[dmx]
there we go, okay, okay
donand't do me greasy, okay
uh, ay yo
you know what a dog needs
do you really know what a dog needs?
uh a dog needs a grrr!
what? what? a dog needs a grrr!
come on
not just any uh but a real uh
thatand's gonna hold that dog down
arf! arf!
Baby i am what i am, iand'm gonand' be who i be
everything from chasing a cat to pissing on a tree
let me see what i gotta to see
do what i gotta to do
dog for life but keep it true
every once in a while iand'll break out the backyard to roam
and get reckless
but i still know that home is home
and when i get there iand'mma sit there
take a shit there put my dick there
do i handle my business?
shit yeah
iand'mma run till i bust my gun and empty the clip
never come home, i gotta go just gimme the whip
i ainand't got time for the lip
just open the fence
let me go iand'll come back
i ainand't got time to convince
ever since i was a pup
iand've been stuck with the street shit
keep the heat shit
fuck it nigga gotta eat
i past on a weak shit
if itand's out there i want it
all at one time
so when itand's my time iand've done it
[aaliyah]
i know youand'll kill for me
youand'll die you me
i know you like to rip and run the streets
but i get nervous sometimes
ooh baby i canand't help to think
you might not make it home to eat
i barely sleep
could you pick up a phone and call me at home?
and let me know you ainand't in some heat
and donand't go crying, youand're grown
you know iand'm looking out for you
cause you be looking out for me, me, me
1 - [chorus]
yo you can go with your dogs
if you make this promise to me
you make it back in one piece
so you can go with your dogs
if you make this promise to me
you make it back in one piece
and'fore you go betting it all
if you make this promise to me
you make it back in one piece
i know you up in it all
if you make this promise to me
you make it back in one piece
[aaliyah](dmx)
and oh boy i know you got to do what you do, ooh-ooh
youand're making moves, iand'm makinand' moves yo we cool
(what? what? what?)
lay on your paws i got your back if you fall, hey-hey
nothingand's to big, nothingand's to small just go ball, yeah
[dmx]
uh dog tags around my neck the streets are mine
i might leave the heat behind
cause in the streets iand'm fine
thatand's why niggas sleep till nine
out by ten back by ten
sleep till nine do it again
if you love something let it go
if it comes back to you it yours
if it doesnand't fuck it youand'll never know
you got me i got you, uh
dog with a dog, ride till we die
if itand's on then itand's on
Repeat 1 till end
