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[00:18.92]I know I can
[00:21.24]Be what I wanna be
[00:23.68]If I work hard at it
[00:25.95]I'll be where I wanna be
[00:27.53]I know I can
[00:28.73](I know I can)
[00:29.98]Be what I wanna be
[00:31.15](Be what I wanna be)
[00:32.55]If I work hard at it
[00:33.87](If I work hard at it)
[00:34.92]I'll be where I wanna be
[00:36.31](I'll be where I wanna be)
[00:37.51]Be, b-boys and girls, listen up
[00:39.84]You can be anything in the world, in God we trust
[00:42.66]An architect, doctor, maybe an actress
[00:45.02]But nothing comes easy, it takes much practice like
[00:47.82]I met a woman who's becoming a star
[00:50.23]She was very beautiful, leaving people in awe
[00:52.51]Singing songs, Lina Horn, but the younger version
[00:55.17]Hung with the wrong person, got her strung on that heroin
[00:57.72]Cocaine sniffing up drugs all in her nose
[01:00.23]Coulda died, so young, now looks ugly and old
[01:02.53]No fun cause now when she reaches for hugs people hold they breath
[01:05.58]Cause she smells of corrosion and death
[01:07.95]Watch the company you keep and the crowd you bring
[01:10.19]Cause they came to do drugs and you came to sing
[01:12.64]So if you gonna be the best, I'm a tell you how
[01:15.29]Put your hands in the air and take a vow
[01:17.77]I know I can
[01:18.98](I know I can)
[01:20.38]Be what I wanna be
[01:21.60](Be what I wanna be)
[01:22.83]If I work hard at it
[01:24.27](If I work hard at it)
[01:25.46]I'll be where I wanna be
[01:26.76](I'll be where I wanna be)
[01:27.91]I know I can
[01:29.14](I know I can)
[01:30.52]Be what I wanna be
[01:31.77](Be what I wanna be)
[01:33.01]If I work hard at it
[01:34.35](If I work hard at it)
[01:35.58]I'll be where I wanna be
[01:36.93](I'll be where I wanna be)
[01:38.19]Be, b-boys and girls, listen again
[01:40.35]This is for grown looking girls who's only ten
[01:43.16]The ones who watch videos and do what they see
[01:45.41]As cute as can be, up in the club with fake ID
[01:47.88]Careful, 'fore you meet a man with HIV
[01:50.57]You can host the TV like Oprah Winfrey
[01:53.09]Whatever you decide, be careful, some men be
[01:55.71]Rapists, so act your age, don't pretend to be
[01:58.40]Older than you are, give yourself time to grow
[02:01.12]You thinking he can give you wealth, but so
[02:03.29]Young boys, you can use a lot of help, you know
[02:05.56]You thinking life's all about smoking weed and ice
[02:08.12]You don't wanna be my age and can't read and write
[02:10.83]Begging different women for a place to sleep at night
[02:13.35]Smart boys turn to men and do whatever they wish
[02:15.90]If you believe you can achieve, then say it like this
[02:18.31]I know I can
[02:19.85](I know I can)
[02:21.10]Be what I wanna be
[02:22.34](Be what I wanna be)
[02:23.52]If I work hard at it
[02:24.77](If I work hard at it)
[02:26.01]I'll be where I wanna be
[02:27.23](I'll be where I wanna be)
[02:28.52]I know I can
[02:29.83](I know I can)
[02:31.11]Be what I wanna be
[02:32.34](Be what I wanna be)
[02:33.68]If I work hard at it
[02:34.80](If I work hard at it)
[02:36.19]I'll be where I wanna be
[02:37.48](I'll be where I wanna be)
[02:38.75]Be, be, 'fore we came to this country
[02:41.04]We were kings and queens, never porch monkeys
[02:43.59]There was empires in Africa called Kush
[02:46.04]Timbuktu, where every race came to get books
[02:48.61]To learn from black teachers who taught Greeks and Romans
[02:51.49]Asian, Arabs and gave them gold when
[02:53.95]Gold was converted to money it all changed
[02:56.12]Money then became empowerment for Europeans
[02:58.62]The Persian military invaded
[03:00.64]They heard about the gold, the teachings and everything sacred
[03:03.78]Africa was almost robbed naked
[03:06.14]Slavery was money, so they began making slave ships
[03:09.08]Egypt was the place that Alexander the Great went
[03:11.64]He was so shocked at the mountains with black faces
[03:14.24]Shot off they nose to impose what basically
[03:16.79]Still goes on today, you see?
[03:18.99]If the truth is told, the youth can grow
[03:21.45]Then learn to survive until they gain control
[03:23.94]Nobody says you have to be gangstas, hoes
[03:26.81]Read more, learn more, change the globe
[03:29.23]Ghetto children, do your thing
[03:31.86]Hold your head up, little man, you're a king
[03:34.35]Young princess, when you get your wedding ring
[03:36.75]Your man is saying "She's my queen"
[03:39.00]I know I can
[03:40.36](I know I can)
[03:41.60]Be what I wanna be
[03:42.89](Be what I wanna be)
[03:44.06]If I work hard at it
[03:45.38](If I work hard at it)
[03:46.67]I'll be where I wanna be
[03:47.92](I'll be where I wanna be)
[03:49.12]I know I can
[03:50.37](I know I can)
[03:51.66]Be what I wanna be
[03:52.94](Be what I wanna be)
[03:54.36]If I work hard at it
[03:55.61](If I work hard at it)
[03:57.06]I'll be where I wanna be
[03:58.28](I'll be where I wanna be)
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[04:10.86]Save the music y'all
[04:12.85]Save the music y'all
[04:15.03]Save the music y'all
[04:17.44]Save the music y'all
[04:19.90]Save the music
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