Released on January 1, 1992

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[DJ Dr. Cuess]

One, two

Dr. Cuess is in the house

Along with the Swing Mob

DMX the Great

And here we go to set things straight

For '92

(Chorus) (scratching)

"Catching the same hell" 3x


[DMX]

Straight out the dark, DMX-X-X is

Coming through like a drop-top Lexus

Just know that I'm gonna be on every corner

Waiting for ya, just might make you wanna

Watch for shadows cause I be lurking, working

Bagging up, another dick jerking MC that wants to be like me

D-M-X T-H-E G-R-E-A-T

Back the fuck up, because I don't burn I singe

And even if you murder me, I'm getting revenge

And coming back to hawk you, stalk you

Everywhere you walk you chump, from LA to New York to

Where ever you go, I'll be there like a shadow

Shoving a mic in your face 'cause it's a battle

You know my M-O, my name rings bells

And emcees are catching the same hell

(Chorus) (scratching)

"Catching the same hell" 3x


[DMX]

They say D rock longer, so long is what I D

They say faster, so I multiply my speed by two

They say D get more aggressive, so I rock harder

And when they say "Fuck that nigga", then I'm a start a

War, it just might turn out to be

A six month motherfuckin' wrecking spree

Whatever happens happens and it don't get no hotter

Sleep on me kid, but I'm a do what I gotta

I strike at random, creep like a phantom

Next year, this song will be the National Anthem

The intensity of respect for me

That emcees have, is everything it's meant to be

I'm not the type to hype and start frontin

Niggas talk a good one but ain't doin' nothing

No need to double check cause I kick game well

And emcees are catching the same hell

(Chorus) (scratching)

"Catching the same hell" 3x


[DMX]

Get loose, I get cold like Juice

To cook that goose, produced by Dr. Cuess

And I'm the Grim Reaper, putting rappers in the sleeper

Like Barry White I'm getting "Deeper and Deeper"

Try to put me out for the count first crack

But like the Night of the Living Dead, X is coming back

For more war, for sure, I'll be the vic-tor

Skedaddle cause in a battle I'll break your jaw

Didn't you know that, the X man is a pro at

Tearing up the microphone doing a show at

Where ever there's a set up, I go head up

Since you're strong *spitting noise*, pick that up

I thought you learned a lesson, that Smith and Wesson

Not the one to be messing with, cause I'm the best in

The industry, the Dark Man is no joke

I'll make ya choke from the microphone smoke

You get hurt messing around with the X

Cause straight up and down I disrespects

In any context, whoever is next

I'm like a pair of Air Jordans, you're nothing but DEX

Sex, the X will make you beg for mercy

Barreled over that ass like Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Yeah, it ain't hard to tell

And emcees are catching the same hell

(Chorus) (scratching)

"Catching the same hell" 3x