Can I Live Lyrics by T-bone

Can I Live

Why can't yall leave me aloneMan seem like everybody be judging meTalking behind my back, faking the smiles then hugging mePointing fingers hating jealous of my success praying for my downfallCan't handle me being blessed, nawYou'd rather see me at the bottom of the totem pollScraping for dollars, on the edge bout to lose controlBack on the corner still living in tha projectsStill struggling down and out wit no prophetsStill driving through the hood in a bucketI'm bout bringing my people over like I'm Harriet TubmanBeen through the fire like Kanye WestBeat the odds now I'm on shuffles and ipodsSee most of yall could never reach statureCuz half of you gangsta rappers is gangsta actorsAnd backstabbers yall got the game backwardsBut Bone and Darkchild make hits like linebackersChorusCan I liveIf you wanna be in my shoes then get inYou can talk the talkBut ain't lived the life I liveSo can I live, that's the question, can I[2x]I shed blood sweat and tearsBeen on this grind for ye
arsI'm at the top of the charts, no respect from peersI could be the franchise still I'm chastised, spreading ya liesNeed to recognize there's two sides, my whole life been the underdogAgainst the odds back still against the wallFighting to represent in the ring for GodConsciously making records for a different causeThis crab game keep pulling me down, but like Ron Artest been known to reboundAnd like Roy Jones I'm pound for pound spitting a different kind of message over platinum soundsCan I, get some love and a little respectCan I, rock ya world without giving ya sexCan I, live in peace man I paid my duesYou'll never know where I been until ya walked in my shoesI'm in it for the long hallCommitted to the end like John PaulI'm trying to make a change, throw stones if I'm wrongIf you can do it better, then by all means, shoot for the starsBut stop crushing all of my life's dreams, and let me fulfill my destiny and purposeQuit trying to make me feel no good and worthlessThis life is all a
playa got to give, so back up and give me room to breath can I live