This Can't Be Life - Jay-Z
Geah whassup Where'sall my street niggaz project niggaz Real niggaz worldwide Let'sreflect e'rybodygot a story We all ghetto B here'smine Geah See I was born in sewage born to make bomb music Flow tight like I was born Jewish Used the streets as a conduit I kept arms 38longs inside my mom'sBuick At any given moment Shawn could lose it be on the news Iron cuffs arms through it or stuffed with embalmin'fluid Sh*tI'mgoing through it mom dukes too Tears streaming down her pretty face she got her palms to it My life is getting too wild I need to bring some sort kinda calm to it 'Boutto lose it voices screaming Don'tdo it It'slike '93'94'boutthe year That Big and Mag dropped and Illmatic rocked Outta every rag drop and the West had it locked Everybody doing 'emI'mstill scratchin'on the block Like damn I'mabe a failure Surrounded by thugs drugs and drug paraphenalia Cops courts and their thoughts is to derail us Three time felons in shorts with jealous thoughts Trying figure where your mail is guesstimate the weight you selling So they can send shots straight to your melon wait It gets worse baby momma water burst Baby came out stillborn still I gotta move on Though my heart still torn life gone from her womb Don'tworry if it was meant to be it'llbe soon This can'tbe life this can'tbe love This can'tbe right there'sgotta be more this can'tbe us This can'tbe life this can'tbe love This can'tbe right there'sgotta be more this can'tbe us Chill dog Second oldest born from Michelle Brown my mother Hell bound grew with two sisters and one brother Pop wasn'taround so many stories that'sanother I'mthinking damn how my older sister gon'make me tougher When steel sharpens steel I'makeep it real I'mtired of trying to hide my pain behind the syrups and pills Dead to the world stretched out like a corpse for real Y'allniggaz thinking what y'allreading in The Source is real What my life like you looking at the source it'sreal What your life like Mine dog of course it'sreal Passing judgment you niggaz second guessing Beans Cause you don'teat swine don'tmake you Amin Dog you know a couple suras out the Qur'anI guess you all on your din and I ain'ton mine Stop that Akki 'foreI send shots though your body Make 'emfeel hell on earth before Allah dropthee I feelAllah drop thee I feel the line'sdrawn here nutting more can stop me Till them feds pick me up or them boys pop me There'sonly three things that make Mac not act like Beans Amatullah Tisha Po Aldin Samir Amin My seeds dog gotta teach 'emthat before I leave dog Sh*tI know that I'masee 'emwhen I leave dog I come back in the afterlife Like f**kit I done touched hell twice what'sthe meaning This can'tbe life this can'tbe love This can'tbe right there'sgotta be more this can'tbe us This can'tbe life this can'tbe love This can'tbe right there'sgotta be more this can'tbe us Now as I walk into the studio to do this with Jig'I got a phone call from one of my nigs Said my homeboy Reek he just lost one of his kids And when I heard that I just broke into tears And see in the second hand you don'treally know how this is But when it hits that close to home you feel the pain at the crib So I called mine and saddened my wife with the bad news Now we both depressedcounting ourblessings cause Brad'stwo Praying for young souls to laugh atlife through the stars Loving your kids just like you was ours And I'mhurting for you dog but ain'tnobody pain is like yours I just know that heaven'llopen these doors And ain'tno bright side to losing life but you can view it like this God'sgot open hands homey he in the midst of good company Who loves all and hates not one And one day you gon'be wit your son I could'verapped about my hard times on this song But heaven knows I woulda been wrong I wouldn'tabeen right it wouldn'tabeen love It wouldn'tabeen life it wouldn'tabeen us This can'tbe life This can'tbe life this can'tbe love This can'tbe right there'sgotta be more this can'tbe us This can'tbe life this can'tbe love This can'tbe right there'sgotta be more this can'tbe us This can'tbe life Guitar score
This Can't Be Life Artist: Jay-Z
Capo: 0
Key: G
Difficulty:
Tempo: 85
Time Signature: 4/4
Hot: 102
Creation time: 2023-02-25 This Can't Be Life Guitar Tab, arranged and transcribed by Chordance, complete with staff notation and numbered musical notation. The song was composed by and performed by Jay-Z. This guitar tab is in the key of G and is a Beginner version, suitable for players at the Beginner level. A must-learn piece for guitar enthusiasts. Strum the guitar, open the piano, and experience the mood conveyed by Jay-Z at that time~
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