[00:00.00]Coulda Been - Lupe Fiasco
[00:11.53]Written by：Lupe Fiasco
[00:23.07]If I wasn't rappin' I probably be wrastlin'
[00:25.89]Hand to hand grapplin' on the corner of Madison
[00:28.95]Or real-estating trying to sell you a mansion
[00:31.73]Or rollerblading doing 360 flat spins
[00:34.98]Or I'd probably be flipping the burger
[00:37.23]Attempting a murder paralyzed sippin' on Gerber
[00:40.32]I could be working at jewels chain snatching
[00:43.20]Jerking your jewels homeless working for food
[00:46.07]I might be cleaning your pool teaching your school preaching to fools
[00:49.92]Leeching smoking w**d to be cool
[00:52.35]At DMVs holding lines up
[00:54.99]Or wind up in line-ups my time's up
[00:57.97]Full of holes in a hole in a fine tux
[01:00.57]Out on parole out of control holding your dime up
[01:03.85]I could be lazy sitting on your couch
[01:06.35]Or I could be crazy cussing pigeons out
[01:08.98]I could be hustlin' bags
[01:11.20]Strugglin' bad
[01:12.65]If I wasn't up in the lab sh*t
[01:14.65]I just might be cuttin' your grass
[01:17.25]Walkin' your dog pumpin' your gas
[01:19.21]Or nothin' at all
[01:20.29]I could be hustlin' bags
[01:22.43]Strugglin' bad
[01:23.96]If I wasn't up in the lab sh*t
[01:26.09]I just might be cuttin' your grass
[01:28.68]Walkin' your dog pumpin' your gas
[01:30.70]Or nothin' at all
[01:31.75]Could be thanking the academy
[01:33.66]Friend of the family your man delivering bail
[01:37.18]Or I could be the man that delivers your mail
[01:39.90]Or I could be taking the stand drinking on L
[01:42.88]This could be my third life my third strike
[01:45.74]Or my third wife been garbage on my first mic
[01:48.73]I could've got off easy that ni**a deserves life
[01:51.42]Or the Orkin man searching for termites
[01:54.45]I could be sticking up convenience stores
[01:57.04]Or twisting up what you fiending for
[01:59.38]Or gettin' bucked with the meanest whores
[02:01.33]Been giving up on top of building leaning forward with no wings to soar it
[02:06.58]It could've kidnapped my daughters
[02:08.72]Been extorted for a couple of Porsches
[02:10.83]I might be drunk from Moe' stumblin' slow
[02:13.81]Someone you know running the show or shoveling snow
[02:17.02]Sh*t I could be hustlin' bags
[02:19.66]Strugglin' bad
[02:21.17]If I wasn't up in the lab sh*t
[02:23.24]I just might be cuttin' your grass
[02:25.82]Walkin' your dog pumpin' your gas
[02:27.83]Or nothin' at all
[02:28.84]I could be hustlin' bags
[02:31.14]Strugglin' bad
[02:32.57]If I wasn't up in the lab sh*t
[02:34.52]I just might be cuttin' your grass
[02:37.23]Walkin' your dog pumpin' your gas
[02:39.23]Or nothin' at all
[02:40.41]I could be starting guarding or planting the garden or security guarding
[02:44.94]Or I could be starving and eating out your garbage
[02:48.01]And found stardom and starring in sitcoms with Martin
[02:51.16]I could've been marching with Martin
[02:53.27]Handcuff nullface over the face with no comment
[02:56.61]I might not even be dark-skinned
[02:58.71]I might not even be conscious comatose from a overdose
[03:02.54]A R&B singer blowing the notes
[03:04.97]A tailor sewing the coat a sailor rowing the boat
[03:08.42]I could've boxed a little fought for the title
[03:11.57]Lost and lost my vitals on the way to the hospital
[03:14.79]I could've lost my business
[03:16.70]Won the lotto and lost my ticket
[03:18.90]I could be the last one to cross the finish
[03:21.23]Sh*t I could be you
[03:22.60]I could be him
[03:23.74]He could be me
[03:24.85]We all got a job
[03:31.52]Sh*t I just might be cuttin' your grass
[03:34.34]Walkin' your dog pumpin' your gas
[03:36.30]Or nothin' at all
[03:37.35]I could be hustlin' bags
[03:39.79]Strugglin' bad
[03:41.21]If I wasn't up in the lab sh*t
[03:43.21]I just might be cuttin' your grass
[03:45.67]Walkin' your dog pumpin' your gas
[03:47.82]Or nothin' at all
[03:48.87]I could be hustlin' bags
[03:51.18]Strugglin' bad
[03:52.65]If I wasn't up in the lab sh*t
[03:54.64]I just might be cuttin' your grass
[03:57.23]Walkin' your dog pumpin' your gas
[03:59.30]Or nothin' at all