Yeah well, after thinking about this for at least 20 years...imo it should be "to survive is to suffer. To live is to find meaning within the suffering".
Never be another rapper that cried on stage, told us how he felt and told us to get on our knees and pray to the Almighty God & his Jesus Christ. RIP DMX. You will be miss
PREACH !! RIP DMX .... You know this track hits home for anybody thats been on their arse and got to get your shit back together ... If you been low i know you banged this one to get back on top
My senior quote! This song has always hit home to me, suffering from mental health, but it always made me think that regardless of how rough things are, you gotta get back up and keep fighting!
Been listening to X all my life. Ive been picked on all throughout school. My parents abused and neglected me. I've been sexually abused by older men when i wasn't even a teenager. I'm an alcoholic now. X's death has given me the strength to call AA. Hopefully it's a start to my recovery. Addiction and abuse is horrible.
Yes! That's why I love this song! Reminds me of when I was in the hospital, ended up broke and overdosed. God got me out, worked hard and now in the right place and mind!
When I came back from Iraq me and two battle buddies drove all around base getting so high off weed and one of them played this song. We were just silent listening to him and reflecting on our souls. God rest your soul DMX. And thank you.
I hate when people say their favorite DMX song is Party Up, Where the Hood at, or X gonna give it to ya. This is a masterpiece man, he let it all out on this track
Geto Boys "My Mind Is Playing Tricks On Me," Tupac "So Many Tears," Kool G. Rap "Edge of Sanity," and now DMX "Slippin'". I'm going through it. Somebody pray for me, y'all.
I'm a 40 year old black man that's doing all I know that is right to survive in this struggle. I thank God for DMX songs especially this one for helping me stay focus. R.I.P. DMX 🕊
Pull through, X! He's been battling addiction almost his entire life. Ya, he's made poor decisions, but that doesn't mean his struggle isn't real. Most of us know someone who lost their battle with addiction. "To live is to suffer. To survive is to find meaning in the suffering"
DMX is one of the only few who passed on with his soul, while the majority of the entertainment industry sold their souls for fame and riches. Now X has reaped the benefits of that choice as he dwells eternally in paradise with our maker.
I'm no angel, I'm no miracle. Just a man who has felt what you felt. Find something worth living for and go get it. For even if you fail you may find something fulfilling. Find someone worth living for. For even if you don't receive the same love back you will hopefully feel more self-worth. Finally find someone who feels like you do and lend an ear. For maybe hearing them out as I am hearing you can hopefully save someone else further pain.
Fought demons many times when they were winning I was listening to DMX while he fought his demons and while I was winning the battle .......I listened to DMX winning his battle. RIP
I used to sit in my room crying to this joint for real! At 23 I was down bad, on clean, on lean, heavy bud, woo's and I just couldn't win or think straight. I came out like a King tho! This song helped me. Along with a lot faith, prayer, and changing my mentality. X a real one for this classic.
On my b.s trying to change lost my wife and staring to just idk want to change and stop the drinking and coke use but this lonely feeling needs to be fed with numbness want to change but can't shit hard when u get no help
It’s amazing how you can look thru these comments and see how many people dmx touched and pulled out whatever dark place they were in while he had his own demons. And he stayed humbled thru it all and never turned down anyone who ran into him. This song has saved me from myself too many times too count. R.I.P DMX This one hurts!!!
This came out when I was 17, and that first lyric is something I’ve said to myself countless times when I’ve reflected on my life at various points: “I’ve been through mad different phases like mazes to find my way, and now I know that happy days are not far away.”
Been battling depression and self hatred most of my life. I often wonder WHY I feel this way, when I have everything any person could want… 🤔 🤷♂️. But I always come back to this song when I’m down, and it helps lift me up. Every day is a battle… keep fighting!
@@MrShorttj yeah. I have a wonderful girlfriend that I love a LOT. She helps me get through things and puts up with me. I still just feel general apathy and have a viewpoint of “life is pointless” for the most part. I’m really not trying to sound like an ungrateful cry baby, because I really do appreciate what I have. I just wish I could shake these feelings. Need to make some lifestyle changes and at least start by talking to a therapist. I MIGHT need to eventually cave and see if medication may help. My diet is also horrible because I am too tired to cook healthy meals. Thought I do exercise regularly. Who knows- it kinda runs in my family.. maybe it’s just a true chemical imbalance.
@@coryjohnson2486 Adjusting lifestyle and get help from a therapist sounds like a good idea in your case. I can approve that this at least helped me a lot. But in the end you on your own make the difference. To something, even if it's hard, exhausting and feels "pointless" some times. 💪
One of the best songs ever.. period. If you’ve been through that struggle and I mean you’ve REALLY been through that struggle you feel this one to the core of your soul. Can make the coldest heart shed tears.
