Can I Live

[Nick Cannon]

Can I live?

I'm talking, ma

I know this situation is personal

But it's something that has to be told

As I was making this beat

You was all I could think about

You heard my voice

Yeah, uh huh

Just think, just think

What if you could just

Just blink your self away

Just, just wait, just pause for a second

Let me plead my case

It's the late 70's, huh

You seventeen, huh

And having me, that will ruin everything huh

It's a lot of angels waiting on their wings

You see me in your sleep so you can't kill your dreams

Three hundred dollars, that's the price of living? What?

Mommy, I don't like this clinic

Hopefully you'll make the right decision

And don't go though with the knife decision

But it's hard to make the right move when you in high school

Now you gotta work all day and take night school

Hopping on the bus and the rain is pouring

What you want morning sickness or the sickness of mourning?

Can I live?

[Hook - Anthony Hamilton]

I'll always be a part of you

Trust your soul, know it's always true

If I could talk I'd say to you

Can I live?

Can I live?

I'll always be a part of you

Trust your soul, know it's always true

If I could talk I'd say to you

Can I live?

Can I live?

[Nick Cannon]

I'm a child of the king, ain't no need to go fear me

And I see the flowing tears so I know that you hear me

When I move in your womb that's me being scared

Cuz who knows where my future holds

Yo, the truth be told you ain't told a soul

Yo, you ain't even showing, I'm just two months old

Through your clothes try to hide me, deny me

Went up three sizes, your pride got you lying

Saying ain't nothing but a migraine

It ain't surprising you not trying to be in Wic Food lines

Your friends look at you funny but look at you mommy

That's a life inside, take a look at your tummy

What is becoming, ma? I'm Oprah bound

You can tell he a star from the Ultrasound

Our spirits connected, doors open now

Nothing but love and respect

Thanks for holding it down, she let me live

[Hook]

[Hook]

[Nick Cannon]

It's uplifing for real, y'all

I ain't passing no judgement, ain't making no decisions

I'm just telling y'all my story

I love life

And I love my mother for giving me life

We all need to appreciate life

And a strong woman who had to make a sacrifice

Thanks for listening

Thanks for listening!

Momma, thanks for listening