Joe Quinde - Can I Live lyrics

[Produced by Irv Gotti] [Intro] Yeah, Roc-A-Fella We invite you to something epic, you know? Well, we hustle out of a sense of hopelessness, sort of a desperation Through that desperation, we become addicted Sort of like the fiends we accustomed to serving But we feel we have nothing to lose, so we offer you, well We offer our lives, right, what do you bring to the table? [Verse 1] Why I'm watching every n***a watching me closely? My sh** is bu*ter 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 clapped from close feet I don't sleep, I'm tired, I feel wired like codeine These days, a brother gotta admire me from four fiends away My pain, wish it was quick to see From selling 'caine 'til brains was fried to a frica**ee Can't lie, at the time it never bothered me At the bar getting my thug on properly My squad and me lack a respect for authority Laughing hard, happy to be escaping poverty However brief, I know this game got valleys and peaks Expectation for dips, for precipitation 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 Edmond-like Channel 7 News, round seven j**els, head dead in the mic Forgetting 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 residential for the weekend Confidentially speaking in codes since I sense you peeking The NSX rental, don't be fooled, my game is mental We both out of town, dog, what you trying 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 Willies present gambling they re-up And we can have a pleasant time, sipping margaritas Ge-ge-gyeahh [Hook] Can I live? Can I live? [Verse 2] 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 car, as you should My confederation, dead a nation, explode On detonation, overload the mind of a said patient When it boils to steam, it comes to it We all fiends, gotta do it, even righteous minds go through this True, this the streets school us to spend our money foolish Bond with j**elers 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 CBS You see me stressed right? [Hook]