Look Into My Eyes (Response To Eminem's "toy Soldiers")
[Hook - Troy Bell (Benzino)] Look into my eyes and you will see (my struggle, my pain) My life, my pains, and the pains that made me (made me who I am) there's no other place that I would rather be (Benzino) I didn't choose this life, this life chose me (Troy Bell) This life chose me (c'mon Troy, let's go)
[Intro - Benzino (Troy Bell)] Yeah This one's for the world, my people *my people) You think you know me *uh uh*, you have no idea who I am This is my story, it's not about the magazine About my baggy jeans, my braids, or my jewelry The Money, Nah This is why I didn't choose this life (yeah yeah) This life chose me
[Verse 1 - Benzino] It wasn't long ago when it all began Standing in the graveyard while they buried my man That's when I first understood how this game is played Either kill a nigga quick, or you might get get played Scene never was that big, the hood was even smaller Grew up in the projects, then we moved to four corners Pops went to prison, I knew about the system Every sunday morning me and moms paid a visit He was heavy in the streets, maybe mafia connected All I'm gonna say he was very well respected They called me Ray Dog, yeah that's Tito's son I met a lot of great men for many years to come I'm getting money on my block all night Running with a bunch of niggas born to fight Boston was the first on the east to really bang out Niggaz run these streets while they automatics rang out
[Hook - Troy Bell (Benzino)] Look into my eyes and you will see My life, my pains, and the pains that made me there's no other place that I would rather be (that's right) I didn't choose this life, this life chose me (I didn't choose this man) (yeah)
[Verse 2 - Benzino] Now fuckin' with these niggaz on the other side of town The All Mighty forms, we the hardest click around Jewelry was heavy, niggaz rolled thirty thick Artillery was heavy, jake steady on my dick And I'm squeezin all types of guns *whatever* Mom's is cryin but that's the life I loves And that's the life I love, street life, real thug niggaz making rap music I met Dave at the radio, he cool Started The Source mag, always had to be in school One piece of paper, then it grew into a book But I had my own paper cause my block wasn't looked I caught a couple of bids, I'm fightin' court cases It was news at eleven, or in the news papers Investigation federal, I knew it from the start Either jealousy, or envy, tore my crew apart
[Hook - Troy Bell (Benzino)] Look into my eyes and you will see My life, my pains, and the pains that made me there's no other place that I would rather be I didn't choose this life, this life chose me (here we go)
[Verse 3 - Benzino] If money's is the root of all evil, then burn it Or get up off your ass, motherfucker, and earn it I moved to New York, it was time to make it happen Dave is my dog, and yeah Zno still rapping I walked through the valley of death with no fear I'm holdin' Dave down till a niggaz outta here I breathe for my niggaz deceased, holdin' in Exhale all the anger that I'm holding within Too many people in my life never comming back Never where you from, it's only where you standin' at I got a few good niggaz, a box of ammunition That's all I really need for me to carry out a mission If Eminem wanna squash beef, tell him call me *where you at* Meet him anywhere, he can bring his whole army The day will soon come when the world recognize Zno is the realest since Pac been alive Motherfucker!
[Hook - Troy Bell, (Benzino)] Look into my eyes and you will see (yeah, it's about the struggle man) My life, my pains, and the pains that made me (yeah it's about my people man) there's no other place that I would rather be (you wanna know me huh) (don't judge me, there's only one that can judge man, you need to know me man) I didn't choose this life, this life chose me (don't judge me, there's only one that can judge man, you need to know me man) Look into my eyes and you will see (I didn't choose this life, this life was bestowed upon me) My life, my pains, and the pains that made me (ha, you can't walk in my shoes yo) there's no other place that I would rather be (ugh, yeah they're my niggaz, and I'm still here man) I didn't choose this life, this life chose me (yeah I'm still here, and I'm going nowhere)
[Outro - Benzino] Uh huh uh huh, yeah Yeah Troy You did it on this one nigga, believe that Yeah, The Arch Nemesis In a hood near you Get it