[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, n***a 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 n***a 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