I I can Be what I be If I work at it I'll be where I be
I I can, I know I can Be I wanna be, be what I wanna be If I hard at it be where I wanna be, I'll be where I wanna be
Be b-boys and girls up You can be anything in the world, in God we An architect, doctor, an actress But nothing comes easy it much practice
Like, I met a who's becomin a star She was very beautiful, people in awe Singin' songs, Leena But the younger version with the wrong person
Got her strung on the sniffin' up all in the nose Could have died so young, now looks and old No fun now when she reaches for hugs People their breath 'cuz she smells of corrosion and death
Watch the company you and the crowd you bring 'Cuz they came to do drugs and you came to So if you be the best, I'ma tell you how Put hands in the air and take a bow
I I can, I know I can Be what I wanna be, be I wanna be If I hard 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 work at it I'll be where I wanna be, be where I wanna be
Baby, and girls listen again This is for lookin' girls who only 10 The ones who watch videos and do what see As as can be
Up in the club with ID's Careful 'fore you meet a man HIV You can host a TV like Winfrey you decide
Be careful, men be rapists, so act your age Don't to be older than you are Give yourself to grow You thinkin' he can you wealth
But so young boys you can use a lotta you know You thinkin' all about smokin' weed and ice You don't wanna be my age and read and write Beggin' different women for a place to at night
Smart boys turn 'em in and do whatever they If you believe you can say it like this
I know I can, I I can Be I wanna be, be what 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 what I wanna be, be what I be If I work at it I'll be where I wanna be, I'll be where I be
Baby, we came to this country we were kings and queens Never porch monkeys, there was and Africa called Kush Timbuktu where every race came to get To learn from teachers who taught Greeks and Romans Asian, Arabs and them gold
When gold was to money it all changed Money then empowerment for Europeans The military invaded heard about the gold, the teachings and everything sacred
Africa was robbed naked, savery was money So they began slave ships Egypt was the place Alexander the Great went He was at the mountains with black faces
up their nose to impose what basically Still goes on you see If the truth is told the youth can Can learn to until they gain control
says you hafta be gangstas Read more, learn more, change the children do your thing Hold your head up man
a king Young princess when you get your wedding man is sayin, "She's my queen"
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
I I can, I know I can Be what I wanna be, be what I be If I work at it I'll be I wanna be, I'll be where I wanna be
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