When I'm Nothing

f/ Stephanie Mills

DMX
Uhh, uhh, uhh, c'mon!
Woo! Uh-huh
Yeah, more real life (grrrrrrrrrr)
That's how it is baby, you know it's real
More real life, you know it's real (grrrrrrrrrr)
From the dog, y'know?
You know it's real, uh-huh
You know it's real (grrrrrrrrrr)
s**t is always real baby, forever

My peoples say they got love for the dog right?
They holla like "Whattup dog?" Alright
Cause no matter what streets in a dog's life
And I'm the type of dog gon' go all night
Some cats think that it's a game that we're playin here
You keep thinkin it's a joke, I ain't playin here
fk around if you want, I leave billionaire
Do what, go where? s**t I'm stayin here
This whole motherfkin rap s**t is all mine (WHAT?!)
Just thought I'd let you know one mo' time (uhh)
s**t, I ain't said nuttin when it was yo' time
Now, is mad, cause "Ain't No Sunshine"
And you cats won't like it when the rain hits (UHH!)
That's the nigg* X on the same s**t (uh!)
And if you wanna see how fked up the game gets?
Watch what they do when you ain't s**t

Chorus: Stephanie Mills
What you gonna do when I'm nothing?
You're crazy about my styyyyyyyyyle
What you gonna do when I'm nothing?
Tell me nowwwwwwwwwww.. ohhhhh-ohhhhhh

DMX
Uhh, uhh, uhh, uhh
Every cat I meet like, "Show me love!"
Every girl I meet like, "I want a hug!"
s**t I might be just tryin to pick somethin up
Can I get an autograph -- man, what the fk?!
Is the love gon' be the same when
we start to realize that the game ends (uh-huh)
Even me, will I have the same friends? (uhh)
Even when I ain't got the same Benz (UHH)
What about when the dough get low (woo!)
Shoulda peeped money from the get-go
Disappeared, ain't that a b*tch yo?
Now you know, that's that bulls**t yo
Can't forget all them fake "love you" girls (uh-HUH!)
Take 'em to the room, wanna fake you girls (uh-HUH!)
Walk through the mall wanna touch you girls (uh-HUH!)
Listen! I got a wife, I don't trust you girls (c'mon!)

Chorus: Stephanie Mills
What you gonna do when I'm nothing?
You're crazy about my styyyyyyyyyle
What you gonna do when I'm nothing?
Please don't have me acting wild
What you gonna do when I'm nothing?
Tell me nowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Tell me now, tell me now (WHAT?!)
Tell me (WHAT?!) what you gonna tell me? (WHAT?!)
Tell me (uh) tell me (uh)
What you gonna tell me?

DMX
Holla at the boy if you know the truth
See what I'm doin, I'm tryin to show the youth
Trust me I been through it so I got the proof
Give 'em somethin to eat that ain't gon' break a tooth
And everybody knows how I get down (c'mon)
Show the dog love when he hit town (c'mon)
They don't give a fk who I'm with now (c'mon)
V.I.P. don't give a fk where I sit now (aight?!)
All this s**t changed but it's still the same
But you gotta do it in order to play the game
Keep s**t brief when you say my name (f'real)
Give me the love, nigg* fk the fame (f'real)
When the s**t is gone, where you gon' be? (hmmmmm)
When I look no more, what you gon' see? (hmmmmm)
s**t, a muh'fker lookin hungry (aight?!)
And even then, is you gon' love me?

Chorus 2X: Stephanie Mills
What you gonna do when I'm nothing?
You're crazy about my styyyyyyyyyle
What you gonna do when I'm nothing?
Tell me nowwwwwwwwwww.. ohhhhh-ohhhh

Stephanie and DMX ad lib to fade