Coming From Lyrics

(feat. Mary J. Blige)

Believe me, when I say 
Before light, there was dark 

[Mary J. Blige] 
Where you going, where you going? 
Where you going, where you going? 
Where you going? 
If I don't know where I'm coming from 
Where would I go? 
If I don't know where I'm coming from 
Where would I go? 
If I don't know where I'm coming from 
Where would I go? 
If I don't know where I'm coming from 
Where would I go? 

[DMX] 
Places that I've have been, things that I have seen 
What you call a nightmare, are what I have as dreams 
Bad as that may seem, I know is only going to get worse 
Love, a slug, which one am I gonna get first? 
My journey's been a rough one, I'm not sure when it begins 
But the way it's looking, I kind of know when it's gonna end 
Hold me down baby, it's gonna be a rough ride 
Niggas give us plenty of room, cause I guess enough died 
Let me travel, cause my intentions are to travel in peace 
Fuck around I lay you down, you hit the gravel and cease 
I could be a beast, or I could be a gentleman 
But if you ain't my dog, you gonna be like 'Oh, it's him again' 
Niggas will never win, this whole rap game is mine 
Hot as you ever been, I was that in eighty nine 
Seek and you shall find, look within and you will know 
Where you coming from, and where you gotta go 
Come on! 

[Mary J. Blige] 
If I don't know where I'm coming from 
Where would I go? 
If I don't know where I'm coming from 
Where would I go? 
-Got to keep it real with me 
If I don't know where I'm coming from 
Where would I go? 
-So the hell with you 
If I don't know where I'm coming from 
Where would I go? 
-I think I'm going to the top 
Me and DMX 

[DMX] 
I will spend mad time in one spot, plotting my next move 
Trying to figure out what is it, that X do what X do 
Some questions go unanswered, that's what I'm afraid of 
Sometimes I can't show, but I know what I'm made of 
They made love, or should I say they made lust 
Bound, there didn't have to be love there, but they made us 
I got quite a few sisters, I was the only boy 
But being with my dog, was my only joy 
Like a kid with a new toy, I forgot about the ? 
Escaped the misery, didn't think about the crime 
Lost all track of time, was in another world 
Everybody knew Earl, but there was another Earl 
Like the side of the dark, riding the park but wouldn't want to 
when they jump me, became a good runner 
One by one they all went under, so I had the last laugh 
They all thought it all was a joke, but I had the last laugh 

[Mary J. Blige] 
Ha ha ha ha ha ha 
[DMX] 
Come on! 

[Mary J. Blige] 
If I don't know where I'm coming from 
Where would I go? 
-If I don't know, I don't know 
If I don't know where I'm coming from 
Where would I go? 
-But I know where I'm going 
If I don't know where I'm coming from 
Where would I go? 
-But I know where I'm going 
If I don't know where I'm coming from 
Where would I go? 
-Do you know, do you know 

[DMX] 
I feel the ghost from within, coming back to haunt me 
Stay love in my peoples, even though they don't want me 
When I was bad, I was forgotten, like I was dead and rotten 
Should've been getting love, but instead was plotting 
Shit wasn't right, and it was all blamed on me 
Didn't know that I was special till this rap shit came to be 
Gave me a way out, showed me it was better to teach 
Than bust niggas with the fo-fo, leave them dead in the streets 
Over beef that was worth less, than the cost of the slugs 
That I bought to kill them 
And that's because I thought I ought to kill them 
Little did I know, death wasn't right 
Didn't always show every breath was a life 
It was to be captured in suspended animation 
To be felt by all, understood by every nation 
What's the sense of hating, when I can show love 
What's the sense of faking, when I can show blood 

[Mary J. Blige] 
Now what's the moral to this story? 

[DMX] 
Come on! 

[Mary J. Blige] 
If I don't know where I'm coming from 
Where would I go? 
If I don't know where I'm coming from 
Where would I go? 
-If I don't know, I don't know 
If I don't know where I'm coming from 
Where would I go? 
-But I know where I'm coming from 
If I don't know where I'm coming from 
Where would I go? 
-Do you know where you're coming from? 

Yonkers is where we grew 
Trials we got through 
On top is where we staying 
Till the end, as long as we'll pray 
On Hot 97 ya hear 
DMX all through the year