[Intro: Verse 1: Young Noble & E.D.I.]
Ayo if heaven got a ghetto then I'm chillin' with Yak (Chillin' with Pac)
And if heaven got a ghetto then I'm visitin' Pac
Cause the world down here so cold to my eyes
And my first piece of work got sold when I was nine
And I didn't realize what I was doin' was wrong
Mom Duke was smoked out and my pops was gone
I got a big brother Shawn, I don't see him a lot (Nope)
Even though we fight yo I still love him a lot (Still love him a lot)
My uncle Carl just died and I couldn't even cry
I couldn't even sleep, couldn't even get high
My girl catch me eight in the mornin' sometimes writin' rhymes
Pain trapped inside like I got something to hide
It's enough to make a grown man cry (Cry)
When you gotta sit back and watch a grown man die (Man die)
The pot of gold ain't promised at the end (Uh uh)
But I'd do it all over if I had to again (If I had to again)
[Chorus: Young Noble, E.D.I. & Young Noble & E.D.I.]
If I had to again
Would you do it again? (Uh)
Would you do it again? (Uh)
Cause I gave my all
And ain't nobody give me a damn thing
I had to go out and get it mayn!
Get that dough!
It ain't all about the money
But ain't a damn thing funny when you hungry
Hard times come
But I ain't the one to run
I stay in the trenches until the job is done
I will not fail
Ayo I'm playin' to win
And if I had to I'd do it again
[Verse 2: Young Noble & E.D.I.]
Me and my mom at the same time doin a little bid (Doin' a little bid)
I was dumb keepin' coke in the crib (Damn)
I had to learn not to stash where you live (Nah)
But I was up makin' money from her friends
I wanna live
Cause back then we wasn't doin' too good (Wasn't doin' too good)
But I did what I could to get my mom out the hood
I grew up in the ghetto but she raised me right
Even though I was young staying out all night
Made some money on my own, so I thought I was grown
Hennessy kept me warm, I'ma sleep on the floor
Believe in the lord, better yet, believe in yourself
It might be nobody there when you need some help
Hard times back then made me stronger within
And I'd do it all over if I had to again (If I had to again)
And I'd do it all over if I had to again(If I had to again)
(C'mon)
[Chorus: Young Noble, E.D.I. & Young Noble & E.D.I.]
Cause I gave my all
And ain't nobody give me a damn thing
I had to go out and get it mayn!
Get that dough!
It ain't all about the money
But ain't a damn thing funny when you hungry
Hard times come
But I ain't the one to run
I stay in the trenches until the job is done
I will not fail
Yo I'm playin' to win
And if I had to I'd do it again (Uh huh)
[Verse 3: Young Noble]
I ask myself sometime do I deserve all this?
Ask myself sometime is it worth all this?
Ask myself sometime do they feel my pain?
Ask myself sometime is it really a game?
Ask myself sometime is there a future in rap?
Some cats get jealous wanna shoot me in my back
Ask myself sometime do I really got homies?
Would anybody care if I wasn't gettin' money?
Ask myself sometime can I last in this?
Ask myself sometime can I master this?
Ask myself sometime would I do do it again?
But that ain't even a question I'm a soldier to the end (To the end)