black rob
can i live
Yeah, yeah Roc-A-Fella We invite you to, something 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 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?  While I'm watching every nigga watching me closely My shit 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 selling 'caine Til brains was fried to a fricassee, can't lie At the time it never bothered me, at the bar Getting my thug on properly, my squad and me Lack of respect for authority, laughing hard Happy to be escaping 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, grateful dim the light Channel 7 news, round seven jewels, hand getting 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 INXS 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 Willie's present gambling they re-up And we can have a pleasant time, sipping margaritas Yeah, 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 jewelers and, watch for intruders I stepped it up another level, meditated like a Buddhist Recruited lieutenants with ludicrous, dreams of Getting cream let's do this, against T-D-S 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? Roc-A-Fella y'all