[Jay-Z]. Geah.. whassup?. Where's all my street niggaz project niggaz. Real niggaz worldwide. Let's reflect.. e'rybody got a story. We all ghetto B - here's mine. 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. 38 longs inside my mom's Buick. At any given moment Shawn could lose it be on the news. Iron cuffs - arms through it; or stuffed with embalmin fluid. Shit I'm goin through it - mom dukes too. Tears streamin down her pretty face she got her palms to it. My life is gettin too wild. I need to bring some sort kinda calm to it. Bout to lose it; voices screamin "Don't do it!". It's like '93 '94 bout the year. that Big and Mag dropped; and "Illmatic" rocked. outta every rag drop and the West had it locked. Everybody doin 'em I'm still scratchin on the block. like "Damn; I'ma be 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. Tryin figure where your mail is guesstimate the weight you sellin. 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't worry if it was meant to be it'll be -- soon. [Chorus: Jay-Z]. This can't be life this can't be love. This can't be right there's gotta be more this can't be us. This can't be life this can't be love. This can't be right there's gotta be more this can't be us. [Beanie Sigel]. Chill dog. Second oldest born from Michelle Brown my mother. Hell bound grew with two sisters and one brother. Pop wasn't around so many stories that's another. I'm thinkin damn; how my older sister gon' make me tougher. When steel sharpens steel I'ma keep it real. I'm tired of tryin to hide my pain behind the syrups and pills. Dead to the world stretched out like a corpse for real. Y'all niggaz thinkin what y'all readin in The Source is real. What my life like you lookin at the source it's real. What your life like? Mine dog of course it's real. Passin judgment you niggaz second-guessin Beans. Cause you don't eat swine don't make you Amin. Dog you know a couple suras out the Qur'an. I guess you all on your din and I ain't on mine. Stop that Akki 'fore I send shots though your body. Make 'em feel feel hell on earth before Allah drop thee. I feel the line's drawn here nuttin more can stop me. Till them feds pick me up or them boys pop me. There's only three things that make Mac not act like Beans. Amatullah Tisha Po Aldin Samir Amin. My seeds dog gotta teach 'em that before I leave dog. Shit I know that I'ma see 'em when I leave dog. I come back in the afterlife. Like fuck it I done touched hell twice; what's the meanin?. [Chorus]. [Scarface]. Yeah.. uhh... 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't really 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 depressed countin our blessings cause Brad's two. Prayin for young souls to laugh atlife through the stars. Lovin your kids just like you was ours. And I'm hurtin for you dog; but ain't nobody pain is like yours. I just know that heaven'll open these doors. And ain't no bright side to losin lifel; but you can view it like this. God's got 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've rapped about my hard times on this song. But heaven knows I woulda been wrong. I wouldn'ta been right it wouldn'ta been love. It wouldn'ta been life it wouldn'ta been us. This can't be life. [Chorus]. [Jay-Z]