Grand Finale

[Intro: DMX]

I ain't going back to jail, next time that the county or the state see me, it's gon' be in a bag

Uh

This is it, baby

End of the road, ha-ha

When you a dog

You a dog for life

You don't hear me, though

You don't hear me, though

You don't hear me, though

Come on, come on

[Verse 1: Method Man]

Watch them young guns that take none

Nobody's safe from the Friday the 13th, ghetto Jason

Itchy trigger finger aching

Snatch your ass out that S-Class for faking

.44 blast, it's a bloodbath

Take your first step down a thug path

Ain't no love here, just slugs here

Kids know the half, you get plugged here

That's just impossible

For the weak to last, now behold the unstoppable

Third eye watching you, watching me

Throwing rocks from the penalty box, cop a plea

Young G, we was born to die, don't cry for me

Just keep the heat closely and ride for me

'Cause we family, for better or worse

You and I from the dirt

Used to snatch purses

So hard, it hurt to be here

And each year, I'm pouring out more beer

For deceased peers, holding fort

Police line, do not cross

They found his corpse in the loft

With the head cut off and butt naked

Homicide the crime method

Add another killer verse to the murder record

The grand finale

[Interlude: Nas]

Dogs for life

Who wanna test me?

Uh, dogs for life

Come on

Yeah, we dogs for life

Me shot, me shot pussy-hole people fi fun

Yeah, we dogs for life

[Verse 2: Nas]

Hot corners, cops with warrants, every block is boring

Friday night, getting bent, liquor pouring

My dog not even home a month yet

And blazed a girl in the stomach

He robbing niggas who pumping

Little Blood got popped by the group home cat

Everybody nervous in the hood, pulling they gats

Fiend yelling out, "Who got those?"

Go and see, shorty snot-nosed

He don't floss, but he got dough

Thug faces, fugitives running from court cases

Slugs shooting past for the love of drug paper

Queens cap peelers, soldiers, drug dealers

And God will throw a beam of lightning down 'cause he feel us

May the next one strike me down if I'm not the realest

The mayor wanna call the S.W.A.T. team to come and kill us

But, dogs are friends

If one see the morgue, one will live get revenge

And we ride 'til the end

Bravehearts blow the lye with Henn'

And still rise to collide with live men

My man got three six-to-eighteens, and only five in

The belly of the beast

Didn't wanna hear the shit I tried to tell him on the streets

It's irrelevant, the beast love to eat black meat

It got us niggas from the hood hanging off its teeth

We slinging to eat, bringing the heat

Bullet holes, razor scars, it's the pain in the street, huh

[Chorus: Ja Rule]

When you a dog, you a dog for life (Ride or die)

My dogs feel pain, through love (See eye to eye)

Give us one shot at life (Let us fly)

Come on, niggas (We dogs for life)

Yo, when you a dog, you a dog for life (Ride or die)

My dogs feel pain, through love (See eye to eye)

Give us one shot at life (Let us fly)

Come on, niggas (We dogs for life)

[Interlude: DMX]

There's mad money out here, dog

Mad money out here

What you, trying to get it?

Word up

You gon' bust your gun to get it?

Psh, whatever, yo

Uh

I hear you, I hear you

[Verse 3: DMX]

I've lost my grip on reality, or so it would seem

Pinch myself to wake up, 'cause I know it's a dream

Niggas that don't know me see me and think I'ma rob 'em

Niggas that know me well see me and think I'm a problem

I'm just a nigga that's misunderstood

But word to mans, I'll turn your last name to Underwood

'Cause if I see it, I'ma take it and run with it, that's me

What type of bullshit is this nigga on? That's D

The darker it gets outside, the more blood flows

When I plug holes with the snub nosed

Gun blows, bullets whistle, wouldn't miss you

Hit you all up in your mouth like it tried to kiss you

Drama, it's right here, how much you need?

Beat you down with gat, see how much you bleed

How much you plead for your life, you was a killer

And all the bitches coming up out that ass, you feel it getting realer

Now, beg for your life, one more time

One more crime, one more nine

Come on, cry, nigga

It's over, this is the shit that ends all

You either the last one standing, or the last one to fall

[Chorus: Ja Rule]

When you a dog, you a dog for life (Ride or die)

My dogs feel pain, through love (See eye to eye)

Give us one shot at life (Let us fly)

Come on, niggas (We dogs for life)

Yo, when you a dog, you a dog for life (Ride or die)

My dogs feel pain, through love (See eye to eye)

Give us one shot at life (Let us fly)

Come on, niggas (We dogs for life)