Analyse af Nas' sang 'I Can'

Nas – ”I can”

I know I 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)

[Nas]

Be, 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 woman who's becoming a star

She was very beautiful, leaving people in awe

Singing songs, Lina Horn, but the younger version

Hung with the wrong person

Got her strung on that

Heroin, cocaine, sniffin up drugs all in her nose...

Coulda died, so young, now looks ugly and old

No fun cause now when she reaches for hugs people hold they 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 gonna be the best, I'ma tell you how,

Put your hands in the air, and take a vow

[Chorus]

I know I can (I know I can)