Whassup little man, whats wrong witchu?
Why you lookin so sad - whats wrong?
Man, I went to school today
and the teacher said I couldnt be no rapper
Say what? Why she tell you that?
She told me I had to be somethin, thats more realistic
like I could actually be, like a construction worker or somethin
Man, construction workers aint realistic man
You cant be out there done sawin all day, boy its hot out there
Man, just keep on goin to school, get your education
That way, you can be anything you WANT to be
I just wanna sing, can I, sing you a song
I bet youll love it (I just wanna sing) yeah yeah yeah
(I-I aint askin for much)
Well go head then
I just wanna sing, can I, sing you a song
I bet youll love it (I aint askin for much)
Listen; I just wanna make music, I just wanna verse or two
In fact, man, I wanna be a rapper too
And I could probably sing the blues
Cause I got problems too, plus I growed up in the projects too
Well can you put me on your soundtrack?
Cause I got a good theme song that Betty Right could probably sing on
Yo, I just want a chance at stardom
I just wanna be more than a thief or robbin
Well, what about a remix? And I could probably make the beat
and get it done all in less than a week
And make it clean for the radio, so the kids could watch the video
Yo, but yall dont hear me doe
Man, I just want a crack at it
If I fail Ill be back, cause I refuse to be a crack addict
I wanna prove the critics wrong
What started off with a poem done turned it into a song
Now Ima sing it for you
Listen to me! I wanna be a legend one day, that way
I can be put in the same category with Barry White and Marvin Gaye
And have a tribute dedicated to me
Sell platinum records and win Grammys so that the world can see
you could be anything that you want to be
Play sports or make music, just put your mind to it
And yo, I aint the typical American Idol
But when Im done, Im sure the boy Simonll like me
Everybody cant act rap, and no matter how real the dream seem
erybody cant sing
But, theres another Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods
somewhere right in the hood, plus
Yo you aint never seen a, meaner team
of tennis players than Venus and Serena
So, its people like that that helped people like me
And they gave me the courage to sing, so Ima sing it for ya
I wanna do commercial and TV shows
I wanna blow and sell records like the BeeGees sold
And I dont really need a chaffeur, I dont need a maid or a cook
Just a vacumn cleaner and coasters
And I can cook and clean for myself - with the right promo team
I feel, I can really do big things, and
I could probably write me a book
With all the stuff I got to tell em, its got to be a best seller
And its way deeper than a Coke and a smile
Why go to schools when the teachers aint helpin us out?
My art teacher drive a Benz but he aint bein artistic
I got music second period but the class wont listen
I wanna sing
So, to all the kids
All the mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers of the world
Yknow? Our kids need encouragement
We need a reason, yknahmsayin?
Lets show em somethin, lets give em somethin to look forward to
So all you teachers that aint doin your job, yall step aside
Cause I got a little brother and sister thats gon
grow up one day and be a teacher, and she gon actually TEACH somethin
Yknow? She gon make it worth comin to school yknow?
Its deeper than free lunch now
I just wanna sing
I used to be just like you
But thank God, we got greater later
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