Can I live?...

Praised by Jesus and Mary!

Hip hop rap artist Nick Cannon released a hit single back in 2005 entitled "Can I Live?" where he relayed the story of his own mother's trip to an abortion clinic, but instead of going through with the killing of her son, she gave birth to Nick; listening to his unheard cries of "Can I live?"

In a National Review Online article it describes the song and subsequent music video:

Cannon, 24, appears in the video as a ghost (or an angel, if you prefer) and sings, "Mommy, I don't like this clinic. Hopefully you'll make the right decision, and don't go through with the knife decision."

A scared teen, his mother was on a gurney — that's how close the call was — but got up, and, at least in the video version, ran.

He points out to his mother something she got on some level, or she wouldn't have gotten up: "That's a life inside you, look at your tummy. What is becoming Ma, I am Oprah bound. You can tell he's a star from the Ultrasound."

The video images tell a stirring, gripping story regardless of where you fall in the abortion debate.

Nick Cannon will never know how many late-night debates or changes of heart he'll prompt when someone is surfing and runs into "Can I Live?" but at least one mother is already grateful to Nick Cannon. With a scheduled abortion a few days away, she called the Rachel's Vineyard help hotline (877-HOPE-4-ME). After many conversations, a counselor sent her a link to the video.

According to Theresa Burke, founder of the abortion-healing group, the mother's reaction was, "Well, now I know I can't do it." It's a tough road, but this mother, relays Burke, saw "the gift and value of human life" this "survivor" sings about in "Can I Live?" Instead of the abortion, she went for an ultrasound, and saw her twins.

Watch the inspiring music video by Nick Cannon: