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What If (With Morray)

J. Cole

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What If (With Morray)

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This for everybody out there that everFell out with somebody you loveFame is a motherfuckerJust to look back and be like (Yeah)"Damn, it didn't have to go like that"YeahWhat if?What if?What if?What if the bullshit never got in the way?You'd still be my nigga to this daySayin' what if?What if?What if?What if the bullshit never got in the way?I'd still have my nigga to this dayWhat's up, Pac?I heard that record that you did that just droppedIt's bubblin', got me wonderin' when the love stopped"Hit 'Em Up", I'm like, maybe I shouldWrite you before shit go left, the streets is a bit upsetYou claimin' that you fucked my bitch, but, checkInstead of escalatin'At a time when niggas say, "Big, let's decimate 'em"I'm tellin' 'em "Chill'Cause although he violatin'In my heart, I could never hate him"I love youI hope it ain't too late to tell youWhen you got shot, I came to visit you at BellviewBut you was sleepin', they let me peek inI said a prayer by yo' bedsideBandages covered the bleedin'I'm thinkin', "Dawg, I told youWatch the niggas you close to, I know dudesAnd they won't hesitate to smoke you if shit go left"While you was locked, I shoulda wrote youBut life happens, promo, mad shows to doStill, no excuse, I didn't do what I was 'posed toAnd maybe, that's what provoked youTo use your vocals to speak my name with a negative toneAs you stared at the walls of that cell on your ownWonder how long it'd be before they'd let you come homeAnd get yo' money, you maybe started lookin' at me funnyPerhaps, you might've felt that I betrayed you or played youOr thought that I knew about that setup and coulda saved youOr maybe that made you come out on some war shitEast Coast, West Coast, now media is tryna force itOf course, it's entertainmentBut the world is full of ignoramusThat view the rich and famousAs either heroes or villains with no feelingsNot knowin' most drama only leads to mo' killingsWell, fuck that, nigga, I'm hurtI miss my dawg, I ain't gotta hideIf I hurt you, I apologizeWhat if?If I can turn back the hands of timeWhat if?Turn back the hands of timeWhat if?What if the bullshit never got in the way? (Ooh, yeah-ah)You'd still be my nigga to this dayI'm sayin, what if?If I can turn back the hands of timeWhat if?Turn back the hands of timeWhat 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' letterI cried through all of these pagesBeen tryin' to get it togetherI'm comin' out to NY, I gotta find you in personTo look you dead in yo' eyesAnd let you know I've been hurtin'Been movin' off pure adrenaline, never knowin' for certainWho's on my side and who's obliged for closin' my curtainsSo, in a mist with clinched fists, I picked up this swordI know there's money in violenceI know there's profit in warBut, shit, I felt that you left me to hang, I gave you game"Rap for the bitches, " I said, saw you switched up yo' laneYour content resemblin' mine, it brought you fameI didn't complain, I cheered you on with no disdainAnd at the same time, my destiny brought me painFrom kickin' it with some venomous niggas, I know, the sameOnes that you warned me 'bout, I ain't listenThe trigger squeezedMy paranoia noticed you in the vicinitySo, when they sentenced meLawyers milked me for every pennyAll I had inside that cell was my memoryAnd plus the fear that while I'm gone, they forgettin' meHow niggas shoutin' me out, but never visit me?(Hah, nigga?)And as the time creptThat mindset became a missionYou came to represent my oppositionSo when I got out, I chose dramaTook the war out and went all outNot carin' about the falloutSuddenly now, I got the mob outPlus a whole side ready to rideNow, I gotta tell 'em stall out'Cause tears fillin' my eyesYour letter helped me understandThe power in love, the choice to be the bigger manKnow shit got outta hand, I'll take the blame for itFor my mistakes, I couldn't take you gettin' slain for itFor fallin' victim to ego, vengeance, and dollar signsI wanna say, from the heart, I apologizeWhat if?If I can turn back the hands of timeWhat if?Turn back the hands of timeWhat if?What if the bullshit never got in the way? (Yeah-ah)You'd still be my nigga to this dayI'm sayin, what if?If I can turn back the hands of timeWhat if?Turn back the hands of timeWhat if?What if the bullshit never got in the way? (Time)We'd still have them niggas to this dayWhat 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 yeahYeah
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