[Jadakiss]
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Yo, take a second
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What if we could rewind the hood?
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Better yet, what if the Lox woulda signed wit Suge?
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What if Puffy neva signed us?
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What if Oprah made them comments like Imus?
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What if you designed us?
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Thought like I did, said it like this
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What if Payton was fightin' dogs instead of Mike Vick?
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What if Arnold woulda just let Tookie get Life?
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What if BIG missed the party?
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What if Pac missed the fight?
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What if you was caged in?
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What would you change then?
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What if there was no Rockefeller law for made men?
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What if hate ran thru me?
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And what if Portland woulda drafted Jordan instead of Sam Bowie?
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What if you really had to be nice to get a deal?
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What if all of these rappers ice was really real?
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What if I hit you wit the razor from cheek to chin?
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What if Mike Jackson neva woulda bleached his skin?
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[Hook - Jadakiss 2x]
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What if you neva knew things that you needed to know?
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What if you neva been places you needed to go?
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What if you get there and learn them as you go?
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What if is the question, can I ask them once more?
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[Jadakiss]
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What if the pain went away?
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What if you changed in a day?
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What if you could eliminate all the games people played?
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What if Shyne beat the case?
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What if Diddy did a dime flat?
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What if Nelson Mandela could give his time back?
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What if Malcolm was silent?
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What if Martin was violent?
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What if you could really sneak an Uzi on the Island?
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Yeah, what if I make you kiss the nina?
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What if a brick was only just a misdemeanor?
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What if Manhattan was hit by Hurricane Katrina?
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What if a Black man was the one controllin' FEMA?
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What if we ain't neva let emotions come between us?
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What if the last time we rode somebody seen us?
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[Hook - Jadakiss 2x]
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[Nas]
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Yo, I flow calm but don't push
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What if Saddam hung Bush?
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What if 'One Mic' was called one hook?
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What if the Bridge neva showed me how to hold a weapon?
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What if I ran up in that sick shit wit no protection?
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What if I neva wore an Army jacket?
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Carhartt to match it, unlaced Timbs
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The hood on my first album cover under plastic
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What if I was another corny rapper?
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What if I went instead of Notorious?
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Who would tell my story after?
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What if I love less and lust more?
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If Obama was on Rushmore
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Would Ali give Tyson a bust jaw?
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What if I neva glared out that project window?
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Would neva be scared for the life of me and my kinfolk
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What if that gun pin broke?
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I would neva linked back in the Enzo, all red
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What if real niggas was all dead?
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What if Hilary and them was Reptilian?
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And 2012 was the end of men and all world civilians?
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[Hook - Jadakiss 2x]
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What If
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Jadakiss |