Coulda Been Video (MV)

You can be anything that you wanna be
But it doesn't make it right yeah you gonna see
All things is permissible that's in front of me
But the benefits will soon slip from under me
Coulda been a teacher coulda been a preacher
Coulda been your local rapper asking for a feature
Coulda been scoping ya girl checking out her features
Like I don't give a dam, I am a not a beaver
Coulda been a lawyer, reaping all the spoils
Woulda made a mean boxer like del la Hoya
Wouldve started all the fights like what's good homie
What you looking at chump, is you good homie

Almost 8 billion people in the world right now, who else would you be
When you looking in the mirror Ice grilling yourself, who else do you see

Another black man dead in the streets right now. That coulda been me
He got me on the corner cuz I'm pushing all my tapes. Cuz he think I'm selling weed

Coulda been a crook all I get is mooked
I'm all about my bread, bout to get a jooks
Them suckas ran down so I got booked
Baby send me money put it on my books
I coulda been a pimp, working all my chicks
Like get up on the strip come on baby strip
You a nice fine thick, make me lick my lips
You don't give me what I want, then you ain't
Used to wanna be the dope boy, pushing all the coke
Only cuz they used to have the flyest timbs and the coat
Walking with the baddest girl cuz they booty on poke
Now I'm on child support so I'm half way broke

Almost 8 billion people in the world right now, who else would you be
When you looking in the mirror Ice grilling yourself, who else do you see

Another rich successful man in the news right now, that coulda been me
I learned the abc's of this hard knock life
Now I'm making all the G's

Almost 8 billion people in the world right now, who else would you be
When you looking in the mirror Ice grilling yourself, who else do you see

I just made the latest cutting edge technology
Steve Jobs, Bill Gate. All would be proud of me
Youngings hating on me, old heads say I'm lucky
I'm so filthy rich that you get paid when you touch me
I coulda been a bum, sipping on some rum
But instead I'm the greatest thing under the sun
You complain about the reign but I ain't done
More taxes on the poor lets just have some fun
Spent 6 digits in minutes to say I did it
Donated to the broke just to say I fixed it
Raised colonel from Lieutenant cuz I wanted chicken
Then I went to hell for greed, I ain't know my limits

Almost 8 billion people in the world right now, who else would you be
When you looking in the mirror Ice grilling yourself, who else do you see

I'm just an average joe living everyday life I could only be me
I just work a 9-5 tryna pay off these bills. The American dream