One man that I think should have been a king, should have led armies into battle, should have led children into adulthood, is DMX. He was beyond our time, and at the right time in our life.
I’m 17 and I can truly feel this song to the core of my heart. Over the years I’ve became colder and people around me expect so much of me. No one helped me stand up or become a man. DMX was more of a father to me than my own dad. DMX taught me to speak your heart and mind, that the happy days aren’t far away and much more. Thank you X.
U just don't know And thank u for ur wrds I love my Family and my ex Especially my momma, even though she thinks I hate her But Truly She's My Rock I Love My Moms I Just Don't Love Myself
CJ Turner you will one day bro, when I posted that I was fucked up, I had 2 broken jaws and was eating out of a straw fucked up, had nothing going for me at all. I was sat in my house for 7-8 years doing fuckall feeling sorry for myself,Now I got my first job and got myself a driving licence. A lot can happen in a year, you’ll look back at your old self one day and think how did I let myself get like that. But it’s all part of the journey, we need dark days to make the sunny ones feel appreciated. Try and be honest with yourself and pay attention to what holds you back. And most importantly if you have any demons you need to confess and get that shit of your chest. Good luck bro you’ve got this.
I want all our prayers to go out to dmx, as he is currently layed up in a hospital in icu, after a drug overdose, and a heart attack, and is in a vegatative coma. Sorry brother, we all hope god sees u through the darkness, and u find peace. U are in our hearts, and minds. And may the good Lord give his family strength. They are also in our prayers. Damn!! I love this song. Real shit right here. Fuck!!!!!
Im white. But this song speaks to me in a way that just about nothing else does. This is so fucking real, so much heart, so much pain, so much life . RIP DMX, you made a difference.
Unfortunately, we live in a messed up world that sees too much skin color. I feel the original comment and relate. DMX will stay in my memory of summer 1999 when I went through my rap/hip hop phase, jamming to his shit while riding around and hanging with my best friend.
57 years old now ..my bday and am listening to this at midnight..I been slipping and falling all my life..but still going for my kids and family..they need me..all you that slipping know your loved and have worth..dmx proved that to us all...thank you brother
The phrase “to live is to suffer” is a philosophical concept that suggests that suffering is an inherent part of the human experience. This idea is often attributed to Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher who believed that suffering is a natural and necessary part of life.
I listened to this song so many times when I was "slippin, fallin". It always made feel like better days were ahead of me. Thank you DMX for putting your heart and soul into your music, so that people like me who can't put our feelings into words know we weren't alone. Rest in peace, brother.
Damn, man... I can't believe you passed away. This don't feel real. To listen to this song knowing this.. You will always be a legend. May god protect you. May you rest with the angels. I hope you and Aliyah making music upstairs for when I get up there. One love.
Dmx fully accepted and embraced the Lord. Regardless of what he went through or what he faced, he never once lost his faith. Sometimes your brain's thinking don't reflect what your soul is, but make no mistake his soul was pure. He is taken care of
Yes ma'am, time sure does go by quick. I been out 35 yrs now and seems like only a decade went by. Live life and have fun because it sure does go by quick. Best wishes Tara !
All you youngsters just learning about this... congratulations but this has been me and a whole generation of real heads for a minute now. Live right and love your people because they’re not gonna be here forever.
You gonna make it through my G I've been there , lost my crib , my sister died and my woman left me all back in September, turn your pain into motivation to get back on your feet 💯 you got this 💪
You'll get through it homie. Keep your head to the sky and pray. Cause your life is worth living and you never know someone is looking up to you. Keep pushing and keep the faith better dayz are not far away🙏
I hope you're still with us. Get back up and love yourself. Be a beast, a warrior, your own hero. Stand your ground and fight. You will overcome it all. 💪
Can't believe I've only just found this.. I been slipping like a rollacoster for about 2 decades but I got my seat belt on tight and have managed to keep my head above waters but it's a hard way to live.. Mad highs and good times but comes alongside the stress drama hurt and pain but still the ride carries on.. I'm almost 40 and count each day as a blessing.. Much love to anyone that is slippin or can relate.. Keep your heads up and keep smiling we all slip but it's how we handle it and ourselves that matters.. Fuck anyone that judges, some people's life's run deeper than most 9-5ers could ever imagine.. RIP DMX see you at the crossroads
I just turned 29 and I pray for the strength to make it through every day. It'd be so easy to quit but I would leave a wake of suffering to the few that do care. I wouldn't be here to see it, but I cannot commit to an action that would inflict such pain and further hardship.
