[00:01.39]Yeah

[00:02.57]***** my passion, never been a fan of flashing

[00:05.55]Probably cause I never could

[00:06.77]Said if I had it, never would

[00:08.17]Then I got my first little taste of paper and I splurged

[00:10.94]I guess it's just a ***** urge

[00:12.66]This is The Boondocks

[00:13.99]I swear, yo, I’m like Huey mixed with Riley

[00:15.99]Thursday I be tryna save the world, and then on Friday, I hit the club

[00:19.54]Hoping that my **** get rubbed by some fat asses

[00:22.11]*****s get to scrappin' then you hear the gats blasting, damn

[00:24.86]Hope them *****s ain't got no problems with me

[00:27.24]My momma told me to speak like you got a college degree

[00:29.86]You see, I can, but I won’t cause I’m saying what I want

[00:32.87]Plus this slang that I speak don't change that I'm deep

[00:35.58]As the throat on a certified freak, will she choke?

[00:38.19]As we headed to the crib, yes, I let her give me head

[00:40.84]So she won't 'member where I live, my game is tight

[00:43.66]Baby, no need to bring pajamas, you ain't staying the night

[00:46.28]No disrespect, I just say it polite

[00:48.02]I drop her off before I sleep, I be praying for life

[00:50.92]Like Hov said it, can I live?

[00:53.20]Ay, dear Lord, can I live?

[00:55.55]Hey, now am I living to get paid, just slaves for a wage, are we?

[01:00.02]I can't do no 9-to-5, told my momma sorry

[01:02.55]I can't do no suit and tie, no I want the glory

[01:05.42]If you knew me, know my life is like a movie starring me

[01:08.17]Pardon me, if it seems that I'm following my dreams

[01:10.89]I ain't reading off the script that they picked for me

[01:13.60]I ain't pissed, nah, couldn’t give a **** hardly

[01:16.44]I'll be ****ting on them *****s that was ****ting on me

[01:18.98]Will I live or will I die before they get to know me?

[01:21.80]If I go, I know the ones that’s pouring liquor for me

[01:24.45]And I know them fake *****s really hating on me

[01:27.19]Knew that I was 'bout to blow, so they was waiting on me

[01:29.89]But oh no, Lord

[01:31.51]You see, I'm smarter than they know

[01:34.38]So hold on, Lord, cause I ain't quite ready to go

[01:39.68]Can I live?

[01:41.08]Somebody told me that it's only one shot

[01:44.45]So I'll be goddamned if I'm ever gonna stop

[01:47.11]Promise to my momma I'ma make it to the top

[01:49.73]So I'ma keep climbing 'til my heartbeat drop

[01:52.62]Like the phone when she heard the news

[01:54.99]Her sister on the other line talking to her shoes

[01:57.79]The only son, what a thing to lose

[01:59.79]More blacks singing more blues

[02:01.88]More *****s pouring more brews

[02:03.81]Poor dude, he was young like 21, straight up out that city that I'm from

[02:08.51]A real smart *****, but his *****s, they was dumb

[02:11.14]He ain't even get a chance to run

[02:12.66]Before it landed in his lung

[02:14.42]God, breathe *****

[02:16.68]His partner screaming “Don’t you ******* leave, *****!”

[02:19.27]Took off his shirt, tryna stop the bleeding *****, “Don’t you go!”

[02:22.67]But his life fading slow

[02:24.62]Did I tell my mom I love her, do she know?

[02:27.45]Did I tell my baby sorry from before?

[02:30.07]Won't get to see my son grow

[02:32.92]Lord, I ain't ready to go

[02:35.58]Can I live? Can I live? Dear Lord, Can I live?

[02:42.20]Can I live?

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