What Would You Do?
H. Scott Salinas Lyrics

Yeah, what would you do?
Questioning the listener on how they would react in various situations.

What would you do?
Rephrasing the initial question as a reminder to the listener.

Got that question so tight
Stressing the importance and intensity of the question being asked.

If a nigger call yourself taken
Asking what the listener would do if someone claimed they were in a romantic relationship with them.

A nigger play with yo paper
Inquiring how the listener would respond if someone tampered with their money or financial situation.

Hey you really got me mistaken
Highlighting the singer's confusion or disbelief regarding the situation being presented.

If a nigger saw you rewriting
Asking how the listener would react if they were caught changing a document or piece of writing.

Then close the phone in yo block
Describing a situation where someone disconnects a phone call or communication channel with the listener.

Can you ever replace it?
Asking whether the damage caused by the aforementioned actions can ever be fixed or undone.

If a nigger took the stand
Inquiring how the listener would react if someone they knew testified against them in court.

But he call yourself yo man
Adding an extra layer of betrayal to the situation being presented, with the perpetrator being someone close to the listener.

Would you let the shit slide
Asking if the listener would ignore or overlook the wrongs committed against them.

Would you wave here up
Asking whether the listener would take action to retaliate or seek justice for the wrongs committed against them.

If you didn't come back
Describing a situation where the listener has disappeared or gone missing.

And you breaking a sweat
Imagining the listener being anxious or worried in this scenario.

If your partner turned coward on
Asking how the listener would react if their romantic partner showed cowardice in a difficult situation.

If your baby mama turned south
Asking how the listener would react if their child's mother became difficult to deal with or caused problems for them.

If that pill was right there in yo possession
Asking how the listener would act if they found themselves in possession of an illegal or harmful substance.

Would you straight drop it or would you try to stretch it
Posing a choice between disposing of the substance or attempting to make it last longer for personal gain.

I got niggers facing life like they ask yourself that question
Acknowledging that the scenarios being presented are real and can have serious consequences.

They just put it on yo ass outside no second guessing
Emphasizing that the consequences of these actions happen quickly and without warning.

And where the psych is out cause home boy I'm so connected
Indicating that the artist has connections or power that could be used to influence the outcome of these situations.

Had a gift wrapped up right for the streets
Suggesting that the singer is prepared to provide for those who live in tough or dangerous environments.

With a mean cash
Describing a situation where large amounts of money are involved.

Or 100 babe
Imagining a scenario where the stakes are high and the listener must make an important decision.

For they last days
Suggesting that the listener's actions may have an impact on their own mortality or that of others.

And you can smell it through the dance
Describing a sense of foreboding or danger that pervades the situation.

I hope I don't play before I make it out
Expressing fear or anxiety about being trapped in a dangerous situation.

Cookie to a chill then you take it out
Using a metaphor to describe how quickly a situation can change from calm to chaotic.

If a blunt nigger try to fake yo ass
Asking how the listener would react if someone, possibly from the same background or community, betrayed them.

By your own admission leave you unnamed and
Suggesting that the person who betrayed the listener did so deliberately and with malicious intent.

And this family calling they asking questions
Highlighting the emotional toll that these types of situations can have on the people closest to the listener.

You ain't got no words
Describing feeling speechless or unable to articulate one's emotions or thoughts.

Take kill in the moment yo baby gone
Describing a sense of desperation or despair when a loved one is lost or taken away.