Jay-z - Essay on "Regrets" lyrics

"This is the #1 rule for your set: In order to survive gotta learn to live with regrets... When I was young you used to hold me Told me I was the best Anything in this world I want I could possess All that made me want is all that I could get In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets." Jay-Z, "Regrets", Reasonable Doubt (1996)