Mase - From Scratch Lyrics
[mase]Yo, just think if you could rewind timeAnd start your life all over againWhat would you give and what would you keep?You heard me, what would you keep?[loon]Yo, yo, if I could go back, I wouldnta sold no crackWouldnta never put my hands around no gatBut you know loon, bein all hard-headedAnd dont listen, even if God said itI didnt have to stick with folks that sniff no cokeI didnt have to fix the block when shit was brokeSame cats I helped was twistin smokeNow imagine if I went to school, went to classstead of bein a young cat sent to blastSent to slash criminals necks in halfFor playin dumb when I come to collect my cashAnd cuz of that cats will respect my past, I aint playin[shyne]If I start from scratch Id sign with def jamNah, ***** am I saying? puffs the best manPlus imma bad boy, Im more like a bad manPut mo niggas in pits than brad, manCant dodge bullets? too bad, manShit, Id a copped the five instead of the sixThat way wouldnt of crashed and killed my cousinKeep quiet instead of having the industry buzzinDo a devils advocate style, dont let em see you cominUse the revolver when bustin and slugginThat way no evidenceBut ***** it, got money to be tried, worse come to worseWho God bless, no man curse, hatin niggas, lay in the dirt[mase & meeno]Yo, if you could start your life from scratch (what? what? )Rewind time and still go back (its time to eat)What would you change in the way that you live todayAnd what would you leave right where its at?If you could start your life from scratch (what? what? )Rewind time and still go back (about to kill it)What would you change in the way that you live todayAnd what would you leave right where its at?Come on, come on[meeno]Yo, if I could start life from scratch, I wouldnt change shitSame gun, same clip, same dumb *****All out, harlem world, same old cliqueSame old studio, same old shitShit dont change just because a cop took six to the brainMeeno got a lawyer, man Im hip to the gameYou could find a gun, but if my prints aint on that thingWhat is you sayin?And on the same block that I get my glocks fromYou see the same cop that get popped with the shot gun(mysonne: mysonne)And at the same bodega I got my tops from(mysonne: mysonne)I give the same old money to the same cops bum[mysonne]If I could start from scratch, Id bring daddy backAnd put five in the first cat that show mami crackI sit back and listen to them drunks on the blockTryin to school me with jewels, tellin me who to watchI killed five people, Id let surviveAnd the five I took away, Id a left aliveIf I could do all it again Id bring virg backOr I switch places with him, I hope you heard thatI would have prefered that, I aint have to starvePitch crack, have to rob and catch a chargeAnd Id do it all again if I had toPitch no-win to win, and Id be glad toAnd Id hit every target I took aim atBut Id still be a problem, you cant change thatIm a problem[mase]Yo, if you could start your life from scratch (uh)Rewind time and still go back (all out)What would you change in the way that you live todayAnd what would you leave right where its at? (and double up)If you could start your life from scratch (bad boy, bad boy)Rewind time and still go back(yo, I really dont know whats goin on)What would you change in the way that you live today(Im tellin ya, I really dont know whats goin on)And what would you leave right where its at?Come on, come on[mase]Yo, cuz half the cats that flip, we all was coolAnd half the chicks I hit, they teased me in schoolI got a baby by a lady I dont even love alotWish I wore three rubbers case the first rubber poppedBut you cant cry now, milk already spiltI had eleven friends and ten already killedWent down south and I aint feel the guiltAnd I aint ready to war but that aint the way builtAnd for all the nights and all the fightsThat I had for all this money over all these diceAll my cars and homes and all my iceIf I could do it all again, Id do it all for christWhoever thought the limelight or the super-stardomWhoever thought thered be a problem comin through harlemCant even chill, cats wanna make me a villianCats that I grew up with I gotta contemplate killinNobody love me, Im my own mister, and on my own, misterMama did what she could but now Im grown, misterThough she told me once, wish shed told me thenThough Im the youngest, imma grow to be the oldest manAnd cats thinkin they gon win cuz they veteransAint about age at this stage, man with the most cheddar winHow you live right? every day get in bigger sinHow you say no at the door screamin let me in?From the outside its lookin gooder than it ever beenBut tell the truth, when I was broke it was better thenAll out, 33rd street[mase]Yo, if you could start your life from scratchRewind time and still go backWhat would you change in the way that you live todayAnd what would you leave right where its at?If you could start your life from scratchRewind time and still go backWhat would you change in the way that you live todayAnd what would you leave right where its at?Come on, come on
