Do The Math

Who gon' do the math? [Verse One]: Imagine if 2Pac would have had kids And left another soldier for the revolution And what if them cowards would have never shot B.I.G.? I bet he'd still spit I bet it'd be sick Imagine the '84 draft, Mike ain't get picked What if #2 would have won all of those chips Think Nike would have given son his own kicks? Could you imagine the Bowie's instead of Jordans? And what if Eazy ain't die, it was Cube instead? Wouldn't be no Doughboy, wouldn't be no Craig Shit, wouldn't be a Chris Tucker or Mike Epps Imagine this type shit, imagine it's like this If Martin never walked And Rosa never sat Would there be a Barack? Could the prezzy be black? Would there ever be rap without jams in the park? With no Kool Herc and Afrika Bambaataa Damn, I think nada If Jaz-O would've popped Would hypeman Hov have ever started The Roc? I bet he couldn't bag Beyonce if not Would he have had Carmen, would he have had Fox? Could we have had Lox if Mary ain't tell Puff That the demo was tough? Would the Ryders be Ruff? Would the product of Run DMC be the same If Run was the DJ, would Jay have been slain? Imagine Richard Pryor never snorted cocaine Could Dave Chappelle excel when Martin had came? What if Aalyiah's plane never hit rough terrain? Would it still be the same? Would she had married Dame? What if that mary jane that we spark on the flame? Wasn't illegal mane? Would you spark it the same? Could you marvel at things if it wasn't what it was? Would you wanna be thugs if there never was Bloods? What if they wore gloves, walk around cleaning shit? In blue overalls, you still wanna be Crip? What if they ain't download, the music still sold? You think me and Marco, Double Barrel went gold? What if I knew Pete Rock, Premier and Large Pro? And they all gave me heat to compliment the flow And I played it for Buckshot and he was like, "Yo We about to make Duck Down Records your new home." What if Buck was Russell? What if Dru was Rick? Imagine Def Jam had the Boot Camp Clik Imagine there's no food stamps, imagine there's no WIC To take care of your kids, the hood would be sick Niggas would be vics on the regular What if they ain't enhance and advance the form of the cellular Niggas carrying brick phones, forever brah You couldn't text at all Only accept a call This is just some shit I think about in the lab When I'm at half a bag and the beat's on blast Some say it's food for thought And some will just laugh But how many of y'all is gonna do the math? Who gon' do the math? [Scratching]: "You do the math" "If you don't know the equation then you can't do the math" - Big Shug 'Capture (Militia Part 3)' "You do the math" "Multiplying fractions, now you know the half" - LL Cool J 'Life As...'