The phrase used to describe when you are unable or unwilling to accept something, usually a large issue on the person's behalf.
Person 1: Shit, I'm about to die! I can't have that!
Kale is slang for money, it's not just cabbage, which is also slang for money, so you can't have your money and spend it too. It's my updated version of the idiom, " you can't have your cake and eat it too".
Put your money in a safe place son, because you can't have your kale and spend it too.
an excuse used by a fat slob you work with to get out of doing any work
Don was asked to do a simple task to which he replied , can't a guy have a shit!!