Nas - I Can(2007)

[00:08.20] I know I can
[00:10.92] Be what I wanna be
[00:13.26] If I work hard at it
[00:15.87] I'll be where I wanna be
[00:17.25] I know I can
[00:18.57] (I know I can)
[00:19.60] Be what I wanna be
[00:20.97] (Be what I wanna be)
[00:22.23] If I work hard at it
[00:23.60] (If I work hard at it)
[00:24.77] I'll be where I wanna be
[00:25.85] (I'll be where I wanna be)
[00:27.22] Be, b-boys and girls, listen up
[00:29.70] You can be anything in the world, in God we trust
[00:32.65] An architect, doctor, maybe an actress
[00:35.01] But nothing comes easy, it takes much practice like
[00:37.87] I met a woman who's becoming a star
[00:39.81] She was very beautiful, leaving people in awe
[00:42.26] Singing songs, Lina Horn, but the younger version
[00:44.88] Hung with the wrong person, got her strung on that heroin
[00:47.39] Cocaine sniffing up drugs all in her nose
[00:50.07] Coulda died, so young, now looks ugly and old
[00:52.30] No fun cause now when she reaches for hugs people hold they breath
[00:55.53] Cause she smells of corrosion and death
[00:57.31] Watch the company you keep and the crowd you bring
[01:00.11] Cause they came to do drugs and you came to sing
[01:02.48] So if you gonna be the best, I'm a tell you how
[01:05.01] Put your hands in the air and take a vow
[01:07.65] I know I can
[01:09.05] (I know I can)
[01:10.15] Be what I wanna be
[01:11.45] (Be what I wanna be)
[01:12.48] If I work hard at it
[01:14.02] (If I work hard at it)
[01:15.12] I'll be where I wanna be
[01:16.33] (I'll be where I wanna be)
[01:17.58] I know I can
[01:19.03] (I know I can)
[01:20.30] Be what I wanna be
[01:21.23] (Be what I wanna be)
[01:22.63] If I work hard at it
[01:24.08] (If I work hard at it)
[01:25.17] I'll be where I wanna be
[01:26.25] (I'll be where I wanna be)
[01:27.89] Be, b-boys and girls, listen again
[01:30.43] This is for grown looking girls who's only ten
[01:32.97] The ones who watch videos and do what they see
[01:35.16] As cute as can be, up in the club with fake ID
[01:37.95] Careful, 'fore you meet a man with HIV
[01:40.43] You can host the TV like Oprah Winfrey
[01:43.05] Whatever you decide, be careful, some men be
[01:45.64] Rapists, so act your age, don't pretend to be
[01:48.20] Older than you are, give yourself time to grow
[01:50.86] You thinking he can give you wealth, but so
[01:52.87] Young boys, you can use a lot of help, you know
[01:55.21] You thinking life's all about smoking weed and ice
[01:57.78] You don't wanna be my age and can't read and write
[02:00.35] Begging different women for a place to sleep at night
[02:02.81] Smart boys turn to men and do whatever they wish
[02:05.33] If you believe you can achieve, then say it like this
[02:08.12] I know I can
[02:09.37] (I know I can)
[02:10.49] Be what I wanna be
[02:11.79] (Be what I wanna be)
[02:13.19] If I work hard at it
[02:14.23] (If I work hard at it)
[02:15.53] I'll be where I wanna be
[02:16.98] (I'll be where I wanna be)
[02:17.95] I know I can
[02:19.45] (I know I can)
[02:20.60] Be what I wanna be
[02:21.79] (Be what I wanna be)
[02:22.92] If I work hard at it
[02:24.28] (If I work hard at it)
[02:25.75] I'll be where I wanna be
[02:26.72] (I'll be where I wanna be)
[02:28.21] Be, be, 'fore we came to this country
[02:30.92] We were kings and queens, never porch monkeys
[02:33.19] There was empires in Africa called Kush
[02:35.77] Timbuktu, where every race came to get books
[02:38.25] To learn from black teachers who taught Greeks and Romans
[02:41.24] Asian, Arabs and gave them gold when
[02:43.61] Gold was converted to money it all changed
[02:45.95] Money then became empowerment for Europeans
[02:48.40] The Persian military invaded
[02:50.48] They heard about the gold, the teachings and everything sacred
[02:53.86] Africa was almost robbed naked
[02:55.78] Slavery was money, so they began making slave ships
[02:58.74] Egypt was the place that Alexander the Great went
[03:01.38] He was so shocked at the mountains with black faces
[03:03.92] Shot off they nose to impose what basically
[03:06.45] Still goes on today, you see?
[03:08.46] If the truth is told, the youth can grow
[03:11.21] Then learn to survive until they gain control
[03:13.75] Nobody says you have to be gangstas, hoes
[03:16.45] Read more, learn more, change the globe
[03:19.13] Ghetto children, do your thing
[03:21.68] Hold your head up, little man, you're a king
[03:24.04] Young princess, when you get your wedding ring
[03:26.29] Your man is saying "She's my queen"
[03:28.82] I know I can
[03:30.04] (I know I can)
[03:31.28] Be what I wanna be
[03:32.35] (Be what I wanna be)
[03:33.63] If I work hard at it
[03:35.03] (If I work hard at it)
[03:36.18] I'll be where I wanna be
[03:37.45] (I'll be where I wanna be)
[03:38.65] I know I can
[03:39.97] (I know I can)
[03:41.12] Be what I wanna be
[03:42.31] (Be what I wanna be)
[03:43.71] If I work hard at it
[03:45.04] (If I work hard at it)
[03:46.36] I'll be where I wanna be
[03:47.42] (I'll be where I wanna be)
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[03:59.92] Save the music y'all
[04:02.53] Save the music y'all
[04:04.72] Save the music y'all
[04:07.68] Save the music y'all
[04:10.02] Save the music
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