Yo uh blues man since 17 he was a blues fan
Grow old in his soul holds to his loose plan
To blow drinking throwing dough at these stripers in rock clubs
He 35 years in the game and he got love
He 99 cent short of a dollar to scheme with but he knows even that is enough for beggers to dream with
And dream he does cause these thugs know from when he was slug blowin on the block trafficking drugs
Laughing in the bud cloud to disperse just to mask all the pain cause these days he feels like life is a curse
Wish the doctors would have stifled his birth cause from the start he lacked tact made up for that with mad heart
The bad part like promo deals, talking shit with young dudes selling 20s out his oldsmobile
He left the pen in 92 but knew he wouldn’t be free and every time I see him im thinkin that coulda been me
I change the world with the ground beneath my feet (coulda been me)
When I look back standing here its right in front of me (coulda been me)
Its just a natural thing (coulda been me) because it coulda been mee
She 17 visions of collage with hoop dreams
Captain of the dance squad ROTC troop teams
Scholarships from different collages practices she polishes proficiency with SAT testin and she demolishes
Abolishes the miss conception of her race
Underachievers simply cause underachievements they place
She graced with the graduation stage put a smile on the face of her grandmama felt that karma replaced
The product of a man charmer had to swallow the taste it was bitter at first but now she know the goddess is great
She lost some people on the way but she ain't stressin in strife cause she know death is nothing less than the progression of life
Yo, she reached the podium finally felt invincible Alice from the faculty, dean of school and, the priceipal made her people presentable and took a degree
And every time I see her im thinking that coulda been me
I change the world with the ground beneath my feet (coulda been me)
When I look back standing here its right in front of me (coulda been me)
Its just a natural thing (coulda been me) because it coulda been mee
Life is all we got to make it funny how we, treat it
Making my world so complicated oh ahh ohhh ohhhh
I seen a grown man literally beg in the streets
Just returned from a 12 year federal beef
Such is the progress of chasing these ephemeral feats
And all im thinking is that coulda been me
Yo I knew a young man shining lost his life in a crash
22 but living life in a flash the cycles that pass was taken from the righteous with his likable mass
And all im thinking is that coulda been me
I change the world with the ground beneath my feet (coulda been me)
When I look back standing here its right in front of me (coulda been me)
Its just a natural thing (coulda been me) because it coulda been mee