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[Kids]
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I know I can (I know I can)
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Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
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If I work hard at it (If I work hard at it)
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I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
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[Nas]
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Be, B-Boys and girls, listen up
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You can be anything in the world, in God we trust
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An architect, doctor, maybe an actress
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But nothing comes easy it takes much practice
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Like, I met a woman who's becoming a star
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She was very beautiful, leaving people in awe
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Singing songs, Lina Horn, but the younger version
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Hung with the wrong person
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Got her strung on that
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Heroin, cocaine, sniffin up drugs all in her nose...
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Coulda died, so young, now looks ugly and old
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No fun cause now when she reaches for hugs people hold they breath
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Cause she smells of corrosion and death
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Watch the company you keep and the crowd you bring
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Cause they came to do drugs and you came to sing
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So if you gonna be the best, I'ma tell you how,
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Put your hands in the air, and take a vow
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[Chorus - 2x (Nas and Kids)]
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I know I can (I know I can)
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Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
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If I work hard at it (If I work hard at it)
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I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
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[Nas]
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Be, B-Boys and girls, listen again
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This is for grown looking girls who's only ten
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The ones who watch videos and do what they see
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As cute as can be, up in the club with fake id
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Careful, 'fore you meet a man with hiv
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You can host the tv like Oprah Winfrey
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Whatever you decide, be careful, some men be
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Rapists, so act your age, don't pretend to be
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Older than you are, give yourself time to grow
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You thinking he can give you wealth, but so
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Young boys, you can use a lot of help, you know
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You thinkin life's all about smokin weed and ice
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You don't wanna be my age and can't read and write
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Begging different women for a place to sleep at night
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Smart boys turn to men and do whatever they wish
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If you believe you can achieve, then say it like this
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[Chorus:]
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[Nas]
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Be, be, 'fore we came to this country
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We were kings and queens, never porch monkeys
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There was empires in Africa called Kush
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Timbuktu, where every race came to get books
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To learn from black teachers who taught Greeks and Romans
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Asian Arabs and gave them gold when
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Gold was converted to money it all changed
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Money then became empowerment for Europeans
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The Persian military invaded
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They heard about the gold, the teachings, and everything sacred
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Africa was almost robbed naked
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Slavery was money, so they began making slave ships
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Egypt was the place that Alexander the Great went
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He was so shocked at the mountains with black faces
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Shot up they nose to impose what basically
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Still goes on today, you see?
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If the truth is told, the youth can grow
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Then learn to survive until they gain control
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Nobody says you have to be gangstas, hoes
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Read more learn more, change the globe
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Ghetto children, do your thing
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Hold your head up, little man, you're a king
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Young Princess when you get your wedding ring
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Your man is saying "She's my queen"
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[Chorus:]
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Save the music y'all, save the music y'all
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Save the music y'all, save the music y'all
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Save the music
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