If (The Possibilities)

I would be in love if I knew when I was falling
God would love me if I knew what to call him
I would love fighting if I didn't hate brawling
I would call females ladies if the chickens stopped calling
I'd be on the fast track if my car would stop stalling
I would be a player if I ain't travel when i'm balling
Rhymes would be phat if I ain't eat just ramen
Find solutions to my problems if I searched for the solvent
If I couldn't find wallet, I would still find solace
I'd be big in hip-hop if I was Chris Wallace
And I ain't 'cause i'm not, if I was a shaman
My medicine would be words, if I had drama
I'd leave the channel turned, if I didn't have a comma
I'd pause to appreciate the periods of my saga
Like a moment of silence, if I was standing at the cliff
I'd leap at clouds of possibility. . . if

I would have been, I could have been
I should have been, I will
Millions of directions to which one could build
Can't see beyond the curtain if you don't like past the sill
Question possibles and watch the probables fulfill

If I didn't spit bars, I'd be locked behind them
I would tie the knot if I had someone to bind it
I would see my future if I wasn't so blinded
I would be dead or mute if you had seen me not rhyming
I would drop jewels if I got caught stealing diamonds
So I drop knowledge instead, hope you catch it if you find it
I wouldn't be Sketch if I didn't bug mindless
I wouldn't grow old if my music was timeless
I would travel the world and see the islands
If ghettos weren't everywhere, if I could find kindness
I would pass tests if they were for AIDS and not science
I would be heard if I was as loud as silence
The youth would prevail if we weren't so violent
I would keep relationships if I just stayed quiet
But I wouldn't be happy, if I was standing at the cliff
I'd leap at clouds of possibility. . . if

I would have been, I could have been
I should have been, I will
Millions of directions to which one could build
Can't see beyond the curtain if you don't like past the sill
Question possibles and watch the probables fulfill

If I knew the meaning of life, I'd expose the secret
I would fuck up beats if I opposed the sequence
I would have a hardened heart if I was thrown in cement
Half the world would hate themselves if they knew what deceit meant
Wouldn't be ill if I'd just go with treatment
I'd awaken many people if they'd just stop sleeping
Mind would be at ease if I would just stop screaming
I'd allow myself to breathe if I'd just stop squeezing
I would fall to demons, if I didn't love reading
I would have a lot of seedlings if I never blocked semen
See a lot of cops scheming if I'm out on the weekend
If I didn't see their treason then i wouldn't be a Rican
I would be an atheist if I believed their teachings
I would stop speaking if hip-hop being
Either that or I'd sing like Sinatra and keep eating
I would if I could but I can't so I'm leaving