I can
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[00:18.52] I know I can
[00:21.18] Be what I wanna be
[00:23.56] If I work hard at it
[00:26.23] I'll be where I wanna be
[00:28.62] I know I can (I know I can)
[00:29.95] Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
[00:32.60] If I work hard at it (If I work hard it)
[00:35.00] I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
[00:37.66] Be, b-boys and girls, listen up
[00:40.32] You can be anything in the world, in God we trust
[00:42.72] An architect, doctor, maybe an actress
[00:45.37] But nothing comes easy, it takes much practice
[00:47.77] Like, I met a woman who's becoming a star
[00:50.17] She was very beautiful, leaving people in awe
[00:52.84] Singing songs, Lena Horne, but the younger version
[00:55.24] Hung with the wrong person, got her strung on that heroin
[00:58.72] Cocaine, sniffing up drugs, all in her nose
[01:00.04] Could've died, so young, now looks ugly and old
[01:02.80] No fun 'cause when she reaches for hugs, people hold their breath
[01:05.49] 'Cause she smells of corrosion and death
[01:08.06] Watch the company you keep and the crowd you bring
[01:10.19] 'Cause they came to do drugs and you came to sing
[01:12.84] So if you gonna be the best, I'ma tell you how
[01:15.23] Put your hands in the air, and take the vow
[01:17.88] I know I can (I know I can)
[01:20.29] Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
[01:22.95] If I work hard at it (If I work hard it)
[01:25.34] I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
[01:27.74] I know I can (I know I can)
[01:30.42] Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
[01:32.82] If I work hard at it (If I work hard it)
[01:35.49] I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
[01:38.14] Be, b-boys and girls, listen again
[01:40.54] This is for grown-looking girls who's only 10
[01:43.20] The ones who watch videos and do what they see
[01:45.62] As cute as can be, up in the club with fake ID
[01:48.27] Careful, 'fore you meet a man with HIV
[01:50.67] You can host the TV like Oprah Winfrey
[01:53.32] Whatever you decide, be careful, some men be
[01:55.72] Rapists, so act your age, don't pretend to be
[01:58.38] Older than you are, give yourself time to grow
[02:01.03] You thinking he can give you wealth, but so
[02:03.71] Young boys, you can use a lot of help, you know
[02:06.11] You thinking life's all about smoking weed and ice
[02:08.24] You don't wanna be my age and can't read and write
[02:10.89] Begging different women for a place to sleep at night
[02:13.27] Smart boys turn to men and do whatever they wish
[02:15.67] If you believe you can achieve, then say it like this
[02:18.33] I know I can (I know I can)
[02:20.72] Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
[02:23.37] If I work hard at it (If I work hard it)
[02:25.77] I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
[02:28.15] Now, go
[02:28.68] I know I can (I know I can)
[02:30.82] Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
[02:33.22] If I work hard at it (If I work hard it)
[02:35.89] I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
[02:38.27] Be, be-fore we came to this country
[02:40.95] We were kings and queens, never porch monkeys
[02:43.61] There was empires in Africa called Kush
[02:45.99] Timbuktu, where every race came to get books
[02:48.39] To learn from black teachers who taught Greeks and Romans
[02:51.31] Asian, Arabs and gave them gold, when
[02:53.98] Gold was converted to money it all changed
[02:56.40] Money then became empowerment for Europeans
[02:58.78] The Persian military invaded
[03:00.64] They heard about the gold, the teachings, and everything sacred
[03:04.37] Africa was almost robbed naked
[03:05.97] Slavery was money, so they began making slave ships
[03:09.26] Egypt was the place that Alexander the Great went
[03:11.57] He was so shocked at the mountains with black faces
[03:13.96] Shot up they nose to impose what basically
[03:16.62] Still goes on today, you see?
[03:18.76] If the truth is told, the youth can grow
[03:21.67] They'll learn to survive until they gain control
[03:24.06] Nobody says you have to be gangstas, hoes
[03:26.72] Read more, learn more, change the globe
[03:29.27] Ghetto children, do your thing
[03:31.53] Hold your head up, little man, you're a king
[03:34.19] Young Princess when you get your wedding ring
[03:36.84] Your man is saying "She's my Queen"
[03:38.96] I know I can (I know I can)
[03:41.35] Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
[03:44.01] If I work hard at it (If I work hard it)
[03:46.42] I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
[03:48.81] I know I can (I know I can)
[03:51.48] Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
[03:53.87] If I work hard at it (If I work hard it)
[03:56.53] I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
[04:10.62] Save the music, y'all
[04:13.03] Save the music, y'all
[04:15.42] Save the music, y'all
[04:18.07] Save the music, y'all
[04:20.48] Save the music
