I Can

[00:08.14] I know I can
[00:10.92] Be what I wanna be
[00:13.27] If I work hard at it
[00:15.89] I'll be where I wanna be
[00:17.20] I know I can
[00:18.52] (I know I can)
[00:19.62] Be what I wanna be
[00:20.92] (Be what I wanna be)
[00:22.20] If I work hard at it
[00:23.69] (If I work hard at it)
[00:24.76] I'll be where I wanna be
[00:25.86] (I'll be where I wanna be)
[00:27.24] Be, b-boys and girls, listen up
[00:29.71] You can be anything in the world, in God we trust
[00:32.67] An architect, doctor, maybe an actress
[00:35.01] But nothing comes easy, it takes much practice like
[00:37.82] I met a woman who's becoming a star
[00:39.84] She was very beautiful, leaving people in awe
[00:42.24] Singing songs, Lina Horn, but the younger version
[00:44.81] Hung with the wrong person, got her strung on that heroin
[00:47.35] Cocaine sniffing up drugs all in her nose
[00:50.08] Coulda died, so young, now looks ugly and old
[00:52.33] No fun cause now when she reaches for hugs people hold they breath
[00:55.56] Cause she smells of corrosion and death
[00:57.35] Watch the company you keep and the crowd you bring
[01:00.19] Cause they came to do drugs and you came to sing
[01:02.42] So if you gonna be the best, I'm a tell you how
[01:05.07] Put your hands in the air and take a vow
[01:07.67] I know I can
[01:09.05] (I know I can)
[01:10.16] Be what I wanna be
[01:11.40] (Be what I wanna be)
[01:12.47] If I work hard at it
[01:14.03] (If I work hard at it)
[01:15.10] I'll be where I wanna be
[01:16.37] (I'll be where I wanna be)
[01:17.55] I know I can
[01:19.02] (I know I can)
[01:20.30] Be what I wanna be
[01:21.26] (Be what I wanna be)
[01:22.61] If I work hard at it
[01:24.07] (If I work hard at it)
[01:25.11] I'll be where I wanna be
[01:26.26] (I'll be where I wanna be)
[01:27.88] Be, b-boys and girls, listen again
[01:30.49] This is for grown looking girls who's only ten
[01:32.97] The ones who watch videos and do what they see
[01:35.10] As cute as can be, up in the club with fake ID
[01:37.93] Careful, 'fore you meet a man with HIV
[01:40.41] You can host the TV like Oprah Winfrey
[01:43.01] Whatever you decide, be careful, some men be
[01:45.68] Rapists, so act your age, don't pretend to be
[01:48.20] Older than you are, give yourself time to grow
[01:50.85] You thinking he can give you wealth, but so
[01:52.85] Young boys, you can use a lot of help, you know
[01:55.25] You thinking life's all about smoking weed and ice
[01:57.75] You don't wanna be my age and can't read and write
[02:00.38] Begging different women for a place to sleep at night
[02:02.82] Smart boys turn to men and do whatever they wish
[02:05.32] If you believe you can achieve, then say it like this
[02:08.14] I know I can
[02:09.38] (I know I can)
[02:10.43] Be what I wanna be
[02:11.70] (Be what I wanna be)
[02:13.12] If I work hard at it
[02:14.24] (If I work hard at it)
[02:15.58] I'll be where I wanna be
[02:16.97] (I'll be where I wanna be)
[02:17.95] I know I can
[02:19.50] (I know I can)
[02:20.63] Be what I wanna be
[02:21.77] (Be what I wanna be)
[02:22.96] If I work hard at it
[02:24.25] (If I work hard at it)
[02:25.73] I'll be where I wanna be
[02:26.75] (I'll be where I wanna be)
[02:28.24] Be, be, 'fore we came to this country
[02:30.90] We were kings and queens, never porch monkeys
[02:33.16] There was empires in Africa called Kush
[02:35.77] Timbuktu, where every race came to get books
[02:38.21] To learn from black teachers who taught Greeks and Romans
[02:41.28] Asian, Arabs and gave them gold when
[02:43.65] Gold was converted to money it all changed
[02:45.91] Money then became empowerment for Europeans
[02:48.43] The Persian military invaded
[02:50.41] They heard about the gold, the teachings and everything sacred
[02:53.87] Africa was almost robbed naked
[02:55.79] Slavery was money, so they began making slave ships
[02:58.79] Egypt was the place that Alexander the Great went
[03:01.39] He was so shocked at the mountains with black faces
[03:03.92] Shot off they nose to impose what basically
[03:06.43] Still goes on today, you see?
[03:08.48] If the truth is told, the youth can grow
[03:11.25] Then learn to survive until they gain control
[03:13.74] Nobody says you have to be gangstas, hoes
[03:16.40] Read more, learn more, change the globe
[03:19.19] Ghetto children, do your thing
[03:21.62] Hold your head up, little man, you're a king
[03:24.08] Young princess, when you get your wedding ring
[03:26.25] Your man is saying "She's my queen"
[03:28.82] I know I can
[03:30.01] (I know I can)
[03:31.22] Be what I wanna be
[03:32.39] (Be what I wanna be)
[03:33.67] If I work hard at it
[03:35.05] (If I work hard at it)
[03:36.14] I'll be where I wanna be
[03:37.41] (I'll be where I wanna be)
[03:38.65] I know I can
[03:39.90] (I know I can)
[03:41.18] Be what I wanna be
[03:42.36] (Be what I wanna be)
[03:43.78] If I work hard at it
[03:45.04] (If I work hard at it)
[03:46.38] I'll be where I wanna be
[03:47.42] (I'll be where I wanna be)
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[03:59.95] Save the music y'all
[04:02.56] Save the music y'all
[04:04.72] Save the music y'all
[04:07.66] Save the music y'all
[04:10.05] Save the music
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