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[00:09.05]I know I can be what i wanna be
[00:13.37]if i work hard at it, i'll be where i wanna be
[00:18.47]i know i can, i know i can be what i wanna be
[00:18.72]if i work hard at it, if i work hard at it
[00:25.35]i'll be where i wanna be, i'll be where i wanna be
[00:28.13]b, b boys and girls listen up, you can be anything in the world
[00:32.48]in god we trust, an architect, doctor, maybe an actress
[00:35.70]but nothin' comes easy it takes much practice,
[00:38.39]like i met a woman who was becoming a star,
[00:40.40]she was very beautiful leaving people in awe
[00:42.53]singin' songs later on , but the younger version,
[00:45.56]hung wit' the wrong person, got her stunger than irwin,
[00:50.16]cocaine sniffi'n up drugs all in her nose,
[00:51.30]could've died so young, now looks ugly and old,
[00:53.11]no fun cuz now when she reaches for hugs
[00:54.60]people hold thier breath cuz she smells of corrosion and death,
[00:58.00]watch the company you keep, and the crowd you bring,
[01:00.96]cuz they came to do drugs and you came to sing,
[01:02.92]so if you gonna be the best im'a tell you how,
[01:05.51]put your hands in the air and take the vow
[01:08.44]I know I can be what i wanna be
[01:13.26]if i work hard at it, i'll be where i wanna be
[01:23.00]if i work hard at it, if i work hard at it
[01:25.63]i'll be where i wanna be, i'll be where i wanna be
[01:28.48]b, b boys and girls listen again
[01:30.53]this is for grown looking girls who's only ten,
[01:33.41]the ones who watch videos and do as they see
[01:35.62]as cute as can be, up in the clubs with fake i.ds,
[01:38.72]careful 'fo you meet a man with h.i.v.
[01:40.84]you can host a tv like oprah winfrey
[01:43.46]whatever you decide, be careful, some men be rapists
[01:46.76]so act your age, don't pretend to be older than you are,
[01:49.91]give yourself time to grow, you're thinking he can give you wealth
[01:53.58]but so young boy, you could use alot of help you know
[01:55.78]ya thinkin' life's all about smokin' weed and ice,
[01:58.22]you don't weanna be my age and can't read and write
[02:00.86]beggin' different women for a place to sleep at night,
[02:03.42]smart boys turn to men and do whatver they wish
[02:06.54]]if you believe you can achieve, then say it like this
[02:08.85]I know I can be what i wanna be
[02:13.32]if i work hard at it, i'll be where i wanna be
[02:18.30]i know i can, i know i can be what i wanna be
[02:23.44]if i work hard at it, if i work hard at it
[02:26.35]i'll be where i wanna be, i'll be where i wanna be
[02:28.61]b before we came to this country,
[02:31.10]we were kings and queens-never porch monkeys
[02:33.67]there was empires in africa called kush,
[02:36.05]timbuktu, where every race came to get books to learn from black teachers
[02:40.00]who taught greeks and romans, asians arabs, and gave them gold
[02:43.92]when gold was converted to money it all changed
[02:46.59]money then became empowerment for europeans,
[02:48.98]the persian military invaded
[02:50.40]they heard about the gold, the teachings and everything sacred
[02:54.67]africa was almost robbed naked,
[02:56.47]slavery was money, so they began making slaveships
[02:58.73]egypt was the place that alexander the great went
[03:01.70]he was in shock that in the mountains were black faces
[03:03.98]shot off thier nose to impose what basically
[03:07.43]still goes on today you see
[03:08.96]if the truth is told the youth can grow,
[03:11.38]they'll learn to survive, until they gain control
[03:13.92]nobody says you have to be gangsters, hoes
[03:17.11]read more, learn more, change the globe
[03:19.30]ghetto children do your thing
[03:21.55]hold your head up little man you're a king
[03:23.80]young princess when you get your wedding ring
[03:26.40]your man's saying she's my queeeen
[03:29.36]I know I can be what i wanna be
[03:34.06]if i work hard at it, i'll be where i wanna be
[03:37.14]i know i can, i know i can be what i wanna be
[03:39.22]i know i can, i know i can be what i wanna be
[03:44.25]if i work hard at it, if i work hard at it
[03:46.70]i'll be where i wanna be, i'll be where i wanna be