DMX - Fame lyrics
rate me[dmx]<br>Uh-huh (y'know? )<br>..<br>Arf!<br>Uhh..<br><br>Take it for what it's worth, my birth was a blessing<br>Sent to live and die, on earth as a lesson<br>We each have a star, all we have to do is find it<br>Once you do, everyone who sees it will be blinded (what? )<br>They'll tell you that you're bright, and say you have a future<br>When you turn your back, same cats'll try to shoot ya<br>Niggaz ain't shit, I can live on both sides of the fence<br>Forget what you do, when you talk, see what you really meant (aight? )<br>That's what I thought, them niggaz was bluffin (uh)<br>They talk all day but say, nothin (uh)<br>It gets so dark (what? ) haze so intense<br>Since this first rain it's like it's rained ever since (what? )<br>Never got paid for a rhyme but I flow (whoo)<br>Never got a plate on time but I grow (whoo)<br>Live your life, stay on the line but I go (uhh)<br>Went from doin crime to bein kind cause I know<br><br>Chorus: dmx (repeat 2x)<br><br>I'm gon' live forever, I'm never gon' die<br>Only thing I fear is that I'm never gon' fly<br>Carry my weight but I'm never gon' cry<br>Shit I tell y'all niggaz straight cause I'm never gon' lie<br><br>[dmx]<br>What is about who I am that makes me unforgettable (hmm)<br>What it is about what I've done that makes it so incredible (uhh)<br>'more money, more problems' -- well the fame was worse (uh-huh)<br>I reached out for love and what came back was thirst (what? )<br>Blessed with the curse (uh) niggaz don't hear me<br>Niggaz don't hear me, y'all niggaz, don't hear me (uh)<br>What'd I just say? 'nigga g'head' - you see that? <br>You gots to feel me to catch what I'm sayin, believe that (uhh!)<br>But leave that, alone (what? )<br>We gon' make a nigga wanna be at, your home (what? )<br>Oh you kinda quiet with the heat at, your dome (uhh!)<br>If the dog got he's gonna bring back a bone<br>Cause we got the chrome (c'mon!)<br>This is what I live for, or die for<br>I'm the nigga with the high score, you try for<br>What you niggaz wanna lie for? it changes nothin<br>I'm true for cats, yet some strangers bluffin<br><br>Chorus<br><br>[dmx]<br>Now if I take what he gave me and i, use it right (uh-huh)<br>In other words if I listen and, use the light (uh-huh)<br>Then what I say will remain here, after I'm gone<br>Still here, on the strength of a song, I live on (hmm)<br>No second-guessin on what I stood for, I was good for<br>Stoppin niggaz from killin each other in the hood war (uhh)<br>Comin through showin love, throwin up (uhh)<br>Them cats not throwin love, you know whassup (what? )<br>Dark man baby, that's my name<br>And I gots to be the realest nigga (uhh) up in this game<br>Cause ain't no shame, they don't make em like, this no more<br>Real to the core, big heart but built for war<br>I stand for what I believe in<br>Even if what I believe in stops me from breathin<br>Relatives grievin, but I ain't went nowhere<br>Listen to the song (c'mon) I'm right there<br><br>Chorus
