Look Into My Eyes (Response To Eminem’s ”Toy Soldiers”)

[Chorus: Troy Bell & Benzino]
Look into my eyes and you will see (My struggle, my pain)
My life, my pain and the pains that made me (Made me who I am)
There's no other (There's no other place) 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)
Yeah, yeah

[Intro: Benzino & Troy Bell]
Yeah
This one's for the world (Yeah), my people (My people)
You think you know me (Uh uh), you have no idea who I am (This my story)
It's not about the magazine (Nope)
About my baggy jeans (Never) or my braids (Nope) or my jewelry (Uh uh)
The money, nah (None of that)
This is [?] I didn't (Life chose me) choose this life (No)
(Yeah, yeah)
This life chose me (C'mon)
Let's go

[Verse 1: Benzino & Troy Bell]
It wasn't long ago when it all began (Uh huh)
Standing in the graveyard while they buried my man (Yeah)
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 (Caddys), then we moved to four corners (Uh)
Pops went to prison (What), I knew about the system (That's right)
Every Sunday morning me and moms paid a visit (Uh)
He was heavy in the streets, maybe mafia connected (Huh)
All I'm gonna say he was very well respected (Believe that)
They call 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 (Nigga!)
Boston was the first on the east to really bang out (Bang out!)
Niggas run these streets while (Look into my eyes) them automatics rang out

[Chorus: Troy Bell & Benzino]
Look into my eyes and you will see (My life, my pain)
My life, my pain and the pains that made me (There's no other place, no)
There's no other place that I would rather be (That's right) (I didn't choose this life but)
I didn't choose this life (Yeay) (Nah), this life chose me (I didn't choose this, man)
(Yeah)

[Verse 2: Benzino & Troy Bell]
Now I'm fuckin' with these niggas on the other side of town ([?] [?])
The All Mighty forms, we the hardest click around (Uh huh)
Jewelry was heavy, niggas rolled thirty thick (Yeah)
Artillery was heavy, Jake steady on my dick
And I'm squeezin all types of guns (Whatever)
Huh, mom's keeps cryin but that's the life of thugs (Uh)
And that's the life I love, I'm addicted to it, street life, real thug niggas making rap music
I met Dave at the radio, he cool
Started The Source mag, always had to be in school (Uh)
It was one piece of paper, then it grew into a book
But I had my own paper cause my block was a look (Huh!)
I caught a couple of bids, I'm fightin' court cases
It was news at eleven, or in the news papers (Geah)
Investigation federal, I knew it from the start (I knew it)
Either jealousy, and envy (Problems), (Look into my eyes) tore my crew apart, yo (Yeay, yeah)

[Chorus: Troy Bell & Benzino]
Look into my eyes and you will see (My life, my pain)
My life, my pain and the pains that made me (There's no other place, no)
There's no other place that I would rather be (I didn't choose this life but ah)
I didn't choose this life (Yo), (Life chose me) this life chose me
(Here we go)

[Verse 3: Benzino]
If money is the root of all evil then burn it
Or get up off your ass motherfucker and earn it (Lazy ass)
I moved to New York, it was time to make it happen (Uh huh)
Dave is my dog and yeah Zino still rappin' (Still here)
I walked through the valley of death with no fear
I'm holdin' Dave down till a nigga's outta here (Believe that)
I breathe for my niggas deceased, holdin' in
Exhale all the anger that I'm holding within (Ah)
Too many people in my life never commin' back (Nope)
Never where you from, it's only where you standin' at (Uh huh)
Got a few good niggas (Uh), a box of ammunition (Yeah)
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 (Bring 'em)
The day'll soon come when the world recognize
Zino is the realest since (Look into my eyes) Pac been alive (Motherfucker!) (Yeay, yeah)

[Chorus: Troy Bell & Benzino]
Look into my eyes and you will see (Yeah, it's about the struggle, man) (My life, my pain)
My life (Huh), my pain and the pains (Yeah) that made me (It's about my people, man) (There's no other place, no)
There's no other (Huh?) place that I (You wanna know me?) would rather be (Huh?) (I didn't choose this life)
I didn't (Don't judge me) choose this life, this life (There's only one that can judge, man) chose me (This life chose me) (Get to know me, man) (Yeah, yeah)
Look (I didn't choose this life) into my eyes and you will see (This life was bestowed upon me) (My life, my pain)
My life, my pain and the pains (Huh) that made me (You can't walk in my shoes, yo) (There's no other place, no)
There's no other place (Huh) that I would (Yeah) rather be (With my niggas) (I didn't choose this life but)
I didn't choose this life (And I'm still here, man), this life chose me (Yeah) (This life chose me) (I'm still here and not going nowhere, yo) (Yeah, yeah)

[Outro: Benzino]
Uh-uh
[?]
Yeah Troy
You did it on this one nigga, believe that
Yeah
The Arch Nemesis
Huh
In a hood near you
Yeah
Believe that