Can I Live Lyrics - Singles - T-bone

Can I live? Can I live? 

Yeah, it's me, huh, I know you all seen me 

I'm the one who brings the blingin' 

Pushin' whips and 22 inch chromes spinnin' 

(Can I live?) 

La da y'all wanna judge me? 

Hair braided up, pants saggin' 

Can I just live, yo? 

(Yo, I'm just tryna live) 

Why can't y'all leave me alone? 

Man seem like everybody be judging me 

Talkin' behind my back, fakin' the smiles and huggin' me 

Pointin' fingers, hatin', jealous of my success 

Praying for my downfall, can't handle me being blessed 

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Now you'd rather see me at the bottom of the totem poll 

Scraping for dollars on the edge 'bout to lose control 

Back on the corner, still livin' in the projects 

Still strugglin' down and out with no prophets 

Still drivin' through the hood in a bucket 

I'm 'bout bringing my people over like I'm Harriet Tubman, huh 

Been through the fire like Kanye West 

Beat the odds, now I'm on shuffles and i-pods 

See most of y'all could never reach stature 

'Cuz half of you gangsta rappers is gangsta actors 

And back-stabbers, y'all got the game backwards 

But Bone and Darkchild make hits like linebackers 

Can I live? 

If you wanna be in my shoes then get in 

You can talk the talk but don't live the life I live 

So can I live? That's my question, can I? 

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Can I live? 

If you wanna be in my shoes then get in 

You can talk the talk but don't live the life I live 

So can I live? That's my question, can I? 

I shed blood, sweat and tears, been on this grind for years 

I'm at the top of the charts, no respect from peers 

I could be the franchise still I'm chastised 

Spreading ya lies, need to recognize there's two sides 

My whole life been the underdog 

Against the odds, back still against the wall 

Fighting to represent in the ring for God 

Consciously makin' records for a different cause 

This crab game keep pullin' me down 

But like Ron Artest been known to rebound 

And like Roy Jones, I'm pound for pound 

Spittin' a different kind of message over platinum sounds 

Can I get some love and a little respect? 

Can I rock your world without giving you sex? 

And can I live in peace? Man I paid my dues 

You'll never know where I been until ya walked in my shoes 

Can I live? 

If you wanna be in my shoes then get in 

You can talk the talk but don't live the life I live 

So can I live? That's my question, can I? 

(Can I live yo?) 

Can I live? 

If you wanna be in my shoes then get in 

You can talk the talk but don't live the life I live 

So can I live? That's my question, can I? 

Yeah, I'm in it for the long hall, committed to the end like John Paul 

I'm tryin' to make a change, throw stones if I'm wrong 

If you can do it better then by all means 

Shoot for the stars but stop crushin' all my life's dreams 

And let me fulfill my destiny and purpose 

Why you try to make me feel no good and worthless? 

This life is all a player got to give 

So back up and give me room to breath, can I live? 

Can I live? 

If you wanna be in my shoes then get in 

You can talk the talk but don't live the life I live 

(It ain't easy, yo) 

So can I live? That's my question, can I? 

(Can I live, yo?) 

Can I live? 

If you wanna be in my shoes then get in 

You can talk the talk but don't live the life I live 

(Ya ain't been in my shoes) 

So can I live? That's my question, can I? 

Can I live? 

If you wanna be in my shoes then get in 

(Yeah, so hard, yo) 

You can talk the talk but don't live the life I live 

(Just tryna be me) 

So can I live? That's my question, can I? 

(It's only when I know how, yo) 

Can I live? 

(Came from the ghetto I'm just tryin' to give back) 

If you wanna be in my shoes then get in 

(Ya ain't ever walked in my shoes) 

You can talk the talk but don't live the life I live 

(So y'all don't know what I've been through) 

So can I live? That's my question, can I? 

(How can y'all judge me? Can I live, yo?) 

I feel about myself in this world sometimes 

Nobody relates what I've been tryna do for so many years 

Just tryna make a change, make a difference in all your lives 

Can I live? Can I live? Can I live?