Chorus: I know I can be what I wanna be if I work hard at it I'll be where i wanna be I knowI can {I know I can} Be what I wanna be {be what I wanna be} If I work hard at it. {If i work hard at it} I'll be where I wanna be {I'll be where i wanna be}
b b-boys and girls listen up You can be anything in the world in God we trust an Architect doctor, Maybe an actress But nothing comes easy it takes much practice like, I met a women who's becoming a star She was very beautiful, Leaving people in Awh Singing songs Leana Horne, but the younger version hung with the wrong person get a strung of that heroine cocaine sniffing up drugs all in her nose could have died so young now looks ugly in old no fun because now when she reaches for hugs people hold their breath cause she smells of corrosion and death Watch the company you keep and the crowd you bring Cause they came to do drugs and you came to sing so if you're gonna be the best I'ma tell you how. Put your hands in the air, and take a vow
Chorus: I know I can be what I wanna be if I work hard at it I'll be where i wanna be I knowI can {I know I can} Be what I wanna be {be what I wanna be} If I work hard at it. {If i work hard at it} I'll be where I wanna be {I'll be where i wanna be}
b b-boys and girls listen again this is for grown looking girls who is only ten The ones who watch videos and do what they see as cute as can be up in the club with fake I.D careful before you meet a man with H.I.V. you can host a T.V. like Oprah Winfrey Whatever you decide be careful some men be Rapists so act your age dont pretend to be older than you are give your self time to grow. Ya thinking he can give you wealth bu so young boys you can use alot of help you know You thinking lifes all about smoking weed and ice you don't wanna be my age and can't read and write banging different women for a place to sleep at night smart boys turn them in and do what ever they wish so if you believe you can achieve than say it like this
Chorus: Chorus: I know I can be what I wanna be if I work hard at it I'll be where i wanna be I knowI can {I know I can} Be what I wanna be {be what I wanna be} If I work hard at it. {If i work hard at it} I'll be where I wanna be {I'll be where i wanna be}
b- before we cxame to this country we were king and queens never porch monkeys there was empires in Africa called Kush Timbuktu where ever race came to get books to learn from black teachers who taught Greeks and Romans Asian, Arabs and gave them gold when gold was converted to money it all changed money than became empowerment for Europeans The persian military invaded they heard about the gold, the teachings, and everything sacred Africa was almost robbed naked Slavery was money, so they began making slave ships Egypt was the place that Alexander the Great went he was in shock that the mountains were black faces shot up their nose to impose what basically still goes on today you see If the truth is told the youth can grow They'll learn to survive until they gain control nobody says you have to be gangsters, hoes read more learn more change the globe Ghetto children do your thing hold your head up lil man your a king young princess when you get your wedding ring your man will sing, "She's my queen!"
Chorus: I know I can be what I wanna be if I work hard at it I'll be where i wanna be I knowI can {I know I can} Be what I wanna be {be what I wanna be} If I work hard at it. {If i work hard at it} I'll be where I wanna be {I'll be where i wanna be}