I I can Be I wanna be If I hard at it I'll be where I be
I I can, I know I can Be what I wanna be, be I wanna be If I work at it be where I wanna be, I'll be where I wanna be
Be and girls listen up You can be in the world, in God we trust An architect, doctor, an actress But comes easy it takes much practice
Like, I met a woman who's becomin a She was beautiful, leavi'n people in awe songs, Leena Hawn But the version hung with the wrong person
Got her on the sniffin' up drugs all in the nose Could have died so young, now ugly and old No fun now when she reaches for hugs People hold breath 'cuz she smells of corrosion and death
Watch the company you and the crowd you bring 'Cuz they to do drugs and you came to sing So if you gonna be the best, tell you how Put your in the air and take a bow
I I can, I know I can Be what I be, be what I wanna be If I work at it I'll be I wanna be, I'll be where I wanna be
I know I can, I I can Be what I be, be what I wanna be If I hard at it I'll be where I wanna be, I'll be where I be
Baby, boys and girls again This is for grown lookin' girls who 10 The ones who videos and do what they see As as can be
Up in the club fake ID's Careful 'fore you a man with HIV You can host a TV like Winfrey Whatever you
Be careful, some men be rapists, so act age pretend to be older than you are Give yourself to grow You thinkin' he can you wealth
But so young 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 read and write Beggin' women for a place to sleep at night
Smart turn 'em in and do whatever they wish If you you can achieve Then say it this
I know I can, I I can Be what I be, be what I wanna be If I work at it I'll be where I wanna be, I'll be I wanna be
I I can, I know I can Be what I be, be what I wanna be If I hard at it I'll be where I wanna be, I'll be I wanna be
Baby, 'fore we to this country we were kings and queens Never porch monkeys, there was empires and Africa called Timbuktu where every race to get books To learn from black teachers who Greeks and Romans Asian, Arabs and gave them
When was converted to money it all changed Money then became for Europeans The Persian invaded heard about the gold, the teachings and everything sacred
Africa was almost naked, savery was money So began makin' slave ships Egypt was the that Alexander the Great went He was shocked at the with black faces
Shot up their nose to impose what Still on today you see If the is told the youth can grow Can learn to survive they gain control
Nobody says you be gangstas more, learn more, change the globe Ghetto do your thing Hold your up little man
a king Young princess when you get wedding ring man is sayin, "She's my queen"
I know I can, I I can Be what I wanna be, be I wanna be If I hard at it I'll be where I be, I'll be where I wanna be
I I can, I know I can Be I wanna be, be what I wanna be If I hard at it I'll be where I wanna be, be where I wanna be
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