Eminem – Encore [Explicit]

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Eminem - Encore [Explicit](#ad)

"Like Toy Soldiers" has left many who listen with tears or emotionally messed up due to its touching video and a message of plea against violence.

The track is from the album Encore (2004) by American rapper Eminem who is famous for selling over 172 million albums as of 2015.

Following its release on 2004, the track hit number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became top ten in 12 different countries including Australia.

In the song, Eminem lays out violence present in the community of rappers and he goes ahead to plead for peace and eventually a truce with his enemies.

The lyric mentions a feud between Ja Rule and 50 Cents which the artist tried to solve but then he became a victim of insults directed to his family that made him lose his temper.

Though the song depicts a real-life situation, Eminem avoided any of 50 Cents issues as well as Fat Joe and Jadakiss.

The track received positive critics from AllMusic, NME and Rolling Stone; however, Stylus Magazine was not impressed with the music altogether.

It's video was released on December 3, 2004, with scenes from street encounters, the news, rappers fighting in studios and an emotional scene of doctors trying to save a rapper, D12 (a member of Bugz, who was killed in 199).

"Like Toy Soldiers" has sold over 1 million copies in the UK and US only with over 305 million views to date.

In June 2004, the rapper appeared at his annual Movie Award Show with his band D12 only to drop his trousers for the world to see.

The reason for pulling such a stunt was not recorded but it had MTV release Eminem’s inappropriate behavior after Janet Jacksons Nipple exposure left an outrage from US viewers.

Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers - Lyrics

Release Date - January 24, 2013

Album - Encore

Step by step, heart to heart, left right left

We all fall down...

Step by step, heart to heart, left right left

We all fall down like toy soldiers

Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win

But the battle wages on for toy soldiers

I'm supposed to be the soldier who never blows his composure

Even though I hold the weight of the whole world on my shoulders

I ain't never supposed to show it, my crew ain't supposed to know it

Even if it means goin' toe to toe with a Benzino it don't matter

I'd never drag them in battles that I can't handle 'less

I absolutely have to

I'm supposed to set an example

I need to be the leader, my crew looks for me to guide 'em

If some shit ever just pop off, I'm supposed to be beside 'em

Now the Ja shit I tried to squash it, it was too late to stop it

There's a certain line you just don't cross and he crossed it

I heard him say Hailie's name on a song and I just lost it

It was crazy, this shit way beyond some Jay-z and Nas shit

And even though the battle was won, I feel like we lost it

I spent too much energy on it, honestly I'm exhausted

And I'm so caught in it, I almost feel I'm the one who caused it

This ain't what I'm in hip-hop for, it's not why I got in it.

That was never my object for someone to get killed

Why would I wanna destroy something I helped build?

It wasn't my intentions, my intentions were good

I went through my whole career without ever mentionin' ...

And that was just out of respect for not runnin' my mouth

And talkin' about something that I knew nothing about

Plus Dre told me stay out, this just wasn't my beef

So I did, I just fell back, watched and gritted my teeth

While he's all over t.v. down talkin' a man who literally saved my life

Like fuck it, I understand this is business

And this shit just isn't none of my business

But still knowin' this shit could pop off at any minute cause

Step by step, heart to heart, left right left

We all fall down like toy soldiers

Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win

But the battle wages on for toy soldiers

There used to be a time when you could just say a rhyme

And wouldn't have to worry about one of your people dyin'

But now it's elevated cause once you put someone's kids in it

The shit gets escalated, it ain't just words no more is it?

It's a different ball game, callin' names and you ain't just rappin'

We actually tried to stop the 50 and Ja beef from happenin'

Me and Dre had sat with him, kicked it and had a chat with him

And asked him not to start it he wasn't gonna go after him

Until Ja started yappin' in magazines how he stabbed him

Fuck it 50 smash 'em, mash 'em and let him have it

Meanwhile my attention's pullin' in other directions

Some receptionist at The Source who answers phones at his desk

Has an erection for me and thinks that I'll be his resurrection

Tries to blow the dust off his mic and make a new record

But now he's fucked the game up cause one of the ways I came up

Was through that publication - the same one that made me famous

Now the owner of it has got a grudge against me for nothin'?

Well fuck it, that motherfucker can get it too, fuck him then

But I'm so busy being pissed off I don't stop to think

That we just inherited 50's beef with Murder Inc.

And he's inherited mine, which is fine, ain't like either of us mind

We still have soldiers that's on the front line

That's willing to die for us as soon as we give the orders

Never to extort us, strictly to show they support us

And maybe shout 'em out in a rap or up in a chorus

To show them we love 'em back and let 'em know how important it is

To have Runyan Avenue soldiers up in our corners

Their loyalty to us is worth more than any award is

But I ain't tryna have none of my people hurt and murdered

It ain't worth it I can't think of a perfecter way to word it

Then to just say that I love ya'll too much to see the verdict

I'll walk away from it all 'fore I let it go any further

But don't get it twisted, it's not a plea that I'm coppin'

I'm just willin' to be the bigger man

If ya'll can quit poppin' off at the jaws well then I can,

Cause frankly I'm sick of talkin'

I'm not gonna let someone else's coffin rest on my conscience cause

Step by step, heart to heart, left right left

We all fall down like toy soldiers

Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win

But the battle wages on for toy soldiers

Track Listings -

1, Curtains Up

2, Evil Deeds

3, Never Enough [feat. 50 Cent]

4, Yellow Brick Road

5, Like Toy Soldiers

6, Mosh

7, Puke

8, My 1st Single

9, Paul (Skit)

10, Rain Man

11, Big Weenie

12, Em Calls Paul

13, Just Lose It

14, Ass Like That

15, Spend Some Time

16, Mockingbird

17, Crazy In Love

18, One Shot 2 Shot

19, Final Thought

20, Encore/Curtains Down

Disc 2

1, We As Americans

2, Love You More

3, Ricky Ticky Toc

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