Verse 1
Why can’t yall leave me alone, man seem like everybody
be judging me, talking behind my back, faking the smiles
then hugging me, pointing fingers hating jealous of my success
praying for my downfall, can’t handle me being blessed,
naw, you’d rather see me at the bottom of the totem
poll, scraping for dollars, on the edge bout to lose control,
back on the corner still living in tha projects, still struggling
down and out wit no prophets, still driving through the hood
in a bucket, I’m bout bringing my people over like
I’m Harriett Tubman, Been through the fire like Kanye
West, beat the odds now I’m on shuffles and ipods,
see most of yall could never reach stature, cuz half of you
gangsta rappers is gangsta actors, and backstabbers yall
got the game backwards, but Bone and Darkchild make hits
like linebackers.
Hook
Can I live, If you wanna be in my shoes then get in, you
can talk the talk, but aint lived the life I live, so can
I live, that’s the question, can I…(2x)
Verse 2
I shed blood sweat and tears, been on this grind for years,
I’m at the top of the charts, no respect from peers,
I, could be the franchise still I’m chastised, spreading
ya lies, need recognize there’s two sides, my whole
life been the underdog, against the odds back still against
the wall, fighting to represent in the ring for God, consciously
making records for a different cause, This crab game keep
pulling me down, but like Ron Artest been known to rebound,
and like Roy Jones I’m pound for pound spitting a
different kind of message over platinum sounds, can I,
get some love and a little respect, can I, rock ya world
without giving ya sex, can I, live in peace man I paid
my dues, you’ll never know where I been until ya
walked in my shoes.