Nas

Chorus:
I know I can
be what I wanna be
if I work hard at it
I'll be where i wanna be
I knowI can {I know I can}
Be what I wanna be {be what I wanna be}
If I work hard at it. {If i work hard at it}
I'll be where I wanna be {I'll be where i wanna be}

b b-boys and girls listen up
You can be anything in the world in God we trust
an Architect doctor, Maybe an actress
But nothing comes easy it takes much practice like,
I met a women who's becoming a star
She was very beautiful, Leaving people in Awh
Singing songs Leana Horne, but the younger version
hung with the wrong person get a strung of that heroine
cocaine sniffing up drugs all in her nose
could have died so young now looks ugly in old
no fun because now when she reaches for hugs people hold their breath
cause she smells of corrosion and death
Watch the company you keep and the crowd you bring
Cause they came to do drugs and you came to sing
so if you're gonna be the best I'ma tell you how.
Put your hands in the air, and take a vow

Chorus:
I know I can
be what I wanna be
if I work hard at it
I'll be where i wanna be
I knowI can {I know I can}
Be what I wanna be {be what I wanna be}
If I work hard at it. {If i work hard at it}
I'll be where I wanna be {I'll be where i wanna be}

b b-boys and girls listen again
this is for grown looking girls who is only ten
The ones who watch videos and do what they see
as cute as can be up in the club with fake I.D
careful before you meet a man with H.I.V.
you can host a T.V. like Oprah Winfrey
Whatever you decide be careful some men be
Rapists so act your age dont pretend to be
older than you are give your self time to grow.
Ya thinking he can give you wealth bu so
young boys you can use alot of help you know
You thinking lifes all about smoking weed and ice
you don't wanna be my age and can't read and write
banging different women for a place to sleep at night
smart boys turn them in and do what ever they wish
so if you believe you can achieve than say it like this

Chorus:
Chorus:
I know I can
be what I wanna be
if I work hard at it
I'll be where i wanna be
I knowI can {I know I can}
Be what I wanna be {be what I wanna be}
If I work hard at it. {If i work hard at it}
I'll be where I wanna be {I'll be where i wanna be}

b- before we cxame to this country
we were king and queens never porch monkeys
there was empires in Africa called Kush
Timbuktu where ever race came to get books
to learn from black teachers who taught Greeks and Romans
Asian, Arabs and gave them gold when
gold was converted to money it all changed
money than became empowerment for Europeans
The persian military invaded
they heard about the gold, the teachings, and everything sacred
Africa was almost robbed naked
Slavery was money, so they began making slave ships
Egypt was the place that Alexander the Great went
he was in shock that the mountains were black faces
shot up their nose to impose what basically
still goes on today you see
If the truth is told
the youth can grow
They'll learn to survive until they gain control
nobody says you have to be gangsters, hoes
read more learn more change the globe
Ghetto children do your thing
hold your head up lil man your a king
young princess when you get your wedding ring
your man will sing, "She's my queen!"

Chorus:
I know I can
be what I wanna be
if I work hard at it
I'll be where i wanna be
I knowI can {I know I can}
Be what I wanna be {be what I wanna be}
If I work hard at it. {If i work hard at it}
I'll be where I wanna be {I'll be where i wanna be}

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