Can I Live II [*]

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Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America. In 2012, Forbes estimated Carter's net worth at nearly $500 million. He has sold approximately 50 million albums worldwide, while receiving fourteen Grammy Awards for his musical work, and numerous additional nominations. He is consistently ranked as one of the greatest rappers of all-time. He was ranked #1 by MTV in their list of The Greatest MCs of All-Time in 2006. Two of his albums, Reasonable Doubt (1996) and The Blueprint (2001) are considered landmarks in the genre with both of them being ranked in Rolling S… more »

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1996

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Yeah, y'all nigaas finished yo
Is y'all niggas finished
Got your little radio play your little BDS, huh
You finished nigga, huh huh, y'all finished
Can I live, huh
Can I live, Joe your bein' stingy with the music bin yo

Yo, yo, yo, I blacks out, I pulls the mack out
Scream "what's that about," then I clap out
I get my plot on, in my drop on
Through the rotten, don't even hate on those who hate me
I got popped on, feelin' it (feelin' it)
Chickens are ice grillin' it
Cops pullin' it over, Jigga react militant
Speed off, officer told me to turn the beat off
I turned it a level higher, then return the devils fire
I'm raised different, reactin' situations
Niggas lay stiff and, rookies blame it on the age difference
My subliminal flows create criminal O's
Sing along if you with me, til the end of the road
I'm cynical when in the view of the public
And this is because, I'm defensive when I'm in interviews
The percentage who don't understand is higher than the percentage who do
Check yourself, what percentage is you?

Can I live
For all my niggas with all white air force ones and black guns, stack ones yo
Can I live
For all my chicks, pigeons, hoes stand bow legged like the bulldog, know what
I mean, huh?
Can I live
To all the ce-lo champs, two green dice and one red stop the bank and roll
Heads yo
Can I live
To all my niggas who drink Hennesy straight, cop mix tapes, and sell weight
Niggas

I got the feds sending me letters 'cause I'm schooling the youth
But they can't lock me down 'cause my tool is the truth
Yeah I sold drugs for a living, that's a given
Why is it? why don't y'all try to visit the neighborhoods I lived in
My mind been through hell, my neighborhood is crime central
Where cops lock you more than try to defend you
I push you to the limit when I'm needing the wealth
And all I see is life cycle just repeatin' itself
Ran into shorty boppin' down the ave
On his way to clockin' mad then
He proceeded to show me a block of slab and said

Hey yo there's money I there I just gotta have
When I catch up to these feinds I'm'a knock 'em on they ass
Not to brag, sometimes I look at life and laugh
How I think about school and it taught me not a ?
When I backed out, let one one, let the barrel turn
Holla at you fagots that its my block to burn
That credit you dead it, I know heads gettin' annoyed and knew all
About a dope feind before reading Donald goings
Flipping boying, using the right cut
One thing that's fucked up is bad dope that I can't pump
This slab gotta re-up and re-bag, blend it in with the raw
Bubble it fast cop more, once I get it I got it I lock it
Nobody pop shit, selling twenties on my block bitch
For some blacktop shit
What you want nigga, what you want nigga
What you want, what you want nigga

Can I live
To all my niggas that hold coke and they bubble coat
Tryin' to win in the construction Timbs yo
Can I live,
Yo USA, all my chicks that strip, boo's, go to the store with the dewy pins still in
All my chicks with the credit card scams, two kids, one job, and no man
All my chicks gettin' that washing set with their welfare check
All the mommies dame besa, alright?
All my niggas rockin' them fifty cats, tryin' to get at this rap
Know what I mean?
All my cats with open cases, big cars, and no licenses, I like that shit
I'll see y'all
All my niggas that say pause after they say some fucked up shit
Rock on and uh, Jigga shit, Rockafella forever yo
Major Coins, yeah,
Memph Bleek nigga

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