Imagine (Featuring D'Angelo & Dr. Dre)

Yo Doc what up my nigga Snoop Dogg, it is what it is mane This record is so motherfuckin' gangsta man I think it's time for me and you to just, tone it down a bit Come on... Imagine it never happened Imagine no rappin', imagine niggas trapped Imagine it havin' action Imagine how these niggas could be actin' if you never got this shit crackin Imagine life's so hard You can't imagine it's like livin' in the City of God You feel me, imagine life on the yard Or tryin' to get that dollar on some shitty ass job Imagine Biggie with his son Imagine Pac gettin' called pop by one Imagine a mother struggling Dealing with a system that don't give a fuck about who shot her son Imagine life you can't win When you get out of the ghetto and go right to the pen When you get out to the pen you go right to the jenz So if you get back to the streets you get right back in Imagine Russell still struggling No Def Jam it's another nigga hustlin' And ain't no rocks on them fellas Just rocks on them fellas, just try and keep it bubblin' Imagine niggas just stuck From the East to the West Coast, everybody fucked up I can't imagine no less But it don't take imagination to know niggas been bless with hip-hop Before we go, can you imagine? Picture years, with you mind - can you imagine? Paint a picture in the sky - can you imagine? Call emergency I've been dreamin' all my life, all my life Can you imagine being lit up by some hot shells? Imagine being tossed around and put in jail Imagine life when you can't get from under Imagine niggas at ya when you done fo' Remember how they asked ya why ya run for and treat ya like a bitch When they kick you in your dick and take your shit We act like we hate to see you gun ho But just imagine if the rappin' got the gun no but you already know Imagine niggas in the LBC Felt just like Snoop Dogg and D-R-E And felt just like the niggas in the 2-1-3 Then imagine that's what's comin' when you fuckin' with me Imagine you was up on top of this shit Imagine if the bitches could stay off this dick I mean imagine we said fuck this shit Imagine if my niggas got together and tow up this bitch, yeah You can't imagine growin' up in the jaildome Happy just to be alive' watching all your people run Would you imagine growin' up to sell Your 50 million records world wide or fuckin' of somebody's son Imagine if these niggas never saw a color Would it be peaceful in them streets where niggas kill each other All the drunk fool gets pissed on balls He fuckin' off my niggas, they gone murder us all Imagine that Before we go, can you imagine? Picture years, with you mind - can you imagine? Paint a picture in the sky - can you imagine? Call emergency I've been dreamin' all my life, all my life Before we go, can you imagine? Picture years, with you mind - can you imagine? Paint a picture in the sky - can you imagine? Call emergency I've been dreamin' all my life, all my life I don't, imagine Can you imagine? Can you imagine? Can you imagine? Imagine Imagine "In the name of Allah, in the name of God The benificiant, the merciful The one God to whom all praise is due Regardless of land, labor, or title No matter what name you call God by Whenever life seems hard Everybody know that you must talk to God"