Lyrics - Can I Live by Jay-z

Yeah, hah, yeah
Roc-
A-
Fella
We invite you to, somethin epic y'all know?
Well we hustle out of a sense of, hopelessness
Sort of a desperation
Through that desperation, we 'come addicted
Sorta like the fiends we accustomed to servin
But we feel we have nothin to loseso we offer you, well, we offer our lives, right
What do you bring to the table?
While
I'm watchin every nigga watchin me closelymy shit is butter for the bread they wanna toast me
I keep my head, both of them where they supposed to be
Hoes'll get you sidetracked then clap from closed feet
I don't sleep,
I'm tired,
I feel wired like codeine, these daysa brother gotta admire from four fiends away
My pain wish it was quick to see, from sellin 'cainetil brains was fried to a fricaisse, can't lie
At the time it never bothered me, at the bargettin my thug on properly, my squad and melack of respect for authority, laughin hard
Happy to be escapin poverty, however brief
I know this game got valleys and peaks, expectationfor dips, four percent pertation we stack chips, hardly
The youth
I used to be, soon to see a mill'in
No more,
Big
Willie my game has grown prefer you call me
William
Illin for revenues, grateful dim the lightchannel 7 news, round seven jewels, hand gettin the mic
Forgettin all
I ever knew, convenient amnesia
I suggest you call my lawyer,
I know the procedure
Lock my body can't trap my mind, easilyexplain why we adapt to crime
I'd rather die enormous than live dormant that's how we on it
Live at the main event,
I bet a trip to
Maui on it
Presidential suites my resedential for the weekend
Confidentially speakin in codes since
I sense you peekin
The
INXS rental, don't be fooled my game is mental
We both out of town dog, what you tryin to get into?
Viva,
Las
Vegas, see ya, later at the crap tablesmeet me by the one that starts a
G up
This way no fraud
Willie's present gambling they re-up
And we can have a pleasant time, sippin margaritas
Ge-ge-geyeahhh, can
I live?
Can
I live?
My mind is infested, with sick thoughts that circlelike a
Lexus, if driven wrong it's sure to hurt you
Dual level like duplexes, in unity, my crew and mecommit atrocities like we got immunity
You guessed it, manifest it in tangible goods
Platinum
Rolexed it, we don't leasewe buy the whole care, as you should
My confederation, dead a nation,
EXPLODEon detonation, overload the mind of a said patient
When it balls to steam, it comes to itwe all fiends gotta do it, even righteous minds go through this
True this, history school us to spend our money foolish
Bond with jewellers and, watch for intruders
I stepped it up another level, meditated like a buddhist
Recruited lieutenants with ludicrous, dreams ofgettin cream let's do this, against
T-
D-
SSo
I keep one eye open like,
C-
B-
S, ya see mestressed right?
Can
I live?
Can
I live?
Can
I live?
Can
I live?
Ha-hah,
Roc-
A-
Fella y'all

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