| (Verse 1 - Jadakiss) | |
| Take a second, what if we could rewind the hood? | |
| Better yet, what if the | |
| L.O.X. woulda signed with | |
| Suge?What if | |
| Puffy never signed us? | |
| What if Oprah made them comments like | |
| Imus?What if you designed this? | |
| Thought like | |
| I didSaid it like this | |
| What if Peyton was fightin' dogs instead of | |
| Mike Vick? | |
| What if Arnold woulda just let | |
| Tookie give life? | |
| What if B. | |
| I.G. missed the party? | |
| What if 'Pac missed the fight? | |
| What if you was caged in? | |
| What would you change then? | |
| What if there was no | |
| Rocafella law for made men? | |
| What if hate ran through me? | |
| And what if | |
| PortlandWould've drafted | |
| Jordan instead of | |
| Sam Bowie? | |
| What if you really had to be nice to get a deal? | |
| What if all of these rappers' ice was really real? | |
| What if I hit you with the razor from cheek to chin? | |
| What if Mike | |
| Jackson never would have bleached his skin?(Chorus X2 - Jadakiss) | |
| What if you never knew things that you needed to know? | |
| What if you never been places you needed to go? | |
| What if you get there, and learned them as you go? | |
| What if is the question, can | |
| I ask then once more?[Verse 2 - Jadakiss] | |
| What if the pain went away? | |
| What if you changed in a day? | |
| What if you can eliminate all the games people play? | |
| What if Shyne beat the case? | |
| What if Diddy did a dime flat? | |
| What if Nelson | |
| Mandela could give his time back? | |
| What if Malcolm was silent? | |
| What if Martin was violent? | |
| What if you could really sneak a | |
| Uzi on the island? | |
| YeahWhat if | |
| I made you kiss the nina? | |
| What if a brick was only just a misdemeanor? | |
| What if Manhattan was hit by | |
| Hurricane | |
| Katrina?What if a black man was the one controlling | |
| FEMA?What if we ain't never let emotions come between us? | |
| What if the last time we rode, somebody seen us? | |
| What if...(Chorus X2)(Verse 3 - Nas) | |
| I flow calm, but don't push | |
| What if Saddam hung | |
| Bush?What if | |
| One Mic was called | |
| One Hook?What if the bridge never showed me how to hold a weapon? | |
| What if I ran up in that sick chick with no protection? | |
| What if I never wore that army jacket? | |
| Carhartt to match it | |
| Unlaced Timbs, the hood on my first album cover under plastic | |
| What if I was another corny rapper? | |
| What if I went instead of | |
| Notorious, who would tell my story after? | |
| What I loved less and lust more? | |
| If Obama was on | |
| Mount Rushmore? | |
| Would Ali give | |
| Tyson a busted jaw? | |
| What if I never glared out the project window? | |
| Whenever scared for me and the life of my kinfolk? | |
| What if that gun pin broke? | |
| I would have never leaned back in an | |
| EnzoAll red | |
| What if real niggas was all dead? | |
| What if Hiliary and them were reptilian? | |
| And 20-12 was the end of men, and all world civilians?(Chorus X2) |