Thank You (DMX Tribute)

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[Intro] Can't let a day go by Without saying thank you, oh For everything you've done [Verse 1: Papoose] Earl Simmons, one of hip hop's best But better known to the world as DMX Born December 18th, 1970 To be a Yonkers New York legend, that was his destiny Malcom had an X that stood for unknown X marks the spot a king belongs on his throne There's two reasons we throw an X in New York fam One is for the Bronx, the other's for Dark Man When you heard him rap, he had you like "god damn" 'Cause when he touched the mic, he grabbed it with god's hand First to dеbut an album at number 1, 5 times in a row Billboard 200 chart he shinеd Sold over 74 million records worldwide Featured in Belly, Romeo must Die Had many beautiful kids who he showed sincere love They say never have more kids than you can take care of [Chorus] Can't let a day go by Without saying thank you, oh For everything you've done [Verse 2: Papoose] Earl Simmons a product of that Yonkers, New York living Hustlers to killers, and thieves up in the store stealing Poverty to public assistance, ghetto where poor stricken Prejudice oppressors imprison us through the court system Didn't let it stop him just 'cause he landed up north big "Sky is the Limit", he taught us sort of ignore ceilings Other rappers look nice, but they don't give us that raw feeling Don't mean they can walk in his shoes 'cause they wore Timblands' He's no longer with us, but you would know if you won't listen God took the wheel, he's in a car that the Lord's driven None of us are perfect, we spend time in this world sinning Spiritual calculator count the blessings the Lord's giving Animal when he on the track, you heard the dog killing But when he was out with his kids, you see the dog grinning Spoke up for the underdogs, we was all with him When he won, we was all winning [Chorus] Can't let a day go by Without saying thank you, oh For everything you've done [Outro: Papoose] He didn't say he was the dog 'cause he know when to bite Dog backwards is God, he was going to heights Way above and beyond when he spoke on that mic It doesn't matter what you go through, you could grow in your life Every battle isn't physical, know when to fight Just admit it when you wrong 'cause you know when you right It's ironic that the Dark Man showed us the light