Be, B-Boys and girls, listen up
\nYou can be anything in the world, in God we trust
\nAn architect, doctor, maybe an actress
\nBut nothing comes easy it takes much practice
\nLike, I met a woman who’s becoming a star
\nShe was very beautiful, leaving people in awe
\nSinging songs, Lina Horn, but the younger version
\nHung with the wrong person
\nGotta astrung when I heard when
\nCocaine, sniffing up drugs, all in her nose
\nCoulda died, so young, no looks ugly and old
\nNo fun cause when she reaches for hugs people hold they breath
\nCause she smells of corrosion and death
\nWatch the company you keep and the crowd you bring
\nCause they came to do drugs and you came to sing
\nSo if you gonna be the best, I’ma tell you how<\/p>\n
I know I can
\nBe what I wanna be
\nIf I work hard at it
\nI’ll be where I wanna be<\/p>\n
Be, B-Boys and girls, listen again
\nThis is for grown looking girls who’s only ten
\nThe ones who watch videos and do what they see
\nAs cute as can be, up in the club with fake ID
\nCareful, ‘fore you meet a man with HIV
\nYou can host the TV like Oprah Winfrey
\nWhatever you decide, be careful, some men be
\nRapists, so act your age, don’t pretend to be
\nOlder than you are, give yourself time to grow
\nYou thinking he can give you wealth, but so
\nYoung boys, you can use a lot of help, you know
\nYou thinkin life’s all about smokin weed and ice
\nYou don’t wanna be my age and can’t read and right
\nBegging different women for a place to sleep at night
\nSmart boys turn to men and do whatever they wish
\nIf you believe you can achieve, then say it like this<\/p>\n
Be, be, ‘fore we came to this country
\nWe were kings and queens, never porch monkeys
\nIt was empires in Africa called Kush
\nTimbuktu, where every race came to get books
\nTo learn from black teachers who taught Greeks and Romans
\nAsian Arabs and gave them gold when
\nGold was converted to money it all changed
\nMoney then became empowerment for Europeans
\nThe Persian military invaded
\nThey learned about the gold, the teachings and everything sacred
\nAfrica was almost robbed naked
\nSlavery was money, so they began making slave ships
\nEgypt was the place that Alexander the Great went
\nHe was so shocked at the mountains with black faces
\nShot up they nose to impose what basically
\nStill goes on today, you see?
\nIf the truth is told, the youth can grow
\nThey learn to survive until they gain control
\nNobody says you have to be gangstas, hoes
\nRead more learn more, change the globe
\nGhetto children, do your thing
\nHold your head up, little man, you’re a king
\nYoung Prince thats when you get your wedding ring
\nYour man is saying “She’s my queen”<\/p>\n
I know I can
\nBe what I wanna be
\nIf I work hard at it
\nI’ll be where I wanna be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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