FINALLY, MY BROTHER, YOU'VE GOTTEN YOUR WINGS. NO MORE SLIPPIN. WE LOVE YOU BUT GOD LOVE YOU BEST. GOD SAID COME LAY YOUR HEAD UPON MY SHOULDER. I GOT YOU. YOU'RE ALREADY MISSED. A TRUE WARRIOR.🙏😥❤️
X BABBYYYYYYY!!!!!!!! This song has gotten through the darkest times of my life. House burnt down last year and i lost everything. Played this 1000 times. Your music is Eternal #RIPDMX
This song saved me more than once and brought me through. DMX is one of the greatest ever. Any man who’s seen that light at the end of the pipe knows the struggle and how life will try to break you down. I can’t get up but I gotta.
Dog I'm glad I read your comment.....I was here 10 years ago......go it together 6 years ago then fucked it off 3 years ago and still fucking off. The light at the end of the pipe got me though. This song gonna get me back on track soon been listening to it for the past 2 nights now just thinking. Much love homes
His story and my ex's mirrored so much... This is in my top 5 songs of all time, not to mention in all of hip hop. Under all his rage, all his bad choices, there was always that little boy who no one loved and protected. Until the day he died, you could always sense that baby under the surface.
U got this! I was in the same place. But I'm stronger than ever! We have a saying in Mexico by the Mexicas in nahuatl, it says like this, "Dont wait for god to come to you, go to God" I believe in you! Keep ya head up!
I met DMX once, outside a church. I was young. Wish I told him "I love you". I was so star struck though. Couldn't believe he was right in front of me. I wish I told him. I love you D forever. This life is hard as hell.
I’m 37 years old and I been listening to this song for 25 damn years now. It always there when you need it even though you wish you wouldn’t need it. Writing this, at this moment, I need it. My relationship with the missus just fell apart and everything is gone now. Feels like I’m slippin, I’m fallin…hope I can get up.
I know we all know X is in heaven his heart is with GOD and that was real about him I grew up watching and listening to this man from a kid to a man and I’m following the word of GOD so I know DMX was speaking the truth. I love u x we gonna always miss u in Jesus name I pray every day 🙏 amen
I did that too. Heavy drinking will help you escape and take the depression away temporarily at first. But not for long. It soon makes depression even worse.
I feel you Brody, I started in 2016 after I lost my best friend. Still feel like I’m slipping and falling I know happy days can’t be that far away now tho.
Been listening to this song for years and recently found myself trying to rob a shop due to coke addiction, wasn't long before I hit rock bottom but now it's time to get back on my feet so i can tear shit up!! R.I.P X, and happy heavenly birthday to my beautiful nanna Carol, Im getting clean for you I promise!
@@ericdxfan511 Ah that's interesting. I always assumed it was because they were hoping for airplay for it or something like that. I also wondered if it was only on the UK edition. Wonder if that's why Ja Rule's Livin' It Up was clean on the album too.
Its 2022. This came out when i was 17 going on 18. It touched a special part of my heart back then but now at age 41 it means even more. My dad left at age 7 too... Long story short. Its almost as if he was telling my story. Thanks for helping me get through another day X. Rest in peace dawg!
My best friend just died. I always find comfort in DMXs music. I was born in the beginning of the 90s so I grew up listening to it’s dark and hell is hott. Getting older is starting to hurt and relate to the first bars.
Thats crazy i saw your comment bro i just said my final goodbye to one of my best friends today and here i am 89 birth year and slippin by dmx is where i found myself tonite reminiscing about my bro...much love and respect
For anyone unlucky enough not to have the opportunity to see DMX live in concert, you missed a true legend. One minute he hyped you up for war then 20 minutes later, thousands of people had their heads down praying with this man. No one will ever take this mans OG spot with the greatest
The beat is as real as DMX's lyrics. When rap was actually rap and meant something. Every verse has real emotion and a story behind it. Thank you DMX for one of rap's early masterpieces.
Song that really makes u think about life and how important things are in it. Brings tears everytime 🥺Stay strong for those slippin, thanks X for your great time on this earth.
Dieser Song berührt mich einfach anders. Aufjedenfall n großer Song aus einem tollen Album. Höre ich nun seit paar Jahren in meiner Jugend, immer in diesen bestimmten Momenten. In den Momenten, wo es mir den Kopf rettet. DMX einer der Besten. R.I.P.
The imprint of my childhood, being 11 years old when this first hit the air-waves brings back so many great memories. The year was 1998 and will forever be a great year for me. Iconic song ( Happy 20th Anniversary ) XO.
