"Like Toy Soldiers" is a song by American rapper Eminem from the album Encore.



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"Like Toy Soldiers" is a song by American rapper Eminem, from his fifth album Encore (2004). "Like Toy Soldiers" is a song by American rapper Eminem from the album Encore.

It interpolates (by which we mean ‘steals’) the chorus to a long-forgotten ’80s power ballad by Martika, which would be a surefire route to disaster in anyone else’s hands.





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“Even though the battle was won/I feel like we lost it/I spent [so much energy] on it/Honestly I’m exhausted”, he admits.





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The song received positive reviews from music critics, and peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website.







Outside the United States, "Like Toy Soldiers" topped the charts in the United Kingdom and peaked within the top 10 of the charts in 12 countries, including Australia and New Zealand.

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It tells the story of his attempts to calm a violent communi…



It begins at the hospital where Eminem and other rappers are watching, in despair, the doctors trying to save In a case of life imitating art, Proof himself was shot and killed on April 11, 2006, after an altercation broke out at a nightclub in Detroit, Michigan. It tells the story of his attempts to calm a violent community of rappers.

















EminemStep by step, heart to heart, left right leftWe all fall down,Step by step, heart to heart, left right leftWe all fall down like toy soldiersBit by bit, torn apart We never win but the battle wages on for toy soldiersI'm suppose to be the soldier, who never blows his composure Even though I hold the weight of the whole world on my shoulders I ain't never …







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Like Toy Soldiers features prominent sped-up sampling from "