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[Intro] You ever wonder what if you could go back in time and change the situation? Would it make things better, or would it make things worse? Listen [Verse 1] The other night I had a vision of My whole life, joy, pain, hate and giving love Pictured the bad side and I wish that I could change things Soon as I did, I went comatose and drifted into a dream Soon as I came to, I looked up and seen A dope fiend that I grew up with, he was clean and holding green Why was I seeing this? What could it mean? I was living the flashback, reenacting the past scene Right back to the day crack took over his mind Had the chance to stop my boy before he hit it for the first time I called out to him and got his attention Viewed my presence as a method of divine intervention Told him his wife was looking for him and she needed him quick Made up a lie, told him to get home, said his baby was sick He went home and never ever put the pipe to his face But his little sister came through later and ended up taking his place We wonder [Chorus] What if you could go back in time And relive moments you left behind? Would life be better somehow Knowing then what you know now? What if you could go back again And keep so many things from happening? What if you could go back in time? [Verse 2] Now, next thing you know I quantum leap through the dark I was mobbing with my OGs, we was back in The Park I'm at the club with my homeboy, 1993 It was the night he first met his baby-mama to be Four children later, homie went from balling to broke 'cause she was stangin' him for child support on all of 'em, loc He be saying if he could go back, he never would meet her Knew I was flashing back and seen a chance for me to delete her Soon as he got ready to step to her, I made up a tale Told him her boyfriend was a killer that just raised out of jail And he don't bar busting a cap and going right back in That's when he changed his mind and never thought about her again I was happy because I saved him, proud of what I had did He can't miss what he never had but I could picture his kids In the end, I still lost something I tried to protect Instead of riding with her, he left drunk and died in a wreck We wonder [Chorus] What if you could go back in time And relive moments you left behind? Would life be better somehow Knowing then what you know now? What if you could go back again And keep so many things from happening? What if you could go back in time? [Verse 3] I started wondering about the deepness of man Do we control our destiny or are the secrets as planned? Is it right to try to tap into the mystery source And with no remorse attempt to alter history's course? Would it be cool if we could travel back and relive events Now we resenting change, a pattern that was possibly meant If you could take a negative part of your life and remove it Is it guaranteed what you replace it with would improve it? How many lives mighta been saved, how many mighta been [?]? How many great men and women might not have ever been born? If you get rid of all your struggles and all of your strife You couldn't fully appreciate what you accomplish in life If you could redo your existence, would it properly suit ya? Realize you can't change the past, but you control the future Truth is, once the time pass, ain't no going back So be grateful for what you are, homie, and build on that We wonder [Chorus] What if you could go back in time And relive moments you left behind? Would life be better somehow Knowing then what you know now? [Outro] Yeah, ay, time is not reversible, man You can only look forward Live for today and the future, don't live in the past Look to the past to learn from your mistakes But build on that, mane, ay