This for everybody out there that ever
Fell out with somebody you love
Fame is a motherfucker
Just to look back and be like (Yeah)
"Damn, it didn't have to go like that"
Yeah
What if?
What if?
What if?
What if the bullshit never got in the way?
You'd still be my nigga to this day
I'm sayin' what if?
What if?
What if?
What if the bullshit never got in the way?
I'd still have my nigga to this day, man
Uh
What's up, Pac?
I heard that record that you did that just dropped
It's bubblin', got me wonderin' when the love stopped
"Hit 'Em Up," I'm like, maybe I should
Write you before shit go left, the streets is a bit upset
You claimin' that you fucked my bitch, but check
Instead 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 you
I hope it ain't too late to tell you
When you got shot, I came to visit you at Bellevue
But you was sleepin', they let me peek in
I said a prayer by your bedside, bandages covered the bleedin'
I'm thinkin', "Dog, I told you
Watch the niggas you close to, I know dudes
And they won't hesitate to smoke you if shit go left"
While you was locked, I should've wrote you
But life happens, promo, mad shows to do
Still, no excuse, I didn't do what I was 'posed to
And maybe, that's what provoked you
To use your vocals to speak my name with a negative tone
As you stared at the walls of that cell on your own
Wonder how long it'd be before they'd let you come home
And get your money, you maybe started lookin' at me funny
Perhaps, you might've felt that I betrayed you or played you
Or thought that I knew about that setup and could've saved you
Or maybe that made you come out on some war shit
East Coast, West Coast, now media is tryna force it
Of course, it's entertainment
But the world is full of ignoramus that view the rich and famous
As either heroes or villains with no feelings
Not knowin' most drama only leads to more killings
Well, fuck that, nigga, I'm hurt
I miss my dog, I ain't gotta hide
If I hurt you, I apologize
What if?
If I can turn back the hands of time
What if?
Turn back the hands of time
What if?
What if the bullshit never got in the way? (Ooh, yeah-ah)
You'd still be my nigga to this day
I'm sayin, what if?
If I can turn back the hands of time
What if?
Turn back the hands of time
What 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 your letter
I cried through all of these pages, been tryin' to get it together
I'm comin' out to NY
I gotta find you in person to look you dead in your eyes
And let you know I've been hurtin'
Been movin' off pure adrenaline, never knowin' for certain
Who's on my side and who's obliged for closin' my curtains
So in the midst with clinched fists, I picked up this sword
I know there's money in violence, I know there's profit in war
But shit, I felt that you left me to hang, I gave you game
"Rap for the bitches," I said, saw you switched up your lane
Your content resemblin' mine, it brought you fame
I didn't complain, I cheered you on with no disdain
And at the same time, my destiny brought me pain
From kickin' it with some venomous niggas, I know, the same
Ones that you warned me 'bout, I ain't listen
The trigger squeezed, my paranoia noticed you in the vicinity
So when they sentenced me
Lawyers milked me for every penny, all I had inside that cell was my memory
And plus the fear that while I'm gone, they forgettin' me
How niggas shoutin' me out, but never visit me? (Huh, nigga?)
And as the time crept
That mindset became a mission, you came to represent my opposition
So when I got out, I chose drama
Took the war out and went all out, not carin' 'bout the fallout
Suddenly now, I got the mob out
Plus a whole side ready to ride
Now, I gotta tell 'em, "Stall out"
'Cause tears fillin' my eyes, your letter helped me understand
The power in love, the choice to be the bigger man
Know shit got out of hand, I'll take the blame for it
For my mistakes, I couldn't take you gettin' slain for it
For fallin' victim to ego, vengeance, and dollar signs
I wanna say, from the heart, I apologize
What if?
If I can turn back the hands of time
What if?
Turn back the hands of time
What if?
What if the bullshit never got in the way? (Yeah-ah)
You'd still be my nigga to this day
I'm sayin, what if?
If I can turn back the hands of time
What if?
Turn back the hands of time
What if?
What if the bullshit never got in the way? (Time)
We'd still have them niggas to this day
What 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?
Oh yeah
Yeah