It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
For My Dogs
DMX
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[Chorus: Big Stan]
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog
My niggas✦ (My niggas)✦
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog
My niggas✦ (My niggas)✦
[Verse 3: Drag-On]
You're my dog, nigga,✦ I die for (Shit)
Bust a five for, see the judge and lie for (Uh)
You the type of nigga,✦ I throw weight up on the block for
Just go ahead and lock jaws, and your half? I got yours
Send in the dog, I smell it all night
I told niggas✦ to shut up and write
X barks with a hell of a bite
For the love, they always✦ will be 'til they kill me
I put my thugs on it, and slugs with my blood on it
[Verse 4: Loose Cannon]
And to my motherfuckin' dog, big ups to your first share
Niggas✦ know the deal, just wait for them plaques to get shipped
Do your thing, nigga,✦ you know we got your back
'Cause real dogs always✦ return✦ with food for the pack (Uh)
Why these wack niggas✦ swinging? When they all gon' miss?
Take it from me, he was nice before✦ all this
Yo, X, rain on 'em, 'cause after that comes✦ the blood
Ruff Ryders, feed all they dogs wit' raw blood
[Chorus: Big Stan]
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog
My niggas✦ (My niggas)✦
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog
My niggas✦ (My niggas)✦
[Verse 5: DMX]
My people show love (What?), and haven't left me stranded yet
Though I have a death wish, it ain't been granted yet
So until✦ then, I'm gonna✦ be that nigga✦ all up in your chest (Come on)
Until✦ the Lord decides to lay my ass down to rest
Bless the body✦ at the funeral and hope I don't burn
Was a hard-headed nigga✦ and nope I don't learn
Saw the truth but chose to ignore✦ it, wasn't going for it
'Til a nigga✦ had to give it to me (Ahh), then I saw it
This is clear as day, I know here's✦ the day
I'ma✦ be on my way, nothing more to say (Yes)
But take me Lord, make me Lord, what you will
Really✦ wanted✦ to chill but learned how to kill
It's been downhill from then on, 'cause I been on
Some shit, and on, every✦ move to get ten on
The next sack, but you know that's how the X act (Come on)
That's why these street niggas✦ is waiting for the next track
[Chorus: Big Stan]
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog
My niggas✦ (My niggas)✦
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog
My niggas✦ (My niggas)✦
[Outro: Big Stan]
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog
My niggas✦ (My niggas)✦
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog, this is for my dog
This is for my dog
My niggas✦ (My niggas)✦
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