Can I Live
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Can I Live is the debut single from Nick Cannon's musical recording, titled Stages. It is sung from the point of view of a fetus in utero, which pleads for its life as its pregnant mother considers having an abortion. As the song ends, Cannon thanks his mother for giving birth to him.
In the music video, the pregnant woman is played by Tatyana Ali, her father portrayed by Glenn Plummer. Anthony Hamilton sings the soul stirring chorus.
Cannon has recently created a song "Can I Live?" is being associated as a pro-life message, even though he himself has denied that the song is a political statement. The song is about a his 17 year old mother in 1979 who leaves an abortion clinic after she feels her growing baby is speaking to her, and that she can not go through with ending his life.The song is meant as a thank you to his mother for sparring him from an abortion, and as a message to all women facing this difficult decision. His mother makes a cameo appearance at the end as he speaks:
| “ | It's uplifting, for real y'all. I ain't passing no judgement. Ain't making no decisions. I am just telling y'all my story. I love life. I love my mother for giving me life. We all need to appreciate life. A strong woman that had to make a sacrifice. Thanks for listening. Thanks for listening. Mama, thanks for listening... | ” |
The song's chorus is Nick and a group of children singing, "Can I live, Can I live." The words are supposed to be from the unborn babies to their mothers.
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