If It Were You

[00:00.77] If It Were You
[00:02.15] The Son of Norma
[00:11.56] Why does everybody hate on someone (someone, someone)
[00:16.66] It'll make you feel love for noone (noone, noone)
[00:21.45] Hurting people is so wrong I say to 'em (say to 'em)
[00:26.76] Do what you got to do
[00:28.82] But what if it were you
[00:32.29] 1986 crack was new
[00:35.13] he tried it with his cousin on an afternoon
[00:37.85] it changed his life
[00:39.04] the feeling was powerful
[00:40.78] one twenty rock only took an hour to
[00:43.53] turn him to a customer of the pain and torment
[00:46.22] the drug called his name every waking moment
[00:48.74] left it all behind, to chase the smoke
[00:51.40] his wife and daughter had no way to cope
[00:54.18] his brother tried to intervene
[00:56.07] so did his cousin, friends and colleagues
[00:58.42] but so far nothing
[01:00.13] the neighbors poked fun, the kids were so harsh
[01:02.42] "Your daddy is a crackhead"
[01:03.81] leaving emotional scars
[01:05.59] but 99 percent of all who try it
[01:07.81] will go on a motherfucking monster diet
[01:10.43] still to buy it, but still deny it
[01:13.37] and dream for the day they can slay goliath
[01:16.45] Why does everybody hate on someone
[01:19.32] It'll make you feel love for noone
[01:22.02] Hurting people is so wrong I say to 'em
[01:24.58] Do what you got to do
[01:26.49] But what if it were you
[01:38.00] the nights are dim, she hoping they tip big
[01:41.03] all that she wearing: g-string and lipstick
[01:43.96] just trying to pay the bills, save whatever's left
[01:46.96] staring in the eyes of men she's never met
[01:49.59] her beauty is beyond the average dancer
[01:51.92] every dude inside vogues wish they could have her
[01:54.78] this brings jealousy amongst the other chicks
[01:57.38] (???) just for the fuck of it
[02:00.06] shes taking four classes at the junior college
[02:02.63] a few students know what she looks like topless
[02:05.53] word gets around and they laugh and smirk
[02:08.04] most of them bitches that never had to work
[02:10.77] her son is in daycare, his daddy he don't care
[02:13.95] but a long face is something she won't wear
[02:16.49] relatives whisper during family gatherings
[02:19.28] "her dad was a fool and she takes after him"
[02:22.03] Why does everybody hate on someone
[02:24.86] It'll make you feel love for noone
[02:27.50] Hurting people is so wrong I say to 'em
[02:30.37] Do what you got to do
[02:32.68] But what if it were you
[02:44.41] he did 17 years in a violent prison
[02:47.07] come back home but his life is missing
[02:49.70] his mom passed away and his wife got married
[02:52.55] first time in a long time is scary
[02:57.34] all he knows is a toilet and an 8 foot cage
[03:00.15] clean sheets every tuesday, prison's predictable
[03:02.87] the freeworld life is much more difficult
[03:05.77] noone would hire him, he's covered in tats
[03:08.74] green tear drops for the ones that have passes
[03:11.37] the baby he had is 21 years old
[03:13.97] he heard she was strippin at a club called vogues
[03:16.88] he didnt have a penny in his pocket to help
[03:19.33] but what about the gun momma locked in the shelf?
[03:22.03] it was still there with the bullets intact
[03:24.88] now the prison guard laughs
[03:26.46] "I knew you would be back."
[03:28.02] Why does everybody hate on someone
[03:30.87] It'll make you feel love for noone
[03:33.82] Hurting people is so wrong I say to 'em
[03:36.26] Do what you got to do
[03:37.60] But what if it were you
[03:51.27] its so easy to hate
[03:54.03] any fucking coward can hate somebody
[03:56.06] or judge somebody
[03:57.96] but the realest, greatest people on earth
[03:59.91] are those who have love,
[04:01.19] those who try to help somebody
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