Official Music Video
Can I Live II by JAY-Z
Lyrics & Translation
English
Yeah, is y'all niggas finished, yo?
Is y'all niggas finished?
Got your little radio play, your little BDS, huh
You finished nigga? Huh huh, y'all finished
Can I live, huh
Can I live, yo, you're being stingy with the fucking music again yo
Yo, yo, yo I blacks out, I pulls the MAC out
Scream "What's that about?", then I clap out
I get my plot on and my drop on, through the rotten
Don't even hate on those who hate me, I got Pac on
Feeling it (feeling it), chickens are ice grilling it
Cops pulling it over, Jigga react militant
Speed off, officer told me turn the beat off
I turned it a level higher, then return the devil's fire
I'm raised different, react in situations niggas lay stiff in
Rookies blame it on the age difference
My subliminal flows, create criminal odes
Sing along if y'all with me, 'til the end of the road
I'm cynical, when in the view of the public
And this is because, I'm defensive when I'm in interviews
The percentage who don't understand, is higher than the percentage who do
Check yourself, what percentage is you?
Can I live, for all my niggas with all white Air Force Ones
And black guns, stack ones yo
Can I live, for all my chicks pigeon-toed
Stand bowlegged like a bulldog, know what I mean, huh?
Can I live, to all the cee-lo champs
Two green dice and one red stop the bank and roll, heads, yo
Can I live, to all my niggas who drink Hennessy straight
Cop mixtapes and sell weight, niggas
I got the Feds sending me letters, 'cause I'm schooling the youth
But they can't lock me down, 'cause my tool is the truth
Yeah I sold drugs for a living, that's a given
Why is it? Why don't y'all try to visit the neighborhoods, I live in?
My mind been through hell, my neighborhood is crime central
Where cops lock you up more than try to defend you
I push you to the limit when I'm needing the wealth
And all I see is life cycle just repeating itself
Ran into shorty bopping down the ave
On his way to clocking math then
He proceeded to show me a block of slab and said
Ayo there's money out there I just got to have
When I catch up to these fiends I'ma knock 'em on their ass
Not to brag, sometimes I look at my life and laugh
How I think about school and it taught me not to grab
When I backed out, let one out, let the barrel turn
Holler at you faggots that it's my block to burn
That credit you dead it
I know heads getting annoyed and knew all
About a dope fiend before reading Donald Goines
Flipping boy and, using the right cut
One thing that's fucked up is bad dope that I can't pump
This slab gotta re-up and re-bag
Blend it in with the raw, bubble it fast cop more
Once I get it I got it I lock it, nobody pop shit
Selling twenties on my block, bitch, on some blacktop shit
What you want nigga? What you want nigga?
What you want, what you want nigga?
Can I live
To all my niggas that hold coke in their bubble coat
Trying to win with the construction Timbs yo
Can I live
Yo USA, all my chicks that strip
Boos go to the store with the doobie pins still in
All my chicks with the credit card scams
Two kids, one job, and no man
All my chicks getting that washing set with their welfare check
Ha ha, all the mamis dame un beso, alright
All my niggas rocking them fitted caps
Trying to get at this rap, know what I mean
All my cats with open cases, big cars, and no license
I like that shit, I see y'all
All my niggas that say pause after they say some fucked up shit
Hahahahaha, rock on and uh, Jigga shit, Roc-A-Fella forever yo
Uh, Major Coins, yeah, uh-huh
Memph Bleek nigga, uh-huh uh
Spanish translations are provided by the LyricVerse team.

Spanish translation of Can I Live II by JAY-Z
Can I Live II* (original JAY-Z)
Yeah, is y'all niggas finished, yo?
Is y'all niggas finished?
