[00:08.69] I know I can [00:11.07] Be what I wanna be [00:13.55] If I work hard at it [00:16.18] I'll be where I wanna be [00:17.64] I know I can [00:18.72] (I know I can) [00:19.92] Be what I wanna be [00:21.08] (Be what I wanna be) [00:22.37] If I work hard at it [00:23.64] (If I work hard at it) [00:24.86] I'll be where I wanna be [00:25.95] (I'll be where I wanna be) [00:27.54] Be, b-boys and girls, listen up [00:29.90] You can be anything in the world, in God we trust [00:32.86] An architect, doctor, maybe an actress [00:35.02] But nothing comes easy, it takes much practice like [00:37.88] I met a woman who's becoming a star [00:40.03] She was very beautiful, leaving people in awe [00:42.68] Singing songs, Lina Horn, but the younger version [00:44.91] Hung with the wrong person, got her strung on that heroin [00:47.44] Cocaine sniffing up drugs all in her nose [00:49.82] Coulda died, so young, now looks ugly and old [00:52.51] No fun cause now when she reaches for hugs people hold they breath [00:55.66] Cause she smells of corrosion and death [00:57.76] Watch the company you keep and the crowd you bring [01:00.35] Cause they came to do drugs and you came to sing [01:02.61] So if you gonna be the best, I'm a tell you how [01:05.17] Put your hands in the air and take a vow [01:07.82] I know I can [01:09.50] (I know I can) [01:10.43] Be what I wanna be [01:11.62] (Be what I wanna be) [01:12.87] If I work hard at it [01:14.29] (If I work hard at it) [01:15.40] I'll be where I wanna be [01:16.72] (I'll be where I wanna be) [01:17.92] I know I can [01:19.12] (I know I can) [01:20.40] Be what I wanna be [01:21.69] (Be what I wanna be) [01:22.86] If I work hard at it [01:24.16] (If I work hard at it) [01:25.44] I'll be where I wanna be [01:26.71] (I'll be where I wanna be) [01:28.07] Be, b-boys and girls, listen again [01:30.41] This is for grown looking girls who's only ten [01:33.22] The ones who watch videos and do what they see [01:35.64] As cute as can be, up in the club with fake ID [01:38.24] Careful, 'fore you meet a man with HIV [01:40.41] You can host the TV like Oprah Winfrey [01:43.25] Whatever you decide, be careful, some men be [01:45.78] Rapists, so act your age, don't pretend to be [01:48.43] Older than you are, give yourself time to grow [01:50.96] You thinking he can give you wealth, but so [01:53.35] Young boys, you can use a lot of help, you know [01:55.59] You thinking life's all about smoking weed and ice [01:58.42] You don't wanna be my age and can't read and write [02:00.76] Begging different women for a place to sleep at night [02:02.97] Smart boys turn to men and do whatever they wish [02:05.45] If you believe you can achieve, then say it like this [02:08.06] I know I can [02:09.50] (I know I can) [02:10.77] Be what I wanna be [02:11.94] (Be what I wanna be) [02:13.10] If I work hard at it [02:14.57] (If I work hard at it) [02:15.75] I'll be where I wanna be [02:17.02] (I'll be where I wanna be) [02:18.30] I know I can [02:19.55] (I know I can) [02:20.81] Be what I wanna be [02:22.07] (Be what I wanna be) [02:23.21] If I work hard at it [02:24.47] (If I work hard at it) [02:25.68] I'll be where I wanna be [02:26.79] (I'll be where I wanna be) [02:28.47] Be, be, 'fore we came to this country [02:30.70] We were kings and queens, never porch monkeys [02:33.03] There was empires in Africa called Kush [02:35.51] Timbuktu, where every race came to get books [02:38.31] To learn from black teachers who taught Greeks and Romans [02:41.18] Asian, Arabs and gave them gold when [02:43.70] Gold was converted to money it all changed [02:46.25] Money then became empowerment for Europeans [02:48.75] The Persian military invaded [02:50.65] They heard about the gold, the teachings and everything sacred [02:53.85] Africa was almost robbed naked [02:56.08] Slavery was money, so they began making slave ships [02:58.82] Egypt was the place that Alexander the Great went [03:01.12] He was so shocked at the mountains with black faces [03:03.73] Shot off they nose to impose what basically [03:06.48] Still goes on today, you see? [03:08.83] If the truth is told, the youth can grow [03:11.50] Then learn to survive until they gain control [03:14.02] Nobody says you have to be gangstas, hoes [03:16.63] Read more, learn more, change the globe [03:19.18] Ghetto children, do your thing [03:21.97] Hold your head up, little man, you're a king [03:24.65] Young princess, when you get your wedding ring [03:26.69] Your man is saying "She's my queen" [03:29.13] I know I can [03:30.27] (I know I can) [03:31.46] Be what I wanna be [03:32.75] (Be what I wanna be) [03:33.93] If I work hard at it [03:35.15] (If I work hard at it) [03:36.34] I'll be where I wanna be [03:37.60] (I'll be where I wanna be) [03:38.96] I know I can [03:40.17] (I know I can) [03:41.41] Be what I wanna be [03:42.78] (Be what I wanna be) [03:43.95] If I work hard at it [03:45.11] (If I work hard at it) [03:46.43] I'll be where I wanna be [03:47.71] (I'll be where I wanna be) [03:50.48] [04:00.97] Save the music y'all [04:02.79] Save the music y'all [04:05.99] Save the music y'all [04:08.49] Save the music y'all [04:10.82] Save the music [04:11.30]