Can I live? I told you in '96

from Jay-Z – Heart Of The City (Ain't No Love) Lyrics on Rap Genius

Meaning

Jay is repeating the fact that he’s just trying to get by, as originally noted out in Can I Live?. The song came off of Jay’s debut album “Reasonable Doubt,” which came out in 1996

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