Matchbox 20 I Know I Can Lyrics

I Know I Can Lyrics

I know i can 
be what i wanna be
if i work hard at it, 
i'll be where i
wanna be
I KNOW I 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 nothin' comes easy it takes  much practice,
like i met a
woman who was becoming a star, 
she was very beautiful leaving people in
awe
singin' songs later horn , but the younger version,
hung with the
wrong person, got her strung on the irwin,
cocaine sniffi'n up drugs all in
her nose,
could've died so young, now looks ugly and old,
no fun cuz now
when she reaches for hugs
people hold their breath cuz she smells of
corrosion and death,
watch the company you keep, and the crowd you bring,

cuz they came to do drugs and you came to sing,
so if you gonna be the
best umma tell you how,
put your hands in the air and take the
vow

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b, b boys and girls listen again
this is for
grown looking girls who's only ten,
the ones who watch videos and do as they
see
as cute as can be, up in the clubs with fake i.d.,
careful 'fo you
meet a man with h.i.v.
you can host a tv like Oprah Winfrey
whatever you
decide, be careful, some men be rapists
so act your age, don't pretend to be
older than you are, 
give yourself time to grow, you're thinkin' he can give
you wealth
but so young boy, you could use alot of help you know
ya
thinkin' life's all about smokin' weed and ice,
you don't wanna be my age
and can't read and write
beggin' different women for a place to sleep at
night,
smart boys turn to men and do whatver they wish
if you believe you
can achieve, then say it like this

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b before we came to
this country,
we were kings and queens-never porch monkeys
there was
empires in africa called kush,
timbuktu, where every race came to get books
to learn from black teachers
who taught greeks and romans, asians arabs, and
gave them gold
when gold was converted to money it all changed
money then
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 slaveships
egypt was the
place that alexander the great went
he was in shock that in the mountains
were black faces
shot off thier 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 little man you're a king
young princess when you
get your wedding ring
your man's saying she's my queeeen

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