Judge not, less you be judged first My n***a, my n***a [Hook] Look through my eyes, see what, see what I see Do as I do, be what I be Walk in my shoes, hurt your feet Then know why I do dirt in the street [Verse One: DMX] Burning in hell, but don't deserve to be Got n***as I don't even know that wanna murder me Just because they've heard of me And they know that the Dark is for real The bark is for real, (arf) when you see that spark it'll k** Peep how I park it and chill, take it over there, bark wit' it From Y.O. to Cali to Baltimore back to New York wit' it Come through flying up 1-2-9 Up the School Street cause I come through mine Bark at my dogs, "Get at me, n***a!" "Arf! Arf! Arf! Get at me, n***a!" What the deal is? Never forget what real is Them cats that used to say "X is the best," know he still is Can't help but feel this, putting goosebumps on your arms Take you there if you want but I lose chumps with the bomb It's the calm before the storm Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and it's getting warm Feel me yo [Hook x2] [Verse 2] I can understand why y'all n***as is scared of me And why the big dogs never wanted to play fair with me Cause I leave blood wherever I go, wherever I flow Wherever I blow n***as who know I can go, feel me yo What is it about the Dark that gets n***as where they about to spark About to bark, take it to the heart cause it's real like that Give him chills, but do I make him feel like that sh** is real, what you don't know is gon' getcha With the steal, what you don't know is gon' split ya I can blaze tracks, make n***as play raps and raise stacks Payback's a b**h; didn't you used to say that? Play around in dirt, you get mud Cause you know, I can either spread love or shed blood And bloodshed turns the mud red and real sticky Or I can hit you from roof, make it a quicky For real [Hook x2] [Verse 3] I bear my soul, n***as wouldn't dare, my role Gives a n***a a heart of gold, but with a hole Lost all control, my shoulders hold a lot of weight Just like first time sold an eighth, then told it's not an eighth But then it's out of state, and it's too late for changes to be made That's what I get for f**ing with strangers in the shade This is it, y'all n***as got to give me a plate For the same reason that fate chose to give me the weight Take away hate, now I'm supposed to love the one that cursed me The one that wouldn't give me a cup of water when I was thirsty It was always him versus me, but now I gotta teach him Personal feelings put aside, cause now I gotta reach him What I'd like to do is turn my head, like I don't know him But it seems like I've been called on to show him, so I'ma show him And if you never met me, then you've no right to judge me I've got a good heart but this heart can get ugly [Hook x2] [Outro] Feel the pain, feel the joy, of a man who was never a boy For real Arf arf, arf arf arf