Can I Live - Jay-Z (杰斯)

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 lose

So we offer you well we offer our lives right

What do you bring to the table

While I'm watchin every ni**a watchin me closely

My sh*t 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 days

A brother gotta admire from four fiends away

My pain wish it was quick to see from sellin 'caine

Til brains was fried to a fricaisse can't lie

At the time it never bothered me at the bar

Gettin my thug on properly my squad and me

Lack of respect for authority laughin hard

Happy to be escapin poverty however brief

I know this game got valleys and peaks expectation

For 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 Rayful Edmonds like

Channel 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 easily

Explain 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 NSX 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 tables

Meet 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 circle

Like a Lexus if driven wrong it's sure to hurt you

Dual level like duplexes in unity my crew and me

Commit atrocities like we got immunity

You guessed it manifest it in tangible goods

Platinum Rolexed it we don't lease

We buy the whole care as you should

My confederation dead a nation EXPLODE

On detonation overload the mind of a said patient

When it balls to steam it comes to it

We 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 of

Gettin cream let's do this it gets tedious

So I keep one eye open like C-B-S ya see me

Stressed right Can I live

Can I live

Can I live

Can I live

Ha-hah Roc-A-Fella y'all