[Intro: DMX]

There we go, okay, okay

Don't do me greasy, okay

Uh

Ayo

You know what a dog needs?

Do you really know what a dog needs?

Uh

Dog needs a bitch (What, what?)

Uh, a dog needs a bitch (Come on)

Not just any bitch, but a real bitch

That's gon' hold that dog down

Arf, arf

[Verse 1: DMX]

Baby, I am what I am, I'm gon' be who I be (Uh)

Everything from chasin' a cat to pissin' on a tree (Uh-huh)

Let me see what I gotta to see, do what I gotta to do

Dog-for-life, but keep it true

Every once in a while I'll break out the backyard to roam (Uh)

And get reckless, but I still know that home is home (Aight)

And when I get there, I'ma sit there

Take a shit there (Uh), put my dick there

Do I handle my business? Shit, yeah

I'ma run 'till I bust my gun and empty the clip

And If I come home, and gotta go, just give me the whip

I ain't got time for the lip, just open the fence (Uh-huh)

Let me go, I'll come back, I ain't got time to convince (Uh)

Ever since I was a pup, I've been stuck with the street shit (Uh)

Keep the heat shit, fuck it, nigga gotta eat shit (Uhh)

I pass on a weak shit, if it's out there I want it

All at one time, so when it's my time I've done it (Aight!)

[Verse 2: Aaliyah & DMX]

I know you'd kill for me, you'd die for me

I know you like to rip and run the streets

But I get nervous sometimes, baby, I can't help to think

You might not make it home to eat, I barely sleep(Come on!)

Could you pick up a phone and call me at home?

And let me know you ain't in some heat

And don't go cryin', you're grown

You know I'm lookin' out for you

'Cause you be lookin' out for me

Me, me

[Chorus: Aaliyah & DMX]

Yo, you can go with your dogs

If you make this promise to me

You make it back in one piece (Uh)

So you can go with your dogs

If you make this promise to me

You make it back in one piece

'Fore you go bendin' the law (Come on!)

Could you make this promise to me?

You make it back in one piece

I know (Uh, uh) you up in it all

Could you make this promise to me? (Mmm, mmm, mmmmmm)

You make it back in one piece

Piece, piece

[Verse 3: Aaliyah & DMX]

And, oh boy, I know you got to do what you do (Uh, uh)

You makin' moves, I'm makin' moves, yo, we cool (What?!, What?! What?!)

Lay on your paws, I got your back if you fall (Arf, arf, arf)

Nothing's too big, nothing's too small, just go ball (Come on)

[Verse 4: DMX]

Uh, dog tags around my neck (Uh), the streets are mine

I might leave the heat behind 'cause in the streets I'm fine (What!)

That's why a nigga sleep 'til nine, out by ten (Uh)

Back by ten (Uh), sleep 'til nine, do it again

If you love something, let it go (Uh-huh)

If it comes back to you it yours

If it doesn't, fuck it, you'll never know

You got me, I got you (Uh)

Dog with a dog

Ride 'till we die (What!)

It's on then it's on

[Chorus: Aaliyah & DMX]

Yo, you can go with your dogs

If you make this promise to me

You make it back in one piece (Uh)

So you can go with your dogs

If you make this promise to me

You make it back in one piece

'Fore you go bendin' the law (Come on!)

Could you make this promise to me?

You make it back in one piece (Uh, uh)

I know you up in it all

Could you make this promise to me?

You make it back in one piece, piece, piece

Yo, you can go with your dogs

If you make this promise to me

You make it back in one piece

So you can go (Come on) with your dogs

If you make this promise to me

You make it back in one piece (What?! What?! What?!)

'Fore you go bendin' the law

Could you make this promise to me?

You make it back in one piece

I know (Uh) you up in it all (Uh)

Could you make this promise to me?

You make it back in one piece

Piece, piece

*Beat plays*

Yo, you can go (Piece) with your dogs

If you make this promise to me

You make it back in one piece

So you can go with your dogs

If you make this promise to me

You make it back in one piece

'Fore you go bendin' the law

Could you make this promise to me?

You make it back in one piece

I know you up in it all

Could you make this promise to me?

You make it back in one piece, piece, piece

Yo, you can go with your dogs

If you make this promise to me

You make it back in one piece

So you can go with your dogs

If you make this promise to me

You make it back in one piece

'Fore you go bendin' the law