Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song If I , by - Flobots. Song from the album Survival Story, in the genre Рэп и хип-хопRelease date: 31.12.2009
Record label: Universal Music
Song language: English
If I |
| If I hadn’t been a quiet introspective kid |
| If I hadn’t been a nerd wouldn’t have met with him |
| If we hadn’t observed we be the best of friends |
| That preferred the spoken word to the toke and binge |
| If momma hadn’t died when I was young |
| Would me and sis have been so tight from jump |
| If dad had not lost his mind to a disease |
| Would I be up here askin ya’ll to notice me In the dark times didn’t know where the path went |
| I was close to the edge like Grand Master Flash said |
| It was the hands of my friends who held me back |
| Yes |
| Without them I’d MJ keep slide’n backwards |
| Or be a hypocrite like some others have been |
| If that and the other hadn’t happened |
| I don’t know that I’d be Brer Rabbit |
| Askin how many ifs between hero and has-been? |
| If I had only known that I would be a lamb to the slaughter |
| now I know |
| If I hadn’t grown up in the 80's |
| Experiencing the various things that made me Would I still be standing center stage |
| Trying to innovate new ways to demonstrate |
| If mommy daddy hadn’t turned off Mork and Mindy |
| To inform us divorce was pending |
| Would him and me have spent these 23 years in a frenzy |
| Moving back and forth with such forceful energy |
| I remember when I was a little baby |
| Lying there alone on my pillow casing |
| Upset already I could feel the aging |
| The urge to return was debilitating |
| And maybe I’m still afraid and need to Cry a little harder for the world of play things |
| Stop looking back on these silly day dreams |
| Sing along with me if you feel the same way |
| If I had known what awaited was unplanned |
| If I had known the blade was in a loved one’s hand |
| If I had known of the possible injury |
| If I had known the altar was meant for me Now I know nobody can predict events |
| Now I know there’s cracks in the picket fence |
| Now I know that something else can exist |
| Now I know a life can be built from this |
| If I had known emotions would still remain |
| If I had known that time wouldn’t heal the pain |
| If I had known the intent of the injury |
| If I had known the altar wasn’t meant for me Now I know there’s treasure hidden in these scars |
| Now I know there’s presence in an empty yard |
| Now I know what it took for me to survive |
| Now I know where to go to become alive |