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If
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Hip-Hop/Rap
If was released on October 26, 2004 by Quannum Projects as a part of the album Maroons:Ambush
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Release DateOctober 26, 2004
LabelQuannum Projects
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM91

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Lateef & The Chief
Lateef & The Chief
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
X. Mosley
X. Mosley
Songwriter
L. Daumont
L. Daumont
Songwriter

Lyrics

If man wasn't faulty and twisted
Saddled with an ego in it
Half of the problems in the world wouldn't exist
But that side of the persona wanting drama's a trick
That's forcing us to have to deal with it
And if power and greed didn't tempt it
Maybe our leaders would be positive and productive
Instead of conniving, deceitful and corrupted
Caught up by the love of dollars so seductive
And if government wasn't a mess with big business
Lifting it's status and stretching it's limits
Having forsaken religion and educating the children
Maybe society wouldn't be so sick
But if we keep on living on hatred
If we keep on building this matrix
If we stay this course and don't change it
Then the path to self-destruction we're paving it
If it wasn't for this
If it wasn't, if it wasn't
If it wasn't for that
It could be a better world
If it wasn't for this
If it wasn't, if it wasn't
If it wasn't for that
It could be a better world
If Bush hadn't stole that election
He and his brother the Governor Gavel in Florida cool
And once again letting oil and big business rule
Maybe the Middle East could be more peaceful
And if Billy Clinton hadn't been pimping
Misleading the nation as to what it was that he called truth
Maybe the Bush's attempt at covering eyes with wool
Isn't as successful and America don't play the fool
If the 9/11 tragedy doesn't occur
And Bin Laden doesn't give them reason for going to war
In Afghanistan, maybe the troops stay on the shore
But see, still Bin Laden's not an Iraqi
So I'll keep asking while they keep taxing
If Bush is in the desert, why the only ones laughing
Are all of his buddies cashing in on the transaction
While the American economy keeps collapsing
The world is in an uproar
Countries are just talking about war
The children are starving
They don't even know what for
If it wasn't for this
If it wasn't, if it wasn't
If it wasn't for that
It could be a better world
If it wasn't for this
If it wasn't, if it wasn't
If it wasn't for that
It could be a better world
It's a military state, police society
That we want to create, so far I'll say
Sarcastically we're doing great
Got war and prisons, guns, racism and rape
But if we want something different for ourselves
Equal opportunity, education, health
Medicare, entrepreneurs, a sharing of the wealth
Investing in communities in need of the help
See, if we decide as a people as a whole
To shift from destruction to creation as our goal
And if we can take the time to build a new mold
That we can pass down to the children to hold
The if can be a positive future envision
The if can be world war, death and extinction
The if is a choice, so proceed with caution
Which if will you pick, it's your option
If it wasn't for this
If it wasn't, if it wasn't
If it wasn't for that
It could be a better world
If it wasn't for this
If it wasn't, if it wasn't
If it wasn't for that
It could be a better world
If it wasn't for this
If it wasn't, if it wasn't
If it wasn't for that
It could be a better world
Go ahead and represent that, you know
I mean, I know I'm not the only person who just bugged out
When they heard 75 billion was getting passed right now
In a week for this war in an emergency effort
And you know, how many teachers does that employ
Over this entire country
It's like a mockery of the system, you know
We can push things through in a week like that
You know, for this
Why can't we do it for things that really matter
And are important for the people in this country
So, alright, and then Chief X.L
You know, one thing that I think made the anti-war movement
So successful in this instance
Is because it had a soundtrack to back it up
And you know, as a beat maker
How can we better use hip hop as a tool
Written by: L. Daumont, X. Mosley
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