Yeah I wanna dedicate this to everybody that love hip hop music
`Cause without hip hop music I wouldn`t be here today
Preacher`s son, yeah

Imagine if Biggie and Pac never got shot
And they both still was rulers of hip hop
And Puffy and Suge was roommates from college
And Big L never got found in the alley
Nas and Jay-Z they were still homies
Squash the beef with Ja Rule and 50

Benzino shook hands with Eminem
And on the same record I heard Eve, Fox and Kim
And sometimes when I dream, that`s when I wake up
I kinda hoped that the Fugees didn`t break up
And when they walked into the studio I prayed they didn`t spray
`Cause I miss that scratch from Jam Master Jay

Shots go off, mother`s cry, death since rise, homicide
Black on black crime needs to stop, y`all can`t blame it on hip hop
`Cause what we say is what we see and what we see is reality
The ghettos, the ghettos, you got them livin` in sorrow
Soon they won`t live to see tomorrow

Imagine if Big Pun was still alive
I could see Fat Joe screamin` terror squad
Imagine if there was four survivors still in Destiny`s Child
And TLC never lost they Left Eye
Imagine Refugees never needin` a passport

And John Forte never at Newark airport
Million Man March, man, that was a start
Now I need a million more to meet me at Central Park
When the revolution start y`all gon` have to play this
Imagine Slick Rick not gettin` deported

Shots go off, mother`s cry, death since rise, homicide
Black on black crime needs to stop, y`all can`t blame it on hip hop
`Cause what we say is what we see and what we see is reality
The ghettos, the ghettos, you got them livin` in sorrow
Soon they won`t live to see tomorrow

In the club never though Shyne shot the gun
But in the limousine JLO had to run
Paparazzi snappin` shots through the mirror
That`s when I saw a smile from Princess Diana
Back and forth and forth and back

Like Miss Aaliyah man do I miss her
The war goes on with The ROC and The Lox
Murder INC, G-Unit it`s a fight to the top
Stop, we lost too many soldiers like Freaky Tah
While they get the cover of a magazine, who got to die?

Shots go off, mother`s cry, death since rise, homicide
Black on black crime needs to stop, y`all can`t blame it on hip hop
`Cause what we say is what we see and what we see is reality
The ghettos, the ghettos, you got them livin` in sorrow
Soon they won`t live to see tomorrow

Yeah, peace be with y`all
Live to see tomorrow
Live to see tomorrow
Live to see tomorrow
Live to see tomorrow