[Intro] Yeah If I could change anything, itd go like this [Verse 1 GQ Nothin Pretty] Born in seventy nine, then me and the eighties met Crazy stress since I took my first baby step Lately kept everything I felt inside But it melts my pride, so I strive to keep myself alive Thats why I spit bars Cause Im pretty surprised I aint die and I came this far When I was young it was hectic Having fun was a blessing Getting scars Moms working hard Nothing but stressing Stuck with aggression, paying the bills, making it real with my sister and brother She refused to let us sit in the gutter Yeah I wish she had more help, my pops tried a lil bit Stop by, brought Popeyes, hot fries, and chicken strips I know a lot of people out here had it more bad then me I went to Yankee Stadium, I saw Don Mattingly But if theres anything I could change in my life My pops would have stayed, and tried making it right Yeah [Hook Block McCloud] Man, I wish I could rewind the clock Bring it back and then time would stop Press play, youre forever here And I would never have to shed a tear Yeaaah, oooh, whoooa I would never have to shed a tear [Verse 2 GQ Nothin Pretty] Do you appreciate this life that we jeopardize? If I could change anything, my best friend would have never died I was only in the fourth grade, I forever cried We was with each other all day, made me exercise Playing GI Joes He got mad if you tossed em He loved em so much, we put em in his coffin His mom was hysterical, his pops kept his composure But you could see in his eyes he couldnt accept it was over My best friend Russell, a young boy, he loved his life Fell in a coma when he slipped in a construction site On weekends the bulldozers are left in the streets He slipped and hit the side of his head on the teeth I was traumatized when I looked in my mommas eyes And asked her why Would the most high murder kids That point in my life was the turn of it Then I wasnt concerned with shit That was my best friend, he deserved to live [Hook Block McCloud] Man, I wish I could rewind the clock Bring it back and then time would stop Press play, youre forever here And I would never have to shed a tear Yeaaah, oooh, whoooa I would never have to shed a tear [Verse 3 GQ Nothin Pretty] Its the little things in life you forget cause they always there You should always care cause one day it wont be there Let me share something personal Maybe one day it be worth it to change the way you treat a person too Moved from PA back to New Yitty Cats is to gritty Asking if you with me And these are my dudes I believed it was cool, not one day you would see me in school My pops worked in the AM, he left before I have to leave Then magically I fell back to sleep He was always mad at me Couldnt control what I did, maybe he should get to start knowing his kid But I was just like him All he could do was smile Looked in my eyes and said son Ill be around for a while And I felt it, even after all the bullshit he dealt with I went and did something grimy I cant believe I got selfish After a while he started feeling helpless Cause shit was retarded, I remember one day He was chilling at the bar, I was chilling at the park Locked my keys in the crib, you not gonna believe this shit Climbed in the AC window, Im good so far Then it fell out and dropped on the hood of a car It was my supers My dad had to pay mad bread And all he told me was I had to use that head I was a lucky kid, my pops never beat me, or mistreat me As I got older he treated me like he need me These be the things you dont value Then I got locked up and had to do it without you Didnt wanna know nothing about Q My moms bailed me out now Im sleeping on my friends couch too That didnt last for a while Move back to P.A. and started cracking a smile Its a year later trying to turn my life around, going to Votech now Getting a little respect now Off this rapping shit, killing mixtapes, having fun Doing shows with KRS, Xzibit, and Big Pun Dad, I wish we could have talked before ya left Lost with all ya stress, I could have helped and walked you through the rest But maybe you couldnt forgive me for the things I did when I lived with you And realized that what kidsll do, Im sorry I wish I had a chance to make it up to you But our family wasnt like the Huxtables Uncomfortable, didnt know what to do when I heard the news Concerned with you, I thought somebody murdered you But you took your own life over a bitch If you was sober the shit would have never happen The moral of the story is, show love to ya fam If I could change anything He would have never had the gun in his hand
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