Got your little radio play, your little BDS, huh
You finished nigga? Huh huh, y'all finished
Can I live, huh
Can I live, yo, you're being stingy with the fucking music again yo
Yo, yo, yo I blacks out, I pulls the MAC out
Scream "What's that about?", then I clap out
I get my plot on and my drop on, through the rotten
Don't even hate on those who hate me, I got Pac on
Feeling it (feeling it), chickens are ice grilling it
Cops pulling it over, Jigga react militant
Speed off, officer told me turn the beat off
I turned it a level higher, then return the devil's fire
I'm raised different, react in situations niggas lay stiff in
Rookies blame it on the age difference
My subliminal flows, create criminal odes
Sing along if y'all with me, 'til the end of the road
I'm cynical, when in the view of the public
And this is because, I'm defensive when I'm in interviews
The percentage who don't understand, is higher than the percentage who do
Check yourself, what percentage is you?
Can I live, for all my niggas with all white Air Force Ones
And black guns, stack ones yo
Can I live, for all my chicks pigeon-toed
Stand bowlegged like a bulldog, know what I mean, huh?
Can I live, to all the cee-lo champs
Two green dice and one red stop the bank and roll, heads, yo
Can I live, to all my niggas who drink Hennessy straight
Cop mixtapes and sell weight, niggas
I got the Feds sending me letters, 'cause I'm schooling the youth
But they can't lock me down, 'cause my tool is the truth
Yeah I sold drugs for a living, that's a given
Why is it? Why don't y'all try to visit the neighborhoods, I live in?
My mind been through hell, my neighborhood is crime central
Where cops lock you up more than try to defend you
I push you to the limit when I'm needing the wealth
And all I see is life cycle just repeating itself
Ran into shorty bopping down the ave
On his way to clocking math then
He proceeded to show me a block of slab and said
Ayo there's money out there I just got to have
When I catch up to these fiends I'ma knock 'em on their ass
Not to brag, sometimes I look at my life and laugh
How I think about school and it taught me not to grab
When I backed out, let one out, let the barrel turn
Holler at you faggots that it's my block to burn
That credit you dead it
I know heads getting annoyed and knew all
About a dope fiend before reading Donald Goines
Flipping boy and, using the right cut
One thing that's fucked up is bad dope that I can't pump
This slab gotta re-up and re-bag
Blend it in with the raw, bubble it fast cop more
Once I get it I got it I lock it, nobody pop shit
Selling twenties on my block, bitch, on some blacktop shit
What you want nigga? What you want nigga?
What you want, what you want nigga?
Can I live
To all my niggas that hold coke in their bubble coat
Trying to win with the construction Timbs yo
Can I live
Yo USA, all my chicks that strip
Boos go to the store with the doobie pins still in
All my chicks with the credit card scams
Two kids, one job, and no man
All my chicks getting that washing set with their welfare check
Ha ha, all the mamis dame un beso, alright
All my niggas rocking them fitted caps
Trying to get at this rap, know what I mean
All my cats with open cases, big cars, and no license
I like that shit, I see y'all
All my niggas that say pause after they say some fucked up shit
Hahahahaha, rock on and uh, Jigga shit, Roc-A-Fella forever yo
Uh, Major Coins, yeah, uh-huh
Memph Bleek nigga, uh-huh uh
Can I Live II (traducción LyricVerse Team)
Sí, ¿ya terminaron, cabrones, yo?
¿Ya terminaron, cabrones?
Tuvieron su pequeña reproducción en la radio, su pequeño BDS, ¿eh?
¿Terminaste, cabrón? Ajá, ajá, ya terminaron
¿Puedo vivir, eh?
¿Puedo vivir, yo, estás siendo tacaño con la maldita música otra vez, yo?
Yo, yo, yo me apago, saco la MAC
Grito "¿De qué se trata?", luego disparo
Me pongo a planear y me pongo en marcha, a través de lo podrido
Ni siquiera odio a los que me odian, tengo a Pac puesto
Sintiéndolo (sintiéndolo), las gallinas lo están mirando con frialdad
Policías deteniéndolo, Jigga reacciona militante
Arranco a toda velocidad, el oficial me dijo que apagara el ritmo
Lo subí un nivel más, luego devuelvo el fuego del diablo
Me criaron diferente, reacciono en situaciones en las que los cabrones se quedan tiesos
Los novatos lo culpan a la diferencia de edad
Mis flujos subliminales, crean odas criminales
Canten conmigo si están conmigo, hasta el final del camino
Soy cínico, cuando estoy a la vista del público
Y esto es porque, estoy a la defensiva cuando estoy en entrevistas
El porcentaje que no entiende, es más alto que el porcentaje que sí
Revisa, ¿qué porcentaje eres tú?
¿Puedo vivir, por todos mis cabrones con Air Force Ones completamente blancas
Y armas negras, apilen billetes de uno, yo
¿Puedo vivir, por todas mis chicas con los pies hacia adentro
Paradas con las piernas arqueadas como un bulldog, ¿saben a qué me refiero, eh?
¿Puedo vivir, para todos los campeones de cee-lo
Dos dados verdes y uno rojo detienen la banca y tiran, caras, yo
¿Puedo vivir, para todos mis cabrones que beben Hennessy puro
Compran mixtapes y venden peso, cabrones
Los federales me están enviando cartas, porque estoy educando a la juventud
Pero no pueden encerrarme, porque mi herramienta es la verdad
Sí, vendí drogas para vivir, eso es un hecho
¿Por qué es así? ¿Por qué no intentan visitar los barrios en los que vivo?
Mi mente ha pasado por el infierno, mi barrio es el centro del crimen
Donde los policías te encierran más de lo que intentan defenderte
Te llevo al límite cuando necesito la riqueza
Y todo lo que veo es el ciclo de la vida repitiéndose
Me encontré con un chaval caminando por la avenida
De camino a hacer cuentas entonces
Procedió a mostrarme un bloque de losa y dijo
Ayo, hay dinero ahí fuera que tengo que tener
Cuando alcance a estos adictos los voy a patear el culo
No es por presumir, a veces miro mi vida y me río
Cómo pienso en la escuela y me enseñó a no agarrar
Cuando me retiré, solté uno, dejé que el cañón girara
Gritarles a ustedes maricones que es mi bloque para quemar
Ese crédito lo matas
Sé que las cabezas se están molestando y sabían todo
Sobre un drogadicto antes de leer a Donald Goines
Volteando chico y, usando el corte correcto
Una cosa que está jodida es la mala droga que no puedo bombear
Esta losa tiene que reabastecerse y reempaquetarse
Mézclalo con lo puro, burbujéalo rápido, compra más
Una vez que lo tengo, lo tengo, lo aseguro, nadie dice tonterías
Vendiendo billetes de veinte en mi bloque, puta, en plan asfalto
¿Qué quieres, cabrón? ¿Qué quieres, cabrón?
¿Qué quieres, qué quieres, cabrón?
¿Puedo vivir?
Para todos mis cabrones que guardan coca en su abrigo acolchado
Intentando ganar con las Timbs de construcción, yo
¿Puedo vivir?
Yo USA, todas mis chicas que hacen striptease
Las novias van a la tienda con los pasadores de moño todavía puestos
Todas mis chicas con las estafas de tarjetas de crédito
Dos hijos, un trabajo y sin hombre
Todas mis chicas obteniendo ese juego de lavado con su cheque de bienestar
Ja ja, todas las mamis, dame un beso, está bien
Todos mis cabrones luciendo esas gorras ajustadas
Intentando entrar en este rap, ¿saben a qué me refiero?
Todos mis gatos con casos abiertos, coches grandes y sin licencia
Me gusta esa mierda, los veo
Todos mis cabrones que dicen 'pause' después de decir alguna mierda jodida
Jajajajaja, sigan así y uh, cosas de Jigga, Roc-A-Fella para siempre, yo
Uh, Major Coins, sí, ajá
Memph Bleek, cabrón, ajá uh
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