Released: January 1, 1999

Yo dog!
Yeah?
Can you hit em with some of that X shit?
Some of that X shit?
Some of that real X shit!
Let's do it, baby

Dog nigga! (what? what?
What? What? What? What?)
Dog nigga!
(Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh!) Ruff Ryders!
Volume one (volume one!), Swizz Beats (come on! come on! come on!)
All aboard!

If I thought y'all niggas really wanted drama
I'da been pulled out the armor, word to my momma
I'ma -- hit y'all niggas with somethin that you ain't never felt
Hit y'all niggas for frontin you caught up in that hell
If I thought that half the shit that bitches said was true
I'd be spitting lead at you, to dead your crew
But -- if you know a bitch, you don't listen to that bitch
You don't argue with that bitch, all you do is
(Man: fuck that bitch!)
If I listened to all the snake niggas that's runnin they mouth
I wouldn't be in the crib, I'd be loadin up, to run in your house
But -- you can't fuck with cowards, cause a coward'll be a coward
He'll end up killin these cowards, and I'm not feelin these cowards!
If I let the niggas around my way tell me how to feel about me
I guess I really, wouldn't be d
But I'm the best that ever did it, the best at it because I live it
How many niggas eat it and shit it, you cats want it? come and get it!

Grrr, arf arf, woo woo!
Grrr, arf arf, woo woo!
Tell me how you feelin now (what?!) I know you illin now (what?!)
Tell me how you feelin now (what?!) I know you illin now (what?!)
Grrr, arf arf, woo woo!
Grrr, arf arf, woo woo!
Tell me how you feelin now (what?!) I know you illin now (what?!)
Tell me how you feelin now (what?!) I know you illin now (what?!)

It's not like me...

DMX

Earl Simmons better known by his stage name DMX (An acronym for DarkMan X) rose to fame in the late 1990’s.

His stage name pays tribute to the Oberheim DMX drum machine, an instrument he used when he made his own rap beats in the 80’s.

To date, his best-selling album is his 1999 album …And Then There Was X, which featured the hit single “Party Up (Up in Here)”.