In The D.O.C.'s documentary, The DOC, which debuted at New York City's Tribeca Film Festival earlier this summer, there is a scene at his doctor's office where the Texas MC was asked if he wishes to undergo another vocal chord surgery in an attempt to restore his voice.

The "Funky Enough" rapper lost his voice when his vocal cords were damaged in a near-fatal automobile accident in 1989. Doctors have informed The D.O.C. that he has a 50/50 chance of success with another procedure. In a recent interview with HipHopDX, he revealed that he believes that his life may have been spared in the accident for a higher purpose than music but he's considering the procedure because of a conversation with his longtime friend, Eminem.

"I might take Eminem's advice and give it a couple of years," he said. "I think that I learned I have a different mission statement right now. Peter Johnson has opened up things to me in my life that I think I could be much more of service on this plane than rapping, you know what I mean? But I think there are a lot more things that are really important that I could tackle first."

The D.O.C. recently dropped his first verse in almost two decades on a collaboration with Fat Mike from the punk rock group NOFX titled "The Fast Ones".

Check out 'The Fast Ones' below.