I know i can (i know i can)
我信我能
Be what i wanna be (be what i wanna be)
成为心中的我
If i work hard at it (if i work hard it)
如果我付出全力
I’ll be where i wanna be (ill be where i wanna be)
我定能到达那里
Be, b-boys and girls, listen up
你，妮子伢子们都听好了
You can be anything in the world, in god we trust
以上帝之名，你能做一切能做的事情
An architect, doctor, maybe an actress
当建筑师，医生，或者是一名演员
But nothing comes easy it takes much practice
但没有什么会理所当然梅花香自苦寒
Like, i met a woman whos becoming a star
来，我遇见过一个如同昙花的女孩
She was very beautiful, leaving people in awe
她如此美丽，惊叹到不能言语
Singing songs, Lena Horne, but the younger version
歌艺卓群， “莱娜•霍恩”的模子（Lena Horne是美国戏剧史上第一位和好莱坞签下长约的非裔美国艺人，音乐上拿过三座葛莱美奖，外加1998年的终身成就奖座。）
hung with the wrong person
却混上了不良分子
gotta a strung when i heard when
我了解时已经捅出了篓子
Cocaine, sniffing up drugs, all in her nose
可卡因和K粉塞满了她的鼻子
Coulda died, so young, now looks ugly and old
几乎致死，如此年轻，青春和美丽随风而逝
No fun cause now when she reaches for hugs people hold they breath
拥抱她时别人都屏住呼吸，因为她散发着腐朽和死亡
Cause she smells of corrosion and death
哦，这太让人悲伤
Watch the company you keep and the crowd you bring
交友如兰芷之室鲍鱼之肆
Cause they came to do drugs and you came to sing
他们选择颓废你选择更坚持
So if you gonna be the best, ima tell you how
汝欲执牛耳，我来教你怎么做
Put your hands in the air
把手伸向天空
and take the vow
大声宣誓
I know i can (i know i can)
我信我能
Be what i wanna be (be what i wanna be)
成为心中的我
If i work hard at it (if i work hard it)
如果我付出全力
I’ll be where i wanna be (ill be where i wanna be)
我定能到达那里
Be,b-boys and girls, listen again
丫，伢子和妮子这是第二段
This is for grown looking girls whos only ten
这是为了那些人小鬼大的女孩
The ones who watch videos and do what they see
盲从潮流追随电视机良莠不齐
As cute as can be, up in the club with fake id
假身份证各种趴夜店咖，尽可能挑逗火辣
Careful, fore you meet a man with HIV
当心！你遇到第一个携带艾滋病的男性前
You can host the TV like Oprah Winfrey
你还真当自己是在主持欧普拉秀牛逼冲天
Whatever you decide, be careful, some men be
无论神马，安全第一，你也不知道谁是嫖客谁是强奸犯
rapists, so act your age, dont pretend to be
所以本分的做自己，别着急
older than you are, give yourself time to grow
别揠苗助长，给自己时间慢慢成长
You thinking he can give you wealth, but so
你认为他是有油蹭的凯子，但是
young boys, you can use a lot of help, you know
骚年你能做挺多有用的事的，你懂的
You thinkin lifes all about smokin weed and ice
可你满脑子只有冰和叶子
You dont wanna be my age and cant read and right
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲
Begging different women for a place to sleep at night
冰天雪地跪求ONS悲催
Smart boys turn to men and do whatever they wish
像个男人一样负担起wishlist的花费
If you believe you can achieve, then say it like this
如果你认为你做得到那跟着我念
I know i can (i know i can)
我信我能
Be what i wanna be (be what i wanna be)
成为心中的我
If i work hard at it (if i work hard it)
如果我付出全力
I’ll be where i wanna be (ill be where i wanna be)
我定能到达那里
Be, be, fore we came to this country
在，在我们来到这个国家之前
We were kings and queens, never porch monkeys
我们是贵胄之后，不是什么懒猴（“porch monkey”，白人对庄园的黑奴种族歧视用语，也曾被使用在修建美国大铁路的华工身上，性质极为恶劣的短语）
It was empires in Africa called Kush
那是非洲的库什帝国（也译“古实”，圣经可考，今苏丹，埃塞尔比亚一代）
Timbuktu, where every race came to get books
廷巴克图，赐予每个种族精神的财富（与香格里拉齐名的梦想之地，古代西非和北非骆驼商队的必经之地，历史上是贸易和文化中心）
to learn from black teachers who taught greeks and romans
像那些教育过古希腊人和古罗马人的黑人先贤们学习
asian arabs and gave them gold when
给亚洲和阿拉伯带来黄金
gold was converted to money it all changed
当黄金可以流通一切都变（此处convert不仅有转变、兑换的意思，还有改变信仰之意）
Money then became empowerment for europeans
金钱成了欧洲人巩固统治的授权
The Persian military invaded
波斯大军全面入侵
They heared about the gold, the teachings and everything sacred
他们听闻了金子，知识和一切神圣之物
Africa was almost robbed naked
非洲大陆只剩沙漠裸露
Slavery was money, so they began making slave ships
黑奴船满载着血金、锁链和尸骨
Egypt was the place that Alexander the Great went
亚历山大大帝踏上讨伐埃及的征途（狮身人面像缺失的鼻子还未有定论，Nas此处说的应该是比较有名的“拿破仑用大炮轰击”一说，但并无史料考证）
He was so shocked at the mountains with black faces
他被巨大岩石上黑色的脸深深震住
Shot up they nose to impose what basically
轰击他们的鼻子妄图改变基础
Still goes on today, you see?
可你看，它还不是如此得顽固？【一指在今天白种人仍对有色人种的歧视待遇（缺失的鼻子），二指代表非洲裔民的斯芬克斯像仍然存在，并在各地繁衍生息（巨大的狮身人面像）】
If the truth is told, the youth can grow
当真理被阐述，幼苗才能好的长出
They learn to survive until they gain control
自律后才能存活于泥土
Nobody says you have to be gangstas, hoes
王侯将相，宁有种乎？
Read more learn more, change the globe
学习了解，打开眼界改变世界
Ghetto children, do your thing
贫民窟的孩子们，做你们心之向往
Hold your head up, little man, you’re a king
抬起头来，小男子汉，你是一位王
Young princess that’s when you get your wedding ring
小公主当你得到你一生的归属
Your man is saying "shes my queen"
他会说“请接受骑士永远的保护”
I know i can (i know i can)
我信我能
Be what i wanna be (be what i wanna be)
成为心中的我
If i work hard at it (if i work hard it)
如果我付出全力
I’ll be where i wanna be (ill be where i wanna be)
我定能到达那里
save the music yell save the music yell
save the music yell save the music yell
save the music yell
译者：憾文弟
- 专辑：God's Son
- 歌手：Nas
- 歌曲：I Can