DMX | Lyrics | Here We Go Again

Same old s*** dog, just a different day
You know how niggaz do, when we play, how we play
A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do
If it's f*** me nigga, you know it's f*** you

I kick it to shorty to try to help him understand
Hit him with work, 'cause yo, that's my little man
He asked a few questions 'bout the game and I told him
So when he made a bad move it was my place to scold him

Never told him nothin' wrong, kept it fair
Didn't listen, so I might as well have been talkin' to the air
Everybody makes mistakes, a mistake is aight
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 f*****' up big time, I hate this s***
I'm caught in the middle of havin' love for a lil nigga
Knowin' what's expected of me as a real nigga

My next move is crucial, what do I do?
How do I keep it real with shorty in my crew?
Didn't want to kill him so instead of puttin' the Mac on him
I did the only thing I could do, turn my back on him

Here we go again
Same old s*** dog, just a different day
Here we go again
You know how niggaz 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 f*** me nigga, then you know it's f*** you

Niggaz that I f*** wit, 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

Go about your business, do what you gonna do
Be what you gon' be, I wash my hands, I'm through
I can forgive, I just can't forget
You're on your own lil' man don't ask me for s***

If you paid attention to what I taught you then you good
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, "Aight, go ahead!"

Instinct told me to kill him but the savior is
I'm a good nigga, plus I owed his peeps a favor
But I also knew the decision I just made
Went against the rules of the game that we played

Here we go again
Same old s*** dog, just a different day
Here we go again
You know how niggaz 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 f*** me nigga, then you know it's f*** you

I should have followed my first instinct 'cause I knew
Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do
Now this nigga's f*****' with the competition
Ungrateful m***********, shoulda got him missin'

This nigga got the nerve to take my kindness for a weakness
Gotsta get back on some street s*** so I can creep this
Rat, when I act, take one, set him up, to take two
Get him there, take three, get him done

Wasn't hard for me to get him where I wanted him, confronted him
Bzt, 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

What you did was put on another pair of shoes
And they just happened to be too big
What you did was stupid, real f*****' stupid
Well shorty I gave you a chance and what did you do?
Threw it back in my f*****' face so f*** you too

Here we go again
Same old s*** dog, just a different day
Here we go again
You know how niggaz 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 f*** me nigga, then you know it's f*** you

Here we go again
Same old s*** dog, just a different day
Here we go again
You know how niggaz 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 f*** me nigga, then you know it's f*** you