What If

This for everybody out there that ever fell out with somebody you love Famous as a motherfucker Just to look back and, yeah Damn, it didn't have to go like that What if? What if? What if? What if the bullshit never got in the way? You'd still be my nigga to this day Sayin' what if? What if? What if? What if the bullshit never got in the way? I'd still have my nigga to this day What's up, Pac? I heard that record that you did that just dropped, it's bubblin' Got me wonderin' when the love stopped "Hit 'em up", I'm like maybe I should Right you be 'fore shit go left The streets is a bit upset You claimin' that you fucked my bitch But check, instead of escalatin' At a time when niggas say "Big, let's decimate 'em" I'm tellin' him chill 'cause although he violatin' In my heart, I could never hate 'em I love you I hope it ain't to late to tell you when you got shot I came to visit you at Bellview, but you was sleepin' They let me peek in, I said a prayer by yo bedside Bandages covered the bleedin' I'm thinkin', "Dawg, I told you Watch the niggas you close to I know dudes And they won't hesitate to smoke you if shit go left" While you was locked I shoulda wrote you But life happened, promo, mad shows to do Still no excuse, I didn't do what I was 'posed to And maybe that's what provoked you To use your vocals to speak my name with a negative tone As you stared at the walls of that cell on your own Wonder how long it'd be until they'd let you come home and get your money You maybe started lookin' at me funny Perhaps you maybe felt that I betrayed you or played you Or thought that I knew about that setup and coulda saved you Or maybe that made you come out on some war shit East Coast, West Coast, now media's tryna force it Of course it's entertainment, but the world is full of ignoramus That view the rich and famous as either heroes or villains with no feelin's Not knowin' most drama only leads to mo' killin's Well, fuck that, nigga, I'm hurt I miss my dawg, I ain't gotta hide If I hurt you, I apologize What if? If I can turn back the hands of time What if? Turn back the hands of time What if? What if the bullshit never got in the way? (Ooh, yeah-ah) You'd still be my nigga to this day I'm sayin', what if? If I can turn back the hands of time What if? Turn back the hands of time What if? What if the bullshit never got in the way? (Ooh-ooh) I'd still have my nigga to this day Uh, today was goin' to Vegas until I opened yo letter I cried through all these pages Been tryin' to get it together I'm comin' out to NY I gotta find you in person to look you dead in yo eyes And let you know I've been hurtin' Been movin' off pure adrenaline never knowin' for certain who's on my side And who's obliged for closin' my curtains So, in a mist with clinched fists I picked up this war I know there's money in violence, I know there's profit in war But shit I felt that you left me to hang I gave you game Rap for the bitches I said, saw you switched up yo lane Your content resemblin' mine, it brought you fame I didn't complain, I cheered you on with no disdain And at the same time, my destiny brought me pain From kickin' it with some venomous niggas, I know the same Ones that you warned me 'bout, I ain't listen The trigger squeezed, my paranoia noticed you in the vacinity So when they sentenced me Lawyers milked for every penny, all I had inside that cell was my memory And plus the fear that while I'm gone they forgettin' me How niggas shoutin' me out but never visit me? (Hah, nigga?) And as the time crept, that mindset became a mission You came to represent my opposition So when I got out, I chose drama Took the war out and went all out And I care about the fall out Suddenly now I got the mob out Plus a whole side ready to ride Now I gotta tell 'em stall out 'Cause tears fillin' my eyes Yo letter helped me understand The power in love, the choice to be the bigger man Know shit got outta hand I'll take the blame for it For my mistakes, I couldn't take you gettin' slain' for it For fallin' victim to ego, vengeance, and dollar signs I wanna say from the heart, "I apologize" What if? If I can turn back the hands of time What if? Turn back the hands of time What if? What if the bullshit never got in the way? (Yeah-ah) You'd still be my nigga to this day I'm sayin', what if? If I can turn back the hands of time What if? Turn back the hands of time What if? What if the bullshit never got in the way? (Time) We'd still have them niggas to this day What if? What if? What if? (Now, yeah) What if? What if? What if? What if? What if? What if? (Ooh) What if? What if? What if? (Gee, yeah) What if? What if? What if? (Yeah, un) What if? What if? What if? (Yeah, un) What if? What if? What if? (Dun-dun-dun-dun) What if? What if? What if? (Ah) What if? What if? What if? What if? What if? What if? What if? What if? What if? (What if?) What if? What if? What if? What if? Oh, yeah Yeah