What if you knew then what you know now?

And what if you knew now what you wish you knew then?

That's what I ask you (exclusive)



1.A wise man once told me life is what you make it

Bare witness to the lies simply cuz the truth is naked

My thoughts are sacred yet I share with the masses

I intend to be around when tha barrier collapses

It's dust to dust and ashes to ashes

Those that come up quick tend to be falling the fastest

On the cash-route, but for the paper they get lost

Not I, I rather let nature take it's course

The reality is harsh but it's gotta be accepted

Your fate has been determined, outcome is pre-selected

No telling when your breath's stoppin', and death's knockin

To enjoy every second is your best option

Treat every first time like if it's your last

I wish I cud somehow go and revisit the past

Correct any mistakes, maybe right a few wrongs

I'd hit the studio just to write a few songs



Chorus: If I hade a time machine I'd go back in a flash

Tell myself "you ain't nuthin but a thing of the past"

So let's go, ain't got no time for none of ya'll to borrow

Why not? Cuz today is yesterday's tomorrow

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2.For the sake of argument let's say I did find a way

And wuz capable of goin back to any time or day

Like September 11th, then I'd have the chance to

Beg and pleed until every last flight wuz canceled

Go further back to clean more than smoke

Warn 'em to keep a close eye on the floor of the votes

I'd tell martin and malcolm how I respect they passion

To see change in justice, watch for the assasins

And meetin' Bruce would be history itself

Maybe study Martial Arts with Mr. Lee himself

I'd tell Biggie to run the lights, don't stop, son

And Pac, somethin ain't right, don't ride shotgun

The good die young, we all know, but how come?

And since we know why we can't change the outcome

I try to make a difference, but reality remains

That the script's been written, so my efforts are in vain



Chorus 2x.



3.What about my future and the road that lies ahead

Should I take a glimpse or be surprised instead?

Think I'll sneak a peak, I see a road full of plex

No more gimmicks, critics say i'm more skilled, in fact

Hate to say I told you so, but honestly speekin

Finally got the respect I'm constantly seekin

After the aclaim think I'll settle down

One wife, two kids, I'm out the ghetto now

I'm lieing to myself, my life's a complete waste

A bitter-sweet sorrow, that's just how defeat taste's

I has been forgotten, I'm yesterday's news

No longer relevant, Jin wuz expected to loose

Can't see that is my destiny so I'm lookin past

My twenty-twenty vision blured thru tha lookin glass

At last I choose to walk a path of my own

I've com this far but the other half is unknown



Chorus 2x.