Self Esteem

Album: Brass Knuckles (2008)
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  • You got to believe in yourself
    Don't let nobody tell you what you can't be
    You got to believe in yourself, yeah
    And everything else'll work out, you'll see
    Oh (oh) oh, oh, oh!

    You got to believe in yourself
    Don't let nobody tell you what you can't be
    You got to believe in yourself, yeah
    And everything else'll work out, you'll see
    Oh, oh, oh, oh
    I think I, no, I know I can
    I think I, no, I know I can
    I think I, no, I know I can
    I know I can, I know I can, hey

    Ay, yeah
    Nobody,
    Everybody I think I

    You see my poppa was a rollin' stone
    And my momma had problems of her own
    But I still managed to make it out okay
    Oh, oh
    Although I'm hailed as a hometown hero
    Still in my hometown I'm seen as a negro
    But man, that's okay
    Uh uh uh uh uh uh
    It's so many obstacles in life to overcome
    And as soon as you jump over one here come another come
    But we got to be strong, and set examples for our sons
    If the sun don't shine, then the decaying has begun

    You got to believe in yourself
    Don't let nobody tell you what you can't be
    You got to believe in yourself, yeah
    And everything else'll work out, you'll see
    Oh, oh, oh, oh
    I think I, no, I know I can
    I think I, no, I know I can
    I think I, no, I know I can
    I know I can, I know I can, hey

    They say I'm old enough to go to war
    But I ain't old enough to play in the NBA no more
    Now you tell me, what's wrong with that?
    I pledge allegiance all the way to Iraq
    But ain't nobody pledgin' to me when I get back
    Tell my Uncle Sam he wrong for that
    Ah ah ah, woo!
    You see my self-esteem, I'm never leavin' home without it
    They told me I'd never make it, they told me I ain't doubt it
    Now tell me whoever make it, now tell me I ain't got it
    I'm seein (No Limits) nigga, who sayin' I ain't ('Bout it)?
    Woo!

    You got to believe in yourself
    Don't let nobody tell you what you can't be
    You got to believe in yourself, yeah
    And everything else'll work out, you'll see
    Oh, oh, oh, oh
    I think I, no, I know I can
    I think I, no, I know I can
    I think I, no, I know I can
    I know I can, I know I can, hey

    That's right, you gotta believe it y'all, c'mon
    I know I can
    I think I, no, I know I can
    I think I, no, I know I can
    Know I can, know you can

    Rock on Nelly, rock on my brother
    Keep your head up over the storm, young fella (oh!)
    Got a letter from the government, opened and read it
    Uhh, and told 'em all to forget it
    C'mon, 'cause we believe in the future
    Uncle Sam sent his man to recruit ya
    You still can't trust it, 'cause you came this far
    End of discussion, when you know who you are

    You got to believe in yourself
    Don't let nobody tell you what you can't be
    You got to believe in yourself, yeah
    And everything else'll work out, you'll see
    Oh, oh, oh, oh
    I think I, no, I know I can
    I think I, no, I know I can
    I think I, no, I know I can
    I know I can, I know I can, hey

    That's right believe, c'mon now
    Don't let nobody tell you, what you can be
    C'mon Nelly, tell 'em, man
    That's right, rockin' it positivity, that's right
    I know I can, I know I can
    I think I, I know I can

    You gotta believe it
    You gotta believe, my brother
    You keep doin' your thing
    That's right, keep that head up
    All the way to the future
    That's right, for the babies baby
    For the babies Writer/s: Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Cornell Iral Haynes, Robert Mandell
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING, Red Brick Music Publishing, Songtrust Ave, Universal Music Publishing Group
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