NAS - I can

[laurie7robinson]

What a positive message! I work in high need schools and this kind of model is needed! Excellent!

[1enho]

does anyone remenber dat kid @ 0:35

[ch0l0sk8r]

is nas dead

[watermelonygoodness]

I haven't heard this song in forrrrrrrrrever

[sheldonbenjamin]

real music never get it prop.KRS-1/SLICK RICK

[TheMelrou]

What?! Only 271 127 views!!? It needs more, it diserves more.

[ll1510]

Damn, Nas got on his slick rick shit for this one.. Nas = G.O.A.T.

"If the truth is told, the youth can grow

Then learn to survive until they gain control

Nobody says you have to be gangstas, hoes

Read more learn more, change the globe"

[eminemrappa1]

realy 12 dislikes how can u hate on this flat out u 12 dont know wat music is u dont like it dont watch it this is real hip hop not tht new shit

[zakunit1]

Is that LL Cool J at 0:30 ??

[GabissonTV]

THUMBS UP IF YOU'R LISTENING TO THIS IN 2011 !

[Peegee06]

@GabissonTV Sorry, i'm still in 1992

[dembelek2]

Damn! His message is soo Simple to understand and so relevent! Looove this..

[SCOTTYBEE4JC]

love this song :)

[LogoAttitude]

they censored heroin, cocaine and weed, but strangely, they left in drugs

[Blue3Devil]

One of the best Rap songs of all time without a doubt!

[songchiat]

Now 11 people know they can't

[TheCelebro18]

na 12 people know they can't

[WithLoveFromKay]

I KNOW I CAN.

Lol im listening to this song, iloveeee it since i was a youngin

helps me get through lots in life

[luberoon]

nas can rap history. school house rock gtta run fo their money

[TheSpikey23]

so awsome

[2pac4everize]

That s TRUE HIP HOP Nas Heritage

[MHSiddall]

respect

[TheGualEri]

who ever disliked this video has something wrong with them. this song is soo inspiring

[Ceestyle211]

Nas is too nice with it. It's hard to keep it real and only a few can do it. You already know nas is one of those people.

[ThyInspiredOne]

Here's the deal. Government is full of old people. I don't care how much they say they care about the future, they are only concerned about 30 years max into the future. I'm 18. My world is bigger than 30 years. I'm ready to take command and do what i think is right for the world forever into the future.

[Ra1gar]

the kid with the black shirt 0:37 is so sad...

[mooneyyy]

really good song ,great rapper not like lil gay and all the fakers. much love from Paris

[aKaB4Lin]

Nassss is a real Rappeerrr !! not like shit wayne

[africaboyz1]

very nice song

[AngryMonkeyKing]

how can you dislike this? What kind of low self esteem bastard are you? =.=

[RoyleTheo]

love this track, the 3rd verse was hard!

[killaclanps3]

Great song, it's rap without the word nigger or gangsta rap.

[Krillin212]

NA DNT LIK IT

[NightLifeSwager]

2pac,cyne,gang starr,a tribe called quest,will smith and nas are the only rappers/hiphop group's.I can think of that have positive messages in some of there songs.

[ApathetSyndrome]

This song is so motivating, inspiring ...

[traphop12]

please type in benny fame

young guy with flow, every youngster

does not follow that bullshit pill poppin music out 2day

[zoomtroper]

hiphop is dead since the new genre of hiphop cuz of lil wayne and the new boyz they are all fake black people and use autotune to suck dick and sing fake songs they should learn to be original

[frenchyManUTD1989]

Soulja Boi, Waka, Lil Wayne and Gucci are porch monkeys

[YTthisisda]

CHECK OUT MY VERSION!

/watch?v=J-RmtQvDufE

[ryxxx12345]

10 porch monkeys disliked

[pa6Tmatikfamily]

love it .... continu , tu dechire tout...

[mashadani87]

Real message =real hip hop, Nas contributed to that legacy . Man these lyrics is legit.....

[hailmaryrunquicksee]

This song is the truth of the world, what a message, what a rap. I miss the old time so much. This man is a legend of the game. You got all my respect NAS!

[imBRANDON208]

nas drops the dopest shit i miss real rap:/

[JSTARCAPO]

CHECK OUT DIS UPCOMIN UK RAPPER "GLIMP'JAE"

VERSION TO THIS SONG

JUST TYPE IN "GLIMP'JAE - I CAN "

ITS AH DEFO THUMBS UP

[TheSrdboyz]

BE BEBE BEBEBEB

[papayi139]

This is Inspirational..really up lifts a brother!!!

[star10buckz10baby]

i sang this song lonnnng time ago

[AlboNiur]

@star10buckz10baby Were U in da vid?

[wilgtastunt]

Fucking nice song !

[HypedUpAndBlack]

read more, learn more, change the globe :)

[DRERUNDMC]

What is the song on the 10 first seconds ?

James Brown ?

[skrypy17]

@DRERUNDMC Get Down...

[aklilj]

I'm not trying to seem dumb but what's the same of the song playing right at the beginning?

[BlockBLX]

@aklilj

"Get Down"

[87mariag]

@aklilj its called made you look



[zHarrisonn]

smart person

[DestinyandHearts]

this song is soooooooo gooood what happend to the music now all the new hip hop songs sound the same or r remakes we need more artists like this who talk about how NOT to do drugs or drink to be kool or gangsta and actually send a good message to the listeners the whole point is we need more singers or rappers to have there own personality and send a GOOD message so ya oh and stop cusin so much menaman92

[bolaji321]

What the song at the start called

[marcella2411]

@bolaji321 Fur elise, from Beethoven. It's a classical song. In 'Hate me now' Nas also uses a classical sample.

[adell124]

0:29 is that the LITTLE GUY AT EVERY BODY HATES CHRIS not chris ... the other dude

[JJGUERRERO13]

HOW IN DA FACK CAN 9 PEOPLE DISLIKE DIS VID?!?!?!?!

[Meeklo214]

@JJGUERRERO13 the people who dislike this video is probably some little kids thinking their funny disliking any video they come across... lolz. its sad

[Sanderr12]

at the end he says: save the music y'all

i'm afraid music can't be saved anymore

[Sanderr12]

hip hop these days sucks

its about drugs, alcohol and woman

the worst thing is, it's not even (good) music at all

nas made this song so badass, even though the lyrics aren't

nas can

[havoc11214]

@Sanderr12 yupp i totally agree at least your one of the teens thse days who have a brain *__*

[kjurko1]

2:31 : Michael Kyle, Jr !

[BouRNooB]

2:28 Tupac's eyes

[NigerianSuperman]

9 people know they can't

[justinmaui808]

i agree with all u guys.

i really dislike most the music that comes out now days.

[abagabuildng]

Amazing lyrics... Hip-Hop is alive as long as Nas is alive!

[IthoughtYOUknewME]

Damn, no joke i may have only been born in '92 but i grew up on tracks like this and whenever people start showin me this new shit i'm like nah go back and listen to THIS, i wish i'd've been born wayy before i was, these new artist say they grew up on this but then they turn around and make bs music that discraces the roots of real hip-hop

[chacgomcgrady]

@IthoughtYOUknewME same here homie

[speakerbox151]

can you imagine waka flaka or gucci making a song like this.

[menaman92]

@speakerbox151 never

[The1990Emily]

love this song!

[LilDylKing]

its true, everything.

[KandyBabes]

iknow i can

. be what i wanna be!

.. if i work hard at it

... i be where i wanna be! #

this is TRUE hip hop!

nas needs to teach these 'newbiss' a thing or two . . (:

[hdzsound]

what is the purpose of life

[1991STARSKY]

soo funny whenever a black man does a song trying to empower his people hes either a "racist" or doing something negative! stop hating!!!

[hennylo68]

"save the music ya'll"..................

[ugnius4321]

i rly like the intro beat does it have a name ?

[ice44elite]

this song is a good motivation...thank you Nas!

[stefanieashlee]

if the truth is told... then the youth can grow. <3

[Steve6153]

i know i can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rottmad]

the best hip hop song i ever heard

[Mskarmain]

AMEN!

[polowwe]

i think ferachry is mentally challenged because we all know that if its a nas song its good haha

[nosuckerhere]

This is rap that will change the world if we all work hard and learn from it ... this is a very good song.

[feret88]

the truth is we all can not be wat we wanna be

[LoveFromBelgium]

we need more things like this

lil wayne en such are just skandalous like the people who listen to them crap!

[Dejimon458]

I wonder how many of those kids followed the advice...

[jackfrost96]

so children includes everyone except for young white males?

[neecee401100]

@jackfrost96 omg. people always want to bring race into everything.

[acosense]

this guy is a self-literate..dropped middle school but just look at the lyricism, the talent just flows, on each and every song

[mporokoso]

You see, he does a good song and only get's 120K views. Now we're 'll plugged into the Gaga thing.

[Nillerberg]

this song bring back memories .. :D

[carmendecor]

I play this music to my 11 year old all the time she like mommie wow.........lol....This the song.......Love It...........We dance to this all the time...

[laspandid]

Just produced a ring-tone from 0:05 to 0:19 from this track at tube 2tone{.}com

[MrJas1991]

This is tight

[zaung012]

Yup..Black should learn from this song......

[menaman92]

seriously fuck this new genre of hiphop, lil wayne gucci mane tpain all fake black pussy fags that sound like queers seriously suck massive vainy cock. Many fucking morons have no clue who nas, atmosphere, krs1, immortal teqhnique etc. are, its pretty sad...

[ineedsomescrilla142]

@menaman92 its not a new genre of hip hop, its always been around, its called crap music. Crap music has always been around, its not like lil wayne and etc type shit are new.

[menaman92]

@ineedsomescrilla142 yeah true but us 90's know whats up, fuck crappy music!

[jake619]

@menaman92

Nice mention of Immortal Technique. Not many people know them. They made one of my fave hip hop songs - point of no return.

[menaman92]

@jake619 thanks man, just pisses me off when people think i listen to fucked up hiphop, im hispanic and i love this shit! shocks me how my white friends know better and real hiphop compared to black people...society's fucked up

[BlaqueReign25]

@menaman92 I agree with you 110%

[sgordonwilson]

@menaman92 STOP CURSING

[HrcRizzo]

@menaman92 i agree i remember when real rappers like Afro Man, Kurtis Blow, The Sugar Hill Gang, Fatback Band, Funky Four Plus One were around. I miss good rap *sigh*

[Free2Maim]

Its refreshing to hear a positive message in rap.

Good song. Its a positive song for anyone at any age.

[TheGribblebot]

i remember wen this first came out

[adilhassni]

i like this song

[MrHallowenman]

this song rockz maybe i heared it million time

[marvs67kj]

