Do you accept what you see as reality? Why did you create Project Quantum Leap? To travel through time. Why did you want to travel through time? Because, I wanted to, um... to make the world a better place.
If I could go back in time I'd rewrite some of my history line for line I would have never done my first crime, held my first nine But still would have smoked my first dime If I could go back in time, James Brown wouldn't have got locked up Rodney King wouldn't have got fucked up Tupac and Big wouldn't have got shot up EPMD would have never broke up, that's word up If I could go back in time, I'd bring Bob and Malcolm back Michael Jackson'd still be black Hitler would have lost his life at birth And there'll be no such thing as crack, and that's a fact If I could go back in time, there'd be no Ku Klux Klan We wouldn't have dropped that bomb on Japan Elvis never would have been the man And this would still be the natives' land, understand? If I could go back in time I'd rewrite some of my history line for line Would have never done my first crime, held my first nine But still would have wrote my first rhyme.
Somewhere in time... I no longer knew what was real or what was imagined. Somewhere in time... You are a part of a time-travel experiment... Somewhere in time... You control your own destiny.
If I could go back in time I'd rewrite some of my history line for line I would have never done my first crime, held my first nine But still would have smoked my first dime If I could go back in time, Dr. King wouldn't have never got shot Mandela would have never got knocked The natives never would have caught smallpox And imatile would never be in a box, now that's hot! If I could go back in time, I'd change the game Terrorists wouldn't have jacked them planes Them towers wouldn't have went up in flames And the people would know God's original name If I could go back in time just a bit Gavin Kato would have never got hit Jack Johnson's vehicle wouldn't flip And Yu Support wouldn't have got his shit split On some old racist bullshit If I could go back in time I'd rewrite some of my history line for line Would have never done my first crime, held my first nine But still would have wrote my first rhyme.
Somewhere in time... I no longer knew what was real or what was imagined. Somewhere in time... You are a part of a time-travel experiment... Somewhere in time... You control your own destiny.
If I could go back in time I'd rewrite some of my history line for line I would have never done my first crime, held my first nine But still would have smoked my first dime If I could go back in time, I'd flip the script There'd be no Bloods and Crips Columbus would have died in that ship Cortez wouldn't have even bothered to make the trip If I could go back in time, I'd put it down Scott La Rock would still be around Steven Beaco wouldn't be in the ground Patrice LaMumble wouldn't be in the ground Haile Selassie would be rocking his crown If I could go back in time just a year Guru would still be making hits with Premier Me and Shug and Dap would be right there The whole unit would be intact All my dead homies would be here If I could go back in time I'd rewrite some of my history line for line I would have never done my first crime, held my first nine But still would have wrote my first rhyme.
Ay, yo... how the fuck you gon' know where you goin' if you don't know where you came from?