歌曲 | I Can |
歌手 | Nas |
专辑 | The Essential Nas |
[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) |
[00:27.33] | |
[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] | Cocaine, 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 |
[00:55.74] | |
[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 bell |
[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 |
[01:30.33] | |
[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 ice |
[01:58.28] | You don't wanna be my age and can't read and right |
[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 |
[02:31.02] | |
[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 gangstas, hoes |
[03:16.51] | Read more learn more, change the globe |
[03:18.88] | |
[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) |
[03:49.11] | |
[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 |
[04:11.30] |
[00:08.85] | wǒ zhī dào wǒ kě yǐ |
[00:11.44] | dá chéng wǒ de mèng xiǎng |
[00:13.76] | rú guǒ wǒ nǔ lì |
[00:16.27] | wǒ huì dào dá wǒ xiǎng dào de wèi zhì |
[00:17.70] | wǒ zhī dào wǒ kě yǐ |
[00:20.17] | dá chéng wǒ de mèng xiǎng |
[00:22.49] | rú guǒ wǒ nǔ lì |
[00:25.08] | wǒ huì dào dá wǒ xiǎng dào de wèi zhì |
[00:27.70] | tiào wǔ de nán hái nǚ hái men, tīng zhe |
[00:30.23] | nǐ kě yǐ chéng wéi zhè shì jiè shang de rèn hé rén, zài wǒ men shēn xìn de shàng dì zhǐ yǐn xià |
[00:32.94] | shè jì shī, yī shēng, huò zhě yǎn yuán |
[00:35.34] | dàn shì shén me dōu bù jiǎn dān, bì xū yào nǔ lì liàn xí |
[00:37.85] | jiù hǎo xiàng, wǒ yù jiàn guò yí gè zhèng zài nǔ lì zuò míng xīng de nǚ rén |
[00:40.17] | tā hěn měi lì, dài zhe rén men de jìng wèi lí kāi le tā men |
[00:42.70] | chàng zhe gē, hǎo xiàng nián qīng bǎn de Lena Horn |
[00:45.25] | dā shàng le cuò de rén |
[00:46.43] | ràng tā rǎn shàng le |
[00:47.69] | xī dé tā mǎn bí zi |
[00:50.20] | kě néng yǐ jīng sǐ le, zhè me nián qīng, xiàn zài què kàn qǐ lái chǒu lòu cāng lǎo |
[00:52.75] | méi yǒu kuài lè, dāng tā xiǎng yōng bào bié rén de shí hòu rén men què píng zhù le hū xī |
[00:55.76] | yīn wèi tā wén qǐ lái xiàng sǐ wáng de fǔ xiǔ |
[00:57.70] | xiǎo xīn hé nǐ zài yì qǐ de péng yǒu hé nǐ dài lái de rén |
[01:00.35] | yīn wèi tā men lái de ér nǐ shì lái chàng gē de |
[01:02.79] | yīn cǐ rú guǒ nǐ xiǎng chéng wéi zuì hǎo de, wǒ gào sù nǐ gāi zěn me zuò |
[01:05.41] | bǎ shǒu jǔ zài kōng zhōng |
[01:06.86] | gēn wǒ xuān shì |
[01:08.04] | wǒ zhī dào wǒ kě yǐ |
[01:10.49] | dá chéng wǒ de mèng xiǎng |
[01:12.89] | rú guǒ wǒ nǔ lì |
[01:15.41] | wǒ huì dào dá wǒ xiǎng dào de wèi zhì |
[01:17.88] | wǒ zhī dào wǒ kě yǐ |
[01:20.39] | dá chéng wǒ de mèng xiǎng |
[01:23.06] | rú guǒ wǒ nǔ lì |
[01:25.46] | wǒ huì dào dá wǒ xiǎng dào de wèi zhì |
[01:27.98] | tiào wǔ de nán hái nǚ hái men, zài tīng zhe |
[01:30.73] | zhè shì gěi nèi xiē shí suì jiù kàn qǐ lái chéng shú de nǚ hái men tīng |
[01:33.39] | nèi xiē zài diàn shì zhōng kàn dào shén me jiù xué shén me de hái zi men |
[01:35.56] | jìn kě néng de kě ài, yòng qù jiǔ bā lǐ fēng |
[01:38.23] | xiǎo xīn le, zài nǐ pèng dào yí gè yǒu ài zī de nán rén zhī qián |
[01:40.78] | nǐ kě yǐ xiàng Oprah Winfrey yí yàng zhǔ chí diàn shì jié mù |
[01:43.37] | bù guǎn nǐ jué dìng le shén me, yào xiǎo xīn jǐn shèn, yǒu xiē rén kě néng shì |
