Lupe Fiasco

Lyrics to Coulda Been

[Verse 1:]

If I wasn't Rapping, I Probally Be Wrastlin

Hand Ta Hand, Grappling, On The Coner Of Madison

Or Realestating Tryna Sell You A Mansion,

Or Rollerblading Doing 360 Flash Bends,

Or I'll Prolly Be Flipping Da Burger, Attemptin A Murder, Paralized, Sipping On Gerber

I Could Be Working At Jewels, Chain Snatching, Jerking Ya Jewels,

Homeless, Working For Food,

I Might Be Cleaning Ya Pool, Teaching Ya School, Preaching To Fools,

Leaching, Smoking Weed To Be Cool

At DMV's Holding Lines Up, A Whine Duck In Line Ups, Who Times Up

Full Of Holes In A Whole In A Fine Tux,

Out On Parole, Out Of Control, Holden Ya Dime Up

I Could Be Lazy Sitting On Your Couch

Or I Could Be Crazy Cussin Pidgeons Out

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I Could Be Hustlin Bags,

Struggling Bad,

If I Wasn't Up In The Lab,

Shit, I Just Might Be,

Cutting Ya Grass

Walking Ya Dog

Pumping Ya Gas

Or Nuttin At All

[Verse 2:]

Could Be Thanking The Academy,

Friend Of The Family,

Ya Man, Delivering Bail,

Or I Could Be The Man That Delivers Your Mail,

Or I Could Be Taking The Stand, Drinkin On L

This Could Be My Third Life, Or My Third Strike Or My Third Wife,

Been Garbage On My First Mic

I Coulda Got Off Easy, That Nigga Deserves Life

Orcan Man Searching For Termites

I Could Be Sticking Up Conveniece Stores Or Twistin Up What You Fiendin For

Or Gettind Bucked With The Meanest whores

Been Giving Up, On Top Of a Building Leaning Forward, With No Wings To Soar It

It Could Of Kidnapped My Daughters, Been Extorted For A Couple Of Porshes

I Might Be Drunk From The Moe, Stombling Slow, Someone Ya Know,

Running Da Show, Or Shoveling Snow

[Hook x2]

I Could Be Hustlin Bags,

Struggling Bad,

If I Wasn't Up In The Lab,

Shit, I Just Might Be,

Cutting Ya Grass

Walking Ya Dog

Pumping Ya Gas

Nuttin At All

[Verse 3:]

I Could Be Starting Galding, Or Planting The Garden, Or Security Gaurding

Or I Could Be Starving And Eating Out Ya Garbage

And Found Stardom, Starring In Sitcoms Wit Martin

I Coulda Been Marching Wit Martin, Handcuff,

Nullface, Over The Face With No Comment,

I Might Not Even Be Darkskin, I Might Not Even Be Conscious, Comatose from a Over Dose

A R&B Singer Blowing The Notes, Tailor Sowing The Coats, A Sailor Rowing The Boat

I Coulda... Boxed A Little, Fought For The Title, Lost,

And Lost My Vitals On The Way To The Hospital

I Could Of Lost My Business

Won The Lotto And Lost My Ticket

I Could Be The Last One To Cross And Finish It

I Could Be You, I Could Be Him, He Could Be Me, We All Got A Job

[Hook x4]

I Could Be Hustlin Bags,

Struggling Bad,

If I Wasn't Up In The Lab,

Shit, I Just Might Be,

Cutting Ya Grass

Walking Ya Dog

Pumping Ya Gas

Nuttin At All