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

I'll be where I wanna be, I'll be where I wanna be



Baby, 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 woman who's becomin a star

She was very beautiful, leavi'n people in awe

Singin' songs, Leena Hawn

But the younger version hung with the wrong person



Got her strung on the sniffin' up drugs all in the nose

Could have died so young, now looks ugly and old

No fun 'cuz now when she reaches for hugs

People hold their ground '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, I'ma tell you how

Put your hands in the air and take a bow



I know I can, I know I can

Be what I wanna be, be what I wanna be

If I work hard at it

I'll be where I wanna be, 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

I'll be where I wanna be, I'll be where I wanna be



Baby, boys and girls listen again

This is for grown lookin' girls who only 10

The ones who watch videos and do what they see

As cute as can be



Up in the club with fake ID's

Careful 'fore you meet a man with HIV

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 thinkin' he can give you wealth



But so young boys you can use a lotta help you know

You thinkin' life's all about smokin' 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 'em in and do whatever they wish

If you believe you can achieve

Then say it like this



I know I can, I know I can

Be what I wanna be, be what I wanna be

If I work hard at it

I'll be where I wanna be, 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

I'll be where I wanna be, I'll be where I wanna be



Baby, 'fore we came to this country we were kings and queens

Never porch monkeys, there was empires and Africa called Kush

Timbuktu where every 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 then became empowerment for Europeans

The Persian military invaded

They heard about the gold, the teachings and everything sacred



Africa was almost robbed naked, savery was money

So they began makin' slave ships

Egypt was the place that Alexander the Great went

He was shocked at the mountains with 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

Can learn to survive until they gain control



Nobody says you hafta be gangstas

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 is sayin, "She's my queen"



I know I can, I know I can

Be what I wanna be, be what I wanna be

If I work hard at it

I'll be where I wanna be, 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

I'll be where I wanna be, I'll be where I wanna be



Save the music ya'll

Save the music ya'll

Save the music ya'll

Save the music ya'll

Save the music