Nas - I Can Be What I Want To Be Lyrics

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(Chorus x2)

I know I can

Be what i wanna be

If I work hard at it

I'll be where I want to be

(Verse)

Be be boys and girls listen up

You can be anything in the world

In God we trust

An architect, doctor, or maybe an actress

But nothin' comes easy it takes much practice

Like I met a woman who was becoming a star

She was very beautiful

Leaving people in awe

Singin' songs Lina Horn

But the younger version

Hung wit' the wrong person

Got her stunger that heroin

Cocaine sniffin' up drugs all in her nose

Could've died so young now looks ugly and old

No fun cuz now when she reaches for hugs

People hold they breath

Cuz she smells of corrosion and death

Watch the company you keep and the crowd you bring

Cuz they came to do drugs and you came to sing

So if you gonna be the best Im'a tell you how

Put your hands in the air and take the vow

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Chorusx2

(verse 2)

Boys and girls listen again

This is for grown looking girls who's only ten,

The ones who watch videos and do what they see

As cute as can be, up in the clubs with fake i.ds,

Careful 'fore you meet a man with h.i.v.

You can host a tv like oprah winfrey

Whatever you decide, be careful, some men be rapists

So act your age, don't pretend to be older than you are,

Give yourself time to grow, you're thinking he can give you wealth

But so young boys, you could use alot of help you know

Ya thinkin' life's all about smokin' weed and ice,

You don't wanna be my age and can't read and write

Beggin' different women for a place to sleep at night,

Smart boys turn to men and do whatever they wish

If you believe you can achieve, then say it like this

Chorusx2

(verse 3)

Before we came to this country,

We were kings and queens-never porch monkeys

There was empires in africa called kush,

Timbuktu, where every race came to get books to learn from black teachers

Who taught greeks and romans, asians arabs, and gave them gold

When gold was converted to money it all changed

Money then 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 slaveships

Egypt was the place that alexander the great went

He was in shock that in the mountains were black faces

Shot off thier 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 little man you're a king

Young princess when you get your wedding ring

Your man will sing she's my queen

Chorusx2

Oooooo.......

Save the music ya'll

Save the music ya'll

Save the music ya'll

Save the music ya'll

Save the music

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