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, fuck 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 fuck 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, I'd do it all for Christ


Whoever thought the limelight or the super-stardom

Whoever thought there'd be a problem comin' through Harlem

Can't even chill, cats wanna make me a villain

Cats that I grew up with I gotta contemplate killin'


Nobody love me, I'm my own mister and on my own, mister

Mama did what she could but now I'm grown, mister

Though she told me once, wish she'd told me then

Though I'm the youngest, I'mma grow to be the oldest man


And cats thinkin' they gon' win 'cuz they veterans

Ain't about age at this stage, man with the most cheddar win

How you live right? Every day get in bigger sin

How you say no at the door screamin', Let me in?”


From the outside it's lookin' gooder than it ever been

But tell the truth, when I was broke it was better then

All Out, 33rd street


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


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  100 Sheisty's   24 Hours To Live   24 Hours To Live - Black Rob   24 Hrs. To Live   Across the Border   Activate My Swag   All I Ever Wanted   All My People   All Out   All Out (Original)   Another Story To Tell   Awards Show (Interlude)   Beautiful Pain   Been Around The World   Blood Is Thicker   Breathe, Strech, Shake   Breathe, Stretch, Shake   Breathe, Stretch, Shake (w/P. Diddy)   Cali Chronic   Can't Nobody Hold Me Down   Can't Nobody Hold Me Down (Bad Boy Remix Clean Ver...   Can't Nobody Hold Me Down (Bad Boy Remix Dirty Ver...   Can't Nobody Hold Me Down (Original Club Mix)   Can\'t Nobody Hold Me Down   Cheat On You   Cheat on You - Jay-Z   Communication   Crew Of The Year   DJ J1 Is A Made Man   Do It Again   Do It Again - Puff Daddy   Do What Playas Do   Do You Remember   Do You Wanna Get $   Do You Wanna Get $ ?   Do You Wanna Get $?   Do You Wanna Get $? - Featuring Puff Daddy   Don't Need Security   Empire State Of Mind (Remix)   F#! * Me, F#! * You   Family Crisis   Feel So Good   Feel So Good [Multimedia Track]   Feels So Good   From Scratch - Harlem World   Fuck Me, No Fuck You   Fuck You   Gat Man   Get Ready   Get Ready - Blackstreet   Gettin It   Gettin' It   Gettin' It - Funkmaster Flex   Going Back To Harlem   Gotta Survive   Hater   Hater (Interlude)   Horse & Carriage   Horse & Carriage   Horse and Carriage   I Do The Impossible   I Don't Know Officer   I Need A Girl (Remix)   I Need To Be   I Owe   I Really Like It   I Wanna Go   If I Come Back For You   If You Wanna Party   If You Want Me   If You Want To Party   In My Life   Into What U Say   Into What You Say   Intro   Intro - Mase   Jail Visit (Interlude)   Jealous Guy   Jealous Guy (feat. 112)   Jesus Walks [Remix]   Jesus Walks [Remix][*][Mix]   Jesus Walks Remix   Just Let Go   Keep It On   Lookin At Me   Lookin' At Me   Lookin' At Me - Featuring Puff Daddy   Love U So   Love U So - Billy Lawrence   Love You Need   Love You So   Mad Rapper   Mad Rapper (Interlude)   Mad Rapper(Interlude)   Make Me Cry   Married To The Streets   Meaning Of Family   Minute Man   Mistakes We Knew We Were Making   money came & goes   Money Comes and Goes   My Favorite Dream   My Harlem Lullaby   My Harlen Lullaby   Niggaz Wanna Act   No Matter What   Not The Kids   Nothing   NY Minute (Remix)   One Big Fiesta   Only You   Phone Conversation   Phone Conversation (Interlude)   Platinum Plus   Player Way - Eightball & MJG   Player Way - Eightball & MJG   Pointing Fingers   Politically Incorrect   Programmed To Do The Impossible   Public Apology Ladies   Puff's Intro   Same Niggas   Same Niggas [Instrumental]   Same Niggas [Instrumental]   Santa Baby   Shut The City Down   Soundtrack For Our Movie   Stay Out My Way   Stay Out Of My Way   Take Me There   Take What's Yours   Take What's Yours - DMX   Tell Me What You Want   The Church Killa   The Love You Need   The Player Way   The Sun And The Moon   Top Of The World   Try To Sleep With A Broken Heart (Remix)   Wanna Hurt Mase   Wanna Hurt Mase?   Wasting My Time   Watch Your Back   Watch Your Back (Interlude)   We Both Frontin'   We Got It   Welcome Back   Welcome Back (Remix)   What You Do   What You Want   White Girl   White Girl (Interlude)   Why Can't We   Will They Die 4 U ?   Will They Die 4 You   Will They Die 4 You?   Will They Die 4 You? - Featuring Puff Daddy/Lil' K...   Will They Die 4 You? - Lil' Kim   Will They Die For You   You Ain't Smart   You Made Me   You Wanna Hurt Mase?   Young Casanovas

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