From Scratch - Mase Yo just think if you Could rewind time And start your life all over again What would you give And what would you keep You heard me What would you keep Yo yo if I could go back I wouldn'ta sold no crack Wouldn'ta never Put my hands around no gat But you know Loon Bein' all hard-headed And don't listen Even if God said it I didn't have to stick with folks That sniff no coke I didn't have to fix the block When shit was broke Same cats I helped Was twistin' smoke Now imagine if I went to school Went to class 'Stead of bein' a young cat Sent to blast Sent to slash criminal's Necks in half For playin' dumb when I come to collect my cash And 'cuz of that cats Will respect my past I ain't playin' If I start from scratch I'd sign with Def Jam Nah f**k am I saying Puff's the best man Plus I'mma Bad Boy I'm more like a bad man Put mo' nigga's in pits Than Brad man Can't dodge bullets Too bad man Shit I'd a copped the five Instead of the six That way wouldn't of crashed And killed my cousin Keep quiet instead of Having the industry buzzin' Do a devil's advocate style Don't let 'em see you comin' Use the revolver When bustin' and sluggin' That way no evidence But f**k it got money to be tried Worse come to worse Who God bless no man curse Hatin' niggas lay in the dirt Yo if you could start Your life from scratch Rewind time and still go back What would you Change in the way That you live today And what would you Leave right where it's at If you could start your life From scratch Rewind time and still go back What would you change in the way That you live today And what would you Leave right where it's at Come on come on Yo if I could start life From scratch I wouldn't change shit Same gun same clip Same dumb bitch All Out Harlem World Same old clique Same old studio Same old shit Shit don't change just because A cop took six to the brain Meeno got a lawyer man I'm hip to the game You could find a gun But if my prints Ain't on that thing What is you sayin' And on the same block That I get my glocks from You see the same cop That get popped With the shot gun And at the same bodega I got my tops from I give the same old money To the same cop's bum If I could start from scratch I'd bring daddy back And put five in the first cat That show mami crack I sit back and listen to them Drunks on the block Tryin' to school me with jewels Tellin' me who to watch I killed five people I'd let survive And the five I took away I'd a left alive If I could do all it again I'd bring Virg' back Or I switch places with him I hope you heard that I would have preferred that I ain't have to starve Pitch crack have to rob And catch a charge And I'd do it all again if I had to Pitch no-win to win And I'd be glad to And I'd hit every target I took aim at But I'd still be a problem You can't change that I'm a problem Yo if you could start Your life from scratch Rewind time and still go back What would you change in the way That you live today And what would you Leave right where it's at If you could start your Life from scratch Rewind time and still go back What would you change in the way That you live today And what would you Leave right where it's at Come on come on Yo 'cuz half the cats that flip We all was cool And half the chicks I hit They teased me in school I got a baby by a lady I don't even love a lot Wish I wore three rubbers 'case The first rubber popped But you can't cry now Milk already spilt I had eleven friends And ten already killed Went down south And I ain't feel the guilt And I ain't ready to war But that ain't the way built And for all the nights And all the fights That I had for all This money over all these dice All my cars and homes And all my ice If I could do it all again