Can’t Live Without Your Love

[Intro]
I love this shit man
Love this shit
Check it out, check it out (Family Biz)

[Verse 1]
Through the lights, cameras, and action, glamor, y'all know the rest
In my era being a fan was the best (Haha)
I must confess a lot of this newer music is tough for me to digest
But some folks like it, so cool, I digress (Cool)
I just remember how it felt backstage when I kicked it with KRS
And he told me "Young man, you got next" (Man)
"You're exactly what we hoped the game would turn into" I felt blessed
Left that show poking out my chest (What's up?)
I guess them cypher verses (Yaowa) had a higher purpose all along
From watching my step-daddy do 'caine to having Big Daddy Kane on a song (Wow)
From g-packs to G-Raps' feedback on my first album
Can't believe he listened to me rap (Whoo)
With the legend, cold signatures I perfected cold literature
Embedded this whole image of me
Setting the temperature on hip-hop's thermostat
Murder tracks from then on (Then on)
And since that day it's been on, word

[Chorus]
The love you took from me hurts, can't you see?
Remember that what you do comes back to you
What do you want from love that I can't give?
Baby, without your love I can't live

[Verse 2]
Uh, it was all a dream, I used to read Word Up! magazine (Oh, shit)
Salt-N-Pepa and Heavy D going in waxine bags
On the kitchen table in my mama crib (Damn)
I turned my back on music shit for a while
Decided I'ma live the street life
Heat right by my side, so breathe light
'Cause he might be tight and decide that he wanna squeeze right wrong (Man)
I knew this music was my purpose all along
I make some sales, run upstairs and be working on a song (Whoo)
It's in my genes to make these beats lean with a mean sixteenth
What he say? I don't play or shy away like Cabrini-Green
Defend my honor, pilot pin my armor
Why beef when all you niggas is cake?
I'm Brutus the barber (Um)
She a talent
Honestly, who can fuck with me? Near silence
You can drop a pin in the room
If my pen in the room, you'll hear violence (Huh)
You're top five, know I'm top gun
Check my air mileage, yaowa

[Chorus]
The love you took from me hurts, can't you see?
Remember that what you do comes back to you
What do you want from love that I can't give?
Baby, without your love I can't live
I love this shit, man

[Outro]
Yeah, we good