| You got to believe in yourself
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| Don’t let nobody tell you what you can’t be
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| You got to believe in yoursel-elf, yeah
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| And everything else’ll work out, you’ll see
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| Ohh (ohh) ohh, ohh, hoh!
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| You got to believe in yourself
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| Don’t let nobody tell you what you can’t be
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| You got to believe in yoursel-elf, yeah
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| And everything else’ll work out, you’ll see
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| Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh
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| I think I — naw, I know I can
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| I think I — naw, I know I can
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| I think I — naw, I know I can
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| I know I can, I know I can, ay
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| Ay, yeah
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| Nobody, uh-uh uh uhh
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| Everybody I think I…
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| Uhh, uhh, uhh, uhh
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| You see my poppa was a rollin stone
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| And my momma had problems of her own
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| But I still managed to make it out okay
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| … ohh, ohh
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| Although I’m hailed as a hometown hero
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| Still in my hometown I’m seen as a negro
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| But man, that’s okay
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| Uh uh uh uh uh uh
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| It’s so many obstacles in life to overcome
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| And as soon as you jump over one here come another come
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| But we got to be strong, and set examples for our sons
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| If the sun don’t shine, then the decayin has begun
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| Uhh, uhh, uhh, uhh
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| They say I’m old enough to go to war
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| But I ain’t old enough to play in the NBA no more
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| Now you tell me, what’s wrong with that?
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| Ah ah ah, ah-ah ah ah
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| I pledge allegiance all the way to Iraq
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| But ain’t nobody pledgin to me when I get back
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| Tell my Uncle Sam he wrong for that
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| Ah ah ah, WOO!
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| You see my self-esteem, I’m never leavin home without it
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| They told me I’d never make it, they told me I ain’t doubt it
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| Now tell me whoever make it, now tell me I ain’t got it
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| I’m seein No Limits nigga, who sayin I ain’t Bout it?
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| WOO!
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| That’s right, you gotta believe it y’all, c’mon
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| I know I can
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| I think I — naw, I know I can
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| I think I — naw, I know I can
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| Know I can, know you can
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| Rock on Nelly, rock on my brother
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| Keep your head up over the storm, young fella (hoh!)
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| Got a letter from the government, opened and read it
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| Uhh, and told 'em all to forget it
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| C’mon, cause we BELIEVE in the future
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| Uncle Sam sent his man to recruit ya
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| You still can’t trust it, cause you came this far
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| End of discussion, when you KNOW who you are
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| That’s right believe, c’mon now
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| Don’t let nobody tell you, what you can be
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| C’mon Nelly, tell 'em man
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| That’s right, rockin it positivity, that’s right
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| I know I can, I know I can
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| I think I, I know I can
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| You gotta believe it
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| You gotta believe, my brother
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| You keep doin your thing
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| That’s right, keep that head up
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| All the way to the future
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| That’s right, for the babies baby
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| For the babies |