigga) (echoes)

You won't take this from me baby!
You will not take this from me baby!
Ya know grrrrr

My niggas some niggas that you don't wanna try
My niggas some niggas that's really do or die
My niggas will have you cowards ready to cry
My niggas will fry my niggas will rob
My niggas keep niggas on they fuckin' job
My niggas know what it's like when shit gettin' hard
My niggas stay pullin' you other niggas cards
My niggas It's God my niggas we'll shine
My niggas just knew it was a matter of time
My niggas let me know to keep fuckin' with the rhymes
My niggas ain't no longer livin' with crime
My niggas is fine my niggas is good
My niggas keep you niggas knocking on wood
My niggas know how to take it back to the hood
My niggas will put you down right where you stood
My niggas they could my niggas they will
My niggas take you straight to the back & get ill
My niggas give it straight to the bank when we kill
My niggas put niggas on ice til they chill
My niggas is still my niggas is dogs my niggas (echoes

Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood
DMX

Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood

FLESH OF MY FLESH, BLOOD OF MY BLOOOOOOD!!!

Chorus:
Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood
All my niggas get down like what
(repeat)

My dogs is dogs with official blood line
I say stop bein' greedy get a plate an' you want mine
Why do them niggas always force you to take it back to the streets,
Can I at least go one year without spittin the heat?
Mutha fuckas think you sweet 'till you get your chest messed up
Two days later you dressed up - let em rest up
He ain't goin' no where, no time soon
Remember how I knew him? last thing he heard was boom!
And I get some room until I gots ta make me a path
Break you in half - fake niggas make me laugh
Y'all niggas is funny, still talkin' bout money
And aint got none - get the shotgun cuz you hungry [whoo!]
It's about to get ugly when the lights is out
One, two, three ho! Three strikes you out! [uh]
His knife was out - I think they found it still in his head
He in a bag and I'm over here, killing his man! [c'mon]

CHORUS (x4)

I no longer see the shadows that once kept me strong
And I'm startin' to get that same feelin' that kept me wrong
I can't afford to trust niggas, cuss niggas, lust figures
Plus niggas is scared to bust niggas - rush niggas [what]
Doin' with the heat and they killin nuttin but time
Fuckin' with the street you ain't feelin' nuttin but mine [c'mon]
Tired of hearin' niggas rhyme and don't say shit [c'mon]
Fuck is on the niggas minds, why don't they quit? [c'mon]
Suckin' my dick lookin for somethin' new [uh]
Let your man hold somethin' with your whole somethin' crew [uh]
You know how niggas do: We don't forget shit
If you there when its thin then you there when's it's thick [c'mon]
No hitch-hikers, fuck that! The ride was rough [what]
And every nigga that was with us, then that was rough [what]
Alotta niggas that were with us, ain't cried enough [what]
So now that when niggas come and get us, we fires em up [c'mon]

CHORUS (x4)

Mutha ... fucka thought that the X would stop
When I got niggas like "Yo, who's the next to drop?"
>From his camp get the stamp, the grand champ, it's official
Think how many die is gonna miss you [c'mon]
Lean over in your casket and kiss you [uh]
Set you on your way with a blessin'
And pray that another learned a lesson
Smith and Wesson earnin' money, now money's wife is a widow [what]
(Give to 'em full blast?) Nah dog, just a little
Beside rap I don't talk but make plenty of moves
I'll murder ten of you fools before you ready to choose
Either win or you lose - and I love to win
Even if it means I gotta shed blood again [c'mon]
Keep the bank account doubling, but don't hate me
Really think that what you said would either make me or break me [what]
Knowin' it don't take me - long to write
In fact, I think I'll drop another song tonight! [c'mon]

CHORUS (x4)

Discography
DMX, also known as Dark Man X and Divine Master of the Unknown, hails from Yonkers, New York. DMX's rap styling got notice from his work on tracks by L.L. Cool J, The Lox, Ice Cube, and Onyx. When The Source came out with its column on "Unsigned Hype," DMX came out on top. DMX released the "Born Loser" on Columbia Records, but according to DMX, the record company wasn't interested in promoting his music that quickly: "Columbia tried to put me behind other groups... so I didn't wanna wait... they let me out of the contract and I'm glad they did."DMX signed with Def Jam Records.

# 131 Singles Artist of the Year. DMX topped the Billboard Maxi-Singles Sales chart with "Get At Me Dog" for 10 weeks. DMX released his debut LP, It's Dark & Hell Is Hot and went on tour with Onyx and Def Squad. DMX appeared on Jermaine Dupri's Jermaine Dupri Presents: Life In 1472 The Original Soundtrack. The single "Get At Me Dog" was certified gold.

DMX was arrested in New York on rape charges from an incident 3 days earlier. DMX was charged with sodomy and false imprisonment as well as the rape of a 29 year-old woman. DMX responded to the charges: "Obviously there's been a misunderstanding. It's all gonna be straightened up in a minute. But it'll all be straightened out in a bit. I didn't do anything, dog." It's Dark & Hell Is Hot was certified platinum. It's Dark & Hell Is Hot topped the Billboard 200 Albums chart for a week and the R&B Albums chart for 2 weeks. The case against DMX was delayed until August pending results of a DNA test.

DMX, was cleared of rape and sodomy charges filed in June after DNA evidence showed he wasn't at fault. DMX's lawyer proclaimed, "DMX is dismissed by DNA!" after the judge dismissed the charges. DMX appeared in the film Belly and talked with MTV about the controversy over the film's excessive violence: "...there's a difference between violence and senseless violence... this is not a movie about a serial killer just going around killing for no reason... for every reason that someone's murdered in there, for every act of violence there's a reason behind it... and you can see why, 'Okay, that's why he was shot... for this reason.' 'Okay, he had to do that because of this.'... it's not just killing for no reason." It's Dark & Hell Is Hot was certified 2x platinum.

DMX released Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood. DMX began the new year with good news as his new LP, Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood, debuted at the top of the charts with first week sales surpassing 670,000. Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood was certified 2x platinum at the end of the month and topped the Billboard 200 Albums chart for 3 weeks and the Billboard R&B Album chart for 4 weeks.

It's Dark & Hell Is Hot was certified 3x platinum. DMX and Jay-Z donated 1-night's worth of concert profits to the families of the Columbine victims when their Hard Knock Life tour hit Denver. DMX was arrested in New York for an alleged assault and had a warrant against him for an alleged stabbing in Denver - the charges were later dropped. DMX performed at Woodstock '99 in Rome, New York.
DMX took home a Blockbuster Award for Favorite New Artist - Male.
DMX spent 2 night in jail in Trinidad and was fined $25 for "using obscene language" while performing. DMX was named Artist of the Year, Solo and Live Performer of the Year at the Source Hip-Hip Music Awards. DMX was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video ("Ruff Ryders Anthem"). DMX won a Billboard Music Award for R&B Album Artist of the Year and released ...And Then There Was X. # 53 Singles Artist of the Year

DMX won an American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Artist.
...And Then There Was X debuted at #1 on Billboard's chart after selling more than 600,000 copies in the first week of release...And Then There Was X was certified 3x platinum by the end of the month and topped the Billboard R&B Album chart for 2 weeks. An animal protection group, the Human Society, is denouncing DMX for glorifying dog fighting in his latest video. DMX's "What's My Name" does not show dog fighting, but portrays pitbulls in chains growling at each other.
DMX was also nominated for a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Album (Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood). DMX was arrested in New York for marijuana possession and driving without a license. He was originally pulled over for speeding. DMX was honored with the Sammy Davis Jr. Award at the Soul Train Music Awards. DMX could be heard on the soundtrack for Romeo Must Die as well as seen in the film...And Then There Was X was certified 3x platinum. DMX turned himself into New York police after a warrant was issued for missing a March court date.More charges were added when marijuana was reportedly found while processing DMX. DMX hit the Top 40 with "Party Up (Up In Here)."

DMX was indicted on weapons and drug possession charges in New York....And Then There Was X was certified 4x platinum. The video "Party Up (Up In Here)" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video. DMX was to perform at the ceremony, but didn't show up for rehearsals and was replaced at the last minute by Nelly. DMX topped the MTV Top 20 with "What You Want" (featuring Sisqo). Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood was certified 3x platinum and It's Dark & Hell Is Hot was certified 4x platinum. DMX will be releasing his memoirs next summer with A Dogz Life to be published by HarperCollins. DMX was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Artist. A 15-day jail sentence on traffic charge (from last March) wasn't overturned by a New York judge....And Then There Was X was certified 5x platinum. DMX was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Solo Performance ("Party Up (Up In Here)") and Best Rap Album (...And Then There Was X).
DMX turned himself into New York police for a 10-day jail sentence for charges stemming from last March. DMX could be seen in the film Exit Wounds (and performing "No Sunshine" on the soundtrack) and will be appearing in The Crow: Lazarus.

DMX was nominated for a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Artist - Rap. DMX was indicted by a New York court for failing to begin serving jail tim for a traffic conviction. The video for "No Sunshine" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from A Film. DMX released The Great Depression. The LP includes "Who We Be" and "I Miss You" - a track dedicated to his grandmother and featuring Faith Evans. The Great Depression topped the Canadian LP charts. DMX topped the Billboard 200 Albums chart and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with first week sales of The Great Depression exceeding 439,000.

The video for "Who We Be" topped the MTV Top 20 Video Countdown. DMX hit the Top 40 with "Who We Be." The Great Depression was certified platinum. DMX was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance ("Who We Be").

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