I Can - Nas.mp3

[00:00.00] 作词 : Roy Hammond/Nasir Jones/Salaam Gibbs
[00:01.00] 作曲 : Roy Hammond/Nasir Jones/Salaam Gibbs
[00:08.85]I know I can
[00:11.44]Be what I wanna be
[00:13.76]If I work hard at it
[00:16.27]I'll be where I wanna be
[00:17.70]I know I can (I know I can)
[00:20.17]Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
[00:22.49]If I work hard at it (If I work hard it)
[00:25.08]I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
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[00:27.70]Be, B-Boys and girls, listen up
[00:30.23]You can be anything in the world, in God we trust
[00:32.94]An architect, doctor, maybe an actress
[00:35.34]But nothing comes easy it takes much practice
[00:37.85]Like, I met a woman who's becoming a star
[00:40.17]She was very beautiful, leaving people in awe
[00:42.70]Singing songs, Lina Horn, but the younger version
[00:45.25]Hung with the wrong person
[00:46.43]Gotta astrung when I heard when
[00:47.69]Niggas, sniffing up drugs, all in her nose
[00:50.20]Coulda died, so young, no looks ugly and old
[00:52.75]No fun cause when she reaches for hugs people hold they breath
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[00:55.76]Cause she smells of corrosion and death
[00:57.70]Watch the company you keep and the crowd you bring
[01:00.35]Cause they came to do drugs and you came to sing
[01:02.79]So if you gonna be the best, I'ma tell you how
[01:05.41]Put your hands in the air
[01:06.86]And take the vow
[01:08.04]I know I can (I know I can)
[01:10.49]Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
[01:12.89]If I work hard at it (If I work hard it)
[01:15.41]I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
[01:17.88]I know I can (I know I can)
[01:20.39]Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
[01:23.06]If I work hard at it (If I work hard it)
[01:25.46]I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
[01:27.98]Be, B-Boys and girls, listen again
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[01:30.73]This is for grown looking girls who's only ten
[01:33.39]The ones who watch videos and do what they see
[01:35.56]As cute as can be, up in the club with fake ID
[01:38.23]Careful, fore you meet a man with HIV
[01:40.78]You can host the TV like Oprah Winfrey
[01:43.37]Whatever you decide, be careful, some men be
[01:45.92]Rapists, so act your age, don't pretend to be
[01:48.51]Older than you are, give yourself time to grow
[01:51.28]You thinking he can give you wealth, but so
[01:53.09]Young boys, you can use a lot of help, you know
[01:55.66]You thinkin life's all about smokin weed and ic
[01:58.28]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
[02:03.35]Smart boys turn to men and do whatever they wish
[02:05.78]If you believe you can achieve, then say it like this
[02:08.32]I know I can (I know I can)
[02:10.91]Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
[02:13.24]If I work hard at it (If I work hard it)
[02:15.78]I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
[02:18.60]I know I can (I know I can)
[02:20.88]Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
[02:23.43]If I work hard at it (If I work hard it)
[02:25.98]I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
[02:28.42]Be, be, fore we came to this country
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[02:31.24]We were kings and queens, never porch monkeys
[02:33.79]It was empires in Africa called Kush
[02:36.11]Timbuktu, where every race came to get books
[02:38.67]To learn from black teachers who taught Greeks and Romans
[02:41.72]
[02:41.74]Asian Arabs and gave them gold when
[02:43.99]Gold was converted to money it all changed
[02:46.35]Money then became empowerment for Europeans
[02:48.82]The Persian military invaded
[02:50.73]They learned about the gold, the teachings and everything sacred
[02:54.33]
[02:54.35]Africa was almost robbed naked
[02:56.25]Slavery was money, so they began making slave ships
[02:59.30]Egypt was the place that Alexander the Great went
[03:01.77]He was so shocked at the mountains with black faces
[03:04.24]Shot up they nose to impose what basically
[03:06.95]Still goes on today, you see?
[03:08.85]If the truth is told, the youth can grow
[03:11.52]They learn to survive until they gain control
[03:14.03]Nobody says you have to be *******s, hoes
[03:16.51]Read more learn more, change the globe
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[03:19.53]Ghetto children, do your thing
[03:21.93]Hold your head up, little man, you're a king
[03:24.55]Young Prince thats when you get your wedding ring
[03:26.65]Your man is saying She's my queen
[03:29.16]I know I can (I know I can)
[03:31.45]Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
[03:33.88]If I work hard at it (If I work hard it)
[03:36.40]I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
[03:38.91]I know I can (I know I can)
[03:41.53]Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
[03:43.97]If I work hard at it (If I work hard it)
[03:46.48]I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
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[03:59.99]Save the music y'all, save the music y'all
[04:05.40]Save the music y'all, save the music y'all
[04:10.46]Save the music
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