from scratch

, yo, just think if you could rewind time, and start your life all over again, what would you give and what would you keep?, you heard me, what would you keep?, yo, yo, if i could go back, i wouldn'ta sold no crack, wouldn'ta never put my hands around no gat, but you know loon, bein' all hard-headed, and don't listen, even if god said it, i didn't have to stick with folks that sniff no coke, i didn't have to fix the block when shit was broke, same cats i helped was twistin' smoke, now imagine if i went to school, went to class, 'stead of bein' a young cat sent to blast, sent to slash criminal's necks in half, for playin' dumb when i come to collect my cash, and cuz of that cats will respect my past, i ain't playin', if i start from scratch i'd sign with def jam, nah, fuck am i saying? puff's the best man, plus i'mma bad boy, i'm more like a bad man, put mo' nigga's in pits than brad, man, can't dodge bullets? too bad, man, shit, i'd a copped the five instead of the six, that way wouldn't of crashed and killed my cousin, keep quiet instead of having the industry buzzin', do a devil's advocate style, don't let 'em see you comin', use the revolver when bustin' and sluggin', that way no evidence, but fuck it, got money to be tried, worse come to worse, who god bless, no man curse, hatin' niggas, lay in the dirt, yo, if you could start your life from scratch, rewind time and still go back, what would you change in the way that you live today, and what would you leave right where it's at?, if you could start your life from scratch, rewind time and still go back, what would you change in the way that you live today, and what would you leave right where it's at?, come on, come on, yo, if i could start life from scratch, i wouldn't change shit, same gun, same clip, same dumb bitch, all out, harlem world, same old clique, same old studio, same old shit, shit don't change just because a cop took six to the brain, meeno got a lawyer, man i'm hip to the game, you could find a gun, but if my prints ain't on that thing, what is you sayin'?, and on the same block that i get my glocks from, you see the same cop that get popped with the shot gun, mysonne), and at the same bodega i got my tops from, mysonne), i give the same old money to the same cop's bum, if i could start from scratch, i'd bring daddy back, and put five in the first cat that show mami crack, i sit back and listen to them drunks on the block, tryin' to school me with jewels, tellin' me who to watch, i killed five people, i'd let survive, and the five i took away, i'd a left alive, if i could do all it again i'd bring virg' back, or i switch places with him, i hope you heard that, i would have prefered that, i ain't have to starve, pitch crack, have to rob and catch a charge, and i'd do it all again if i had to, pitch no-win to win, and i'd be glad to, and i'd hit every target i took aim at, but i'd still be a problem, you can't change that, i'm a problem, yo, if you could start your life from scratch, rewind time and still go back, what would you change in the way that you live today, and what would you leave right where it's at?, if you could start your life from scratch, rewind time and still go back, what would you change in the way that you live today, and what would you leave right where it's at?, come on, come on, yo, cuz half the cats that flip, we all was cool, and half the chicks i hit, they teased me in school, i got a baby by a lady i don't even love alot, wish i wore three rubbers 'case the first rubber popped, but you can't cry now, milk already spilt, i had eleven friends and ten already killed, went down south and i ain't feel the guilt, and i ain't ready to war but that ain't the way built, and for all the nights and all the fights, that i had for all this money over all these dice, all my cars and homes and all my ice, if i could do it all again, i'd do it all for christ, whoever thought the limelight or the super-stardom, whoever thought there'd be a problem comin' through harlem, can't even chill, cats wanna make me a villian, cats that i grew up with i gotta contemplate killin', nobody love me, i'm my own mister, and on my own, mister, mama did what she could but now i'm grown, mister, though she told me once, wish she'd told me then, though i'm the youngest, i'mma grow to be the oldest man, and cats thinkin' they gon' win cuz they veterans, ain't about age at this stage, man with the most cheddar win, how you live right? every day get in bigger sin, how you say no at the door screamin' "let me in"?, from the outside it's lookin' gooder than it ever been, but tell the truth, when i was broke it was better then, all out, 33rd street, yo, if you could start your life from scratch, rewind time and still go back, what would you change in the way that you live today, and what would you leave right where it's at?, if you could start your life from scratch, rewind time and still go back, what would you change in the way that you live today, and what would you leave right where it's at?, come on, come on