Yo Doc, what up my nigga? Snoop Dogg, this what it isThis record is so motherfuckin` gangsta, manAnd I think it`s time for me and youTo just tone it down a bit, come onImagine it never happenedImagine no rappin`, imagine niggaz trappedImagine it havin` actionImagine how niggaz could be actin`If you never got this shit crackin`Imagine life`s so hardYou can`t imagine, it`s like livin` in the City of GodYou feel me? Imagine life on the yardOr tryin` get that dollar on some shitty ass jobImagine Biggie with his sonImagine Pac gettin` call pop `bout oneImagine a mother struglin`, dealin` with a systemThat don`t give a fuck about who shot her sonImagine life where you can`t winWhen you get out of the ghetto and go right to the penWhen you get out the pen, you go right to the jenzSo if you get back to the streets, you go right back inImagine Russell still strugglin`No Def Jam, just another nigga hustlin`And there no rocks on them fellazJust rocks on them fellaz, just tryna keep it bubblin`Imagine niggaz dressed upFrom the East to the West Coast, everybody fucked upI can`t imagine no lessBut it don`t take imagination to know niggazBeen blessed with hip hopBefore we go, can you imagine?Picture years with your mom, can you imagine?Paint a picture in the sky, can you imagine?Call emergency, I`ve been dreamin` all my lifeCould you imagine bein` lit up by some hot shells?Imagine bein` tossed around and put in jailImagine life when you can`t get from underImagine niggaz at you when you done fo`Remember how they asked you what you run forAnd treat you like a bitch?When they kick you in your dick and take your shit?We actin` like they hate to see you gung hoBut just imagine if the rappin` got the gun, noBut you already knowImagine niggaz in the LBCFelt just like Snoop Dogg & D R EAnd felt just like the niggaz in the 213Then imagine that`s what`s comin` when you fuckin` with meImagine you was up on top of this shitImagine if the bitches could stay off this dickI mean imagine we said fuck this shitImagine if my niggaz got together and tow up this bitch, yeahYou can`t imagine growin` up in the jail, dunnHappy just to be alive` watchin` all your people runBut you imagine growin` up to sell your 50 million records worldwideOr fuckin` off somebody`s sonImagine if these niggaz never saw a colorWould it be peaceful in them streets where niggaz kill each other?All the drunk fool get is pissed on ballsHe fuckin` off my niggaz, they gon` murder us all, imagine thatBefore we go, can you imagine?Picture years with your mom, can you imagine?Paint a picture in the sky, can you imagine?Call emergency, I`ve been dreamin` all my life, all my lifeBefore we go, can you imagine?Picture years with your mom, can you imagine?Paint a picture in the sky, can you imagine?Call emergency, I`ve been dreamin` all my life, all my lifeImagine, imagineCan you imagine? Can you imagine?Can you imagine? Imagine, imagineIn the name of Allah, in the name of GodThe benificiant, the mercifulThe one God to whom all praises dueRegardless of land labor, of titleNo matter what name you call God byWhenever life seems hardEverybody know that you must talk to God