Can I Live chords and lyrics - JAY-Z

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[Verse 1]
[Am]Yeah[G],[Em][Am]
[G]yea[Am]h Roc- A- Fella
We invite you to,
[G]som[Am]ething epic y'all kno[F]w?
[Am]Where we hustle out [G]of a sense
of, hopelessness
[F]Sort of a [G]desperation[Am]
Through that desperation,
[Em]we 'come addicted
[E]Sorta like the fiend[Em]s
we accustomed [F]to serving[Am]
But we feel we have [E]nothing [Am]to lose
[G]So we offer [Am]you, well,
we offer [G]our lives (right)
What do you bring to the table?
[F]While I'm watching every nig

[Verse 2]
[Am]
ga watching me [G]closely
My shit is butter for the [Am]bread
they wanna [G]toast me
I keep my head,
both [Am]of them where they sup[G]posed to be
Hoes'll get you side[Am]tracked
then clap [G]from close feet
I don't sleep, I'm [Am]tired,
I feel wired like [G]Codeine, these days
A brother [Am]gotta [G]admire
from four fiends away
My [F]pain wish it [Am]was quick [G]to see,
from selling 'Caine
'Til brain[Am]s was fried [G]to a fricassee,
can't lie
At the [Am]time it never [G]bothered me,
at the bar
Getting my [Am]thug on [G]properly,
my squad and me
Lack of re[Am]spect for [G]au thority,
laughing hard
Happy to [F]be escaping poverty,
[G]however brief
I know [Am]this game got [G]valleys and peaks,
expectation
[Am]For dips, four pre[G]cipitation
we stack chips, hardly
[Am]The youth I us[G]ed to be,
soon to see a mill'in
No [Am]more, Big [G]Willie my game has grown prefer
you call me Willi[Am]am
Illin' for revenues,
[G]Rayful Edmonds like
[Am]Channel 7 news, [G]'round seven jewels,
hand getting the mic
[Am]Forgetting all I ever knew[G],
convenient amnesi[Am]a
I sug[G]gest you call my lawyer,
I know the procedure
[Am]Lock my body,
can't [G]trap my mind, eas[Am]ily
Ex[G]plain why we adapt to crime
I'd rather [Am]die enormous [G]than
live dormant that's how we on it
Live at the main event,
I bet a trip to Maui on [Am]it
Presid[G]ential suites my residential
for the week[Am]end
Confidentially speaking [G]in codes
since I sense you peek[Am]ing
The INXS rent[G]al, don't be fooled
my game is mental
We both out of town dog,
what you trying to get in[Am]to?
Viva, Las [G]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
[Am]And we can have a [G]pleasant time,
sipping margaritas
Yeah, can I [Bdim]live?

[Verse 3]
[G][Am][G]
Can I [Am]live?

[Verse 4]
[Am]My mind is infested,
[G]with sick thoughts that circle
[Am]Like a [G]Lexus, if driven wrong
it's sure to hurt you
[Am]Du al level li[G]ke duplexes, in unity,
my crew and [Am]me
Commit at[G]rocities like we got
immunity
[Am]You guessed it, manifest
it in tan[G]gible goods
[Am]Platinum Rolexed it, we [G]don't lease
We buy the whole car, as you should
[Am]My confedera[G]tion, dead a nation,
explode!
[Am]On detonation,
[G]overload the mind of a said patient
[Am]When it balls to steam[G], it comes to it
We [Am]all fiends gotta [G]do it, even
righteous minds go through this
[Am]True this, the streets school us[G]
to spend our money foolish
[Am]Bond with [G]jewelers and,
watch for intruders
[Am]I stepped it up [G]another level,
meditated like a Buddhist
[Am]Recruited lieu[G]tenants with ludicrous,
dreams of
Getting [Am]cream let's do this,
it get[G]s tedious
So [Am]I keep one [G]eye open like,
C- B- S, ya see me
Stressed right? Can I [Bdim]live?
[G][Am]

[Verse 5]
[G]
Can [Am]I live?[G]
Can [Am]I live?[G]
Can [Am]I live?

[Outro 1]
Roc- A- Fella [Am]y'all[G]
[Am][G][Am]
[G][Am][G]