[01:45.92] | bù huái hào yì, nà me shuō chū nǐ de nián líng, bú yào jiǎ zhuāng dé |
[01:48.51] | bǐ nǐ shí jì nián líng dà, gěi nǐ zì jǐ de chéng zhǎng yì diǎn shí jiān |
[01:51.28] | nǐ rèn wéi tā néng gòu gěi nǐ dài lái cái fù, kě shì ne |
[01:53.09] | nián qīng de nán hái men, nǐ men kě yǐ bāng shàng hěn dà de máng, nǐ men zhī dào |
[01:55.66] | nǐ men yǐ wéi nǐ men de rén shēng zhǐ shì chōu yān hē jiǔ |
[01:58.28] | nǐ bú huì xiǎng zhǎng dào le wǒ zhè me dà hái bú huì dú shū xiě zì ba |
[02:00.76] | dào chù xiàng nǚ rén qiú jiù lái zhǎo gè zhù sù de dì fāng |
[02:03.35] | cōng míng de nán hái men huì chéng zhǎng wéi zhēn zhèng de nán rén zuò tā men xiǎng zuò de |
[02:05.78] | rú guǒ nǐ xiāng xìn nǐ kě yǐ, nà me gēn wǒ shuō |
[02:08.32] | wǒ zhī dào wǒ kě yǐ |
[02:10.91] | dá chéng wǒ de mèng xiǎng |
[02:13.24] | rú guǒ wǒ nǔ lì |
[02:15.78] | wǒ huì dào dá wǒ xiǎng dào de wèi zhì |
[02:18.60] | wǒ zhī dào wǒ kě yǐ |
[02:20.88] | dá chéng wǒ de mèng xiǎng |
[02:23.43] | rú guǒ wǒ nǔ lì |
[02:25.98] | wǒ huì dào dá wǒ xiǎng dào de wèi zhì |
[02:28.42] | zài wǒ lái dào zhè gè guó dù zhī qián |
[02:31.24] | wǒ men shì guó wáng hé huáng hòu, ér bú shì hēi yōng |
[02:33.79] | nà shi gè zài fēi zhōu jiào zuò kù shén de dì guó jí gǔ āi jí lì shǐ shàng suǒ chēng de nǔ bǐ yà Nubia |
[02:36.11] | tíng bā kè tú, zài nǎ měi cì bǐ sài dōu bèi jì lù chéng wéi lì shǐ |
[02:38.67] | xiàng hēi rén lǎo shī xué xí tā men céng jiào guò xī là rén hé luó mǎ rén |
[02:41.74] | yà zhōu rén, bó rén, gěi tā men huáng jīn, ér dāng |
[02:43.99] | huáng jīn biàn huàn chéng le qián yī qiè dōu biàn le |
[02:46.35] | qián chéng le ōu zhōu rén de tè quán |
[02:48.82] | bō sī de rù qīn |
[02:50.73] | tā men tīng shuō le huáng jīn, jiào yì hé suǒ yǒu shén shèng de dōng xī |
[02:54.35] | fēi zhōu jī hū bèi xǐ jié yī kōng |
[02:56.25] | zhì kě yǐ zhuàn qián, yú shì tā men kāi shǐ jiàn zào fàn mài de chuán |
[02:59.30] | āi jí jiù shì yà lì shān dà dà dì suǒ qù de dì fāng |
[03:01.77] | tā bèi rén shān rén hǎi de hēi nú suǒ zhèn jīng le |
[03:04.24] | dǎ diào le tā men de bí zi kāi shǐ zhēng shuì |
[03:06.95] | zhè dào jīn tiān hái zài jì xù, duì ba |
[03:08.85] | rú guǒ zhī dào le zhēn xiàng, nà me nǐ jiù kě yǐ chéng |
[03:11.52] | rán hòu xué huì shēng cún zhí dào tā men dé dào le kòng zhì |
[03:14.03] | méi rén shuō nǐ bì xū zuò yí gè bāng pài fèn zǐ huò zhě |
[03:16.51] | duō dú shū duō xué xí, gǎi biàn shì jiè |
[03:19.53] | qióng qū de hái zi men, zuò nǐ men gāi zuò de shì |
[03:21.93] | tái qǐ nǐ de tóu, xiǎo nán zǐ hàn, nǐ jiù shì guó wáng |
[03:24.55] | nián qīng de gōng zhǔ dāng nǐ dài qǐ nǐ de jié hūn jiè zhǐ |
[03:26.65] | nǐ de nán rén huì shuō, tā shì wǒ de nǚ wáng |
[03:29.16] | wǒ zhī dào wǒ kě yǐ |
[03:31.45] | dá chéng wǒ de mèng xiǎng |
[03:33.88] | rú guǒ wǒ nǔ lì |
[03:36.40] | wǒ huì dào dá wǒ xiǎng dào de wèi zhì |
[03:38.91] | wǒ zhī dào wǒ kě yǐ |
[03:41.53] | dá chéng wǒ de mèng xiǎng |
[03:43.97] | rú guǒ wǒ nǔ lì |
[03:46.48] | wǒ huì dào dá wǒ xiǎng dào de wèi zhì |
[03:59.99] | zhěng jiù zhè yīn yuè zhěng jiù zhè yīn yuè |
[04:05.40] | zhěng jiù zhè yīn yuè zhěng jiù zhè yīn yuè |
[04:10.46] | zhěng jiù zhè yīn yuè |