[Intro - Swizz Beatz, DMX]
Whoo whoo! Dog ni-gga
What?
Whoo whoo! Dog ni-gga
Uhh, ruff ryders, what?!
Volume one, Swizz Beats (whooo!)
What?!
Uhh, uhh, (what?!) all aboard!
[Verse 1 - DMX]
If I thought y'all n***az really wanted drama
I'da been pulled out the armor, word to my momma
I'ma -- hit y'all n***az with somethin that you ain't never felt (what?!)
Hit y'all n***az for frontin you caught up in that hell (what?!)
If I thought that half the sh** that b**hes said was true
I'd be spitting lead at you, to dead your crew
But -- if you know a b**h, you don't listen to that b**h
You don't argue with that b**h, all you do is f** that b**h!
If I listened to all the snake n***az that's runnin they mouth
I wouldn't be in the crib, I'd be loadin up, to run in your house
But -- you can't f** with cowards, cause a coward'll be a coward
He'll end up k**in these cowards, and I'm not feelin these cowards!
If I let the n***az around my way tell me how to feel about me
I guess I really, wouldn't be d
But I'm the best that ever did it, the best at it because I live it
How many n***az eat it and sh** it, you cats want it? come and get it!
[Chorus - DMX, Swizz Beatz]x2
Grrr, arf arf, woo woo!
Grrr, arf arf, woo woo!
Tell me how you feelin now (what?!) I know you illin now (what?!)
Tell me how you feelin now (what?!) I know you illin now (what?!)
[Verse 2 - DMX]
It's not like me to have my back turned to open places
I wanna see it when it's comin, so I can open faces
Open cases got me payin to stay out of jail (what?!)
While these streets, got me to prayin to stay out of hell (c'mon!)
Slipped, and I fell, got back up -- slipped again
But no matter what it's been, n***az never got a win
It's a thin line I walk, everyday but I'm good with it!
Project n***a all my life, but wouldn't say the hood did it!
Knew what I was doin, everyday that I've been doin it (okay)
Seein n***az havin a good time, so i'ma ruin it (yeah)
f** you, and f** your man, both y'all n***az is puss!
Frontin like you out the jungle but ain't never seen a bush!
When push comes to shove, whatever love we had take it witchu
Now peep what I just said and see how long it takes to hit you
Everybody knows you can talk all day (yes)
But when it's on what you gonna do - walk away? (yes)
[Chorus]
[Verse 3 - DMX]
Man, I told you I lock jaws, carry a glock four
Close my eyes on y'all n***az, the bullets'll watch yours
Then I gotta open up another can of a**-whippin
Y'all n***az better pucker up, time for some real a**-kissin
I'm a simple man, I lead a simple life, I mean simple like
I don't need much to be aight, live off the land, eat atnight
Handle whatever's comin when I get there, but I'm good (what?!)
Dismantle whatever's comin, y'all n***az sit there and put up hoods!
How my n***az feelin? (good!) how my n***az like it? (rough!)
What my n***az want? (blood!) we stay callin n***az bluff
But if it's got to be, then it's gon' be, c'mon let's eat
Whatever my n***az want from me, is what my n***az gonna get from me
And if I ever.. let the words, of another n***a bother me
I might as well.. let the s**m, of that other n***a father me
But they know, like I know, the black rhino
n***az rippin through em and let the nine blow
n***a die slow! oh.. oh oh!!
[Chorus]x3
[Outro - Swizz Beatz, DMX]
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce
What? ruff ryders, volume one, the compilation
Dmx, swizz beats, uhh, double up
What? double up, y'all gotta feel us
Y'all gotta feel us
Rrrrr, arf arf, woo woo!