Like Toy Soldiers

Like Toy Soldiers: Chords

MI            SI              DO#m7
Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
   FA#11
We all fall down...

MI            SI              DO#m7
Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
   FA#/LA#  LA   SI        DO#m     SI/RE#
We all fall down  like toy soldiers
MI          SI             DO#m7
Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win
        FA#/LA# LA      SI       DO#m7
But the battle  wages on for toy soldiers

      DO#m
I'm supposed to be the soldier 
      DO#m7/4
who never blows his composure
     DO#m
Even though I hold the weight 
       SI/DO# 
of the whole world on my shoulders
        LA
I ain't never supposed to show it, 
   SOL#m
my crew ain't supposed to know it
     DO#m
Even if it means goin' toe to toe 

with a Benzino it don't matter
                       DO#m7/4               
I'd never drag them in battles 
             DO#m
that I can't handle unless I absolutely have to
      SI/DO#
I'm supposed to set an example
  LA
I need to be the leader, 
   SOL#m
my crew looks for me to guide 'em
        DO#m
If some shit ever does pop off, 
        
I'm supposed to be beside 'em
            
That Ja shit I tried to squash it, 
   DO#m7/4
it was too late to stop it
DO#m
There's a certain line you 
     SI/DO#
just don't cross and he crossed it
  LA
I heard him say Hailie's name 
     SOL#m
on a song and I just lost it
       DO#m
It was crazy, this shit went way 

beyond some Jay-z and Nas shit
                               DO#m7/4
And even though the battle was won, 

I feel like we lost it
  DO#m
I spent so much energy on it, 
SI/DO#
honestly I'm exhausted
    LA
And I'm so caught in it I almost feel 
    SOL#m
I'm the one who caused it
     DO#m
This ain't what I'm in hip-hop for, 

it's not why I got in it
                                 DO#m11
That was never my object for someone to get killed
DO#m                      SI/DO#
Why would I wanna destroy something I help build
   LA                    SOL#m
It wasn't my intentions, my intentions were good
  DO#m
I went through my whole career

without ever mentionin'

And that was just out of respect 
    DO#m7/4
for not runnin' my mouth
    DO#m
And talkin' about something 
     SI/DO#
that I knew nothing about
     LA
Plus Dre told me stay out, 
     SOL#m
this just wasn't my beef
     DO#m
So I did, I just fell back, 

watched and gritted my teeth
                            DO#m7/4
While he's all over T.V. down talkin' a man 
    DO#m
who literally saved my life
     SI/DO#                       LA
Like fuck it I understand this is business
    SOL#m     
And this shit just isn't none of my business
    DO#m
But still knowin' this shit 

could pop off at any minute cause

MI            SI              DO#m7
Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
   FA#/LA#  LA   SI        DO#m     SI/RE#
We all fall down  like toy soldiers
MI          SI             DO#m7
Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win
        FA#/LA# LA      SI       DO#m7
But the battle  wages on for toy soldiers

      DO#m
There used to be a time 
     DO#m7/4
when you could just say a rhyme
             DO#m
And wouldn't have to worry about one 
   SI/DO#
of your people dyin'
    LA
But now it's elevated 
      SOL#m
cause once you put someone's kids in it
    DO#m
The shit gets escalated, 

it ain't just words no more is it?
 
It's a different ball game, 
         DO#m7/4
you call names and you ain't just rappin'
   DO#m
We actually tried to stop the 50 
       SI/DO#
and Ja beef from happenin'
LA 
Me and Dre had sat with him, 
SOL#m
kicked it and had a chat with him
    DO#m
And asked him not to start it 

he wasn't gonna go after him
                            DO#m7/4
Until Ja started yappin' in magazines 

how we stabbed him
DO#m
Fuck it 50 smash him! 
SI/DO#
Mash on him and let him have it
    LA                             SOL#m
Meanwhile my attention's pulled in another direction
       DO#m
Some receptionist at The Source 

who answers phones at his desk

Has an erection for me and thinks 
          DO#m7/4
that I'll be his resurrection
DO#m
Tries to blow the dust off 
        SI/DO#
his mic and make a new record
    LA
But now he's fucked the game up 
      SOL#m
cause one of the ways I came up
    DO#m
Was through that publication the same one 

that made me famous
                              DO#m7/4
Now the owner of it has got a grudge 

against me for nothin'
     DO#m                             SI/DO#
Well fuck it, that motherfucker could get it too, 

fuck him then
    LA                       SOL#m
But I'm so busy being pissed off 

I don't stop to think
        DO#m
That we just inherited 50's beef with Murder Inc
                                 DO#m7/4
And he's inherited mine which is fine ain't 
                  DO#m
like either of us mind
                              SI/DO#
We still have soldiers that's on the front line
       LA
That's willing to die for us 
   SOL#m
as soon as we give the orders
DO#m
Never to extort us, 

strictly to show they support us

We'll maybe shout 'em out 
     DO#m7/4
in a rap or up in a chorus
   DO#m
To show them we love 'em back 
         SI/DO#
and let 'em know how important it is
   LA                     SOL#m
To have Runyan Avenue, soldiers up in our corners
      DO#m
Their loyalty to us is worth more than any award is

But I ain't tryna have none 
      DO#m7/4
of my people hurt and murdered
         DO#m
It ain't worth it, I can't think 
     SI/DO#
of a perfecter way to word it
        LA
Than to just say that I love ya'll 
    SOL#m
too much to see the verdict
     DO#m
I'll walk away from it all 'fore 

I let it go any further

But don't get it twisted, 
         DO#m7/4
it's not a plea that I'm coppin'
    DO#m
I'm just willin' to be the bigger man
   SI/DO#                        LA
If ya'll can quit poppin' off at the jaws, 

well then I can
      SOL#m
Cause frankly I'm sick of talkin'
    DO#m
I'm not gonna let someone else's coffin rest 

on my conscience cause

MI            SI              DO#m7
Step by step, heart to heart, left right left
   FA#/LA#  LA   SI        DO#m     SI/RE#
We all fall down  like toy soldiers
MI          SI             DO#m7
Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win
        FA#/LA# LA      SI       DO#m7
But the battle  wages on for toy soldiers...

DO#m   DO#m7/4   DO#m   SI/DO#

LA   SOL#m   DO#m

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Like Toy Soldiers è un brano scritto e interpretato da Marshall Bruce Mathers III, meglio conosciuto come Eminem, contenuto nell'album Encore pubblicato nel 2004. Quinto lavoro in studio per il rapper del Missouri, racconta la storia del suo alter ego Slim Shady... che alla fine del concerto decide di uccidere il pubblico e suicidarsi. La canzone è il quarto singolo estratto dal disco e si riferisce al rapporto conflittuale con il suo competitor di allora, il rapper di Boston Raymond Scott in arte Benzino.

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Alberto Moneti

36 anni, polistrumentista: pianoforte, chitarra, batteria, clarinetto. Ha conseguito la licenza in teoria musicale e solfeggio presso il Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze. Dal 1997 è organista presso la Basilica di Santa Maria del Sasso, a Bibbiena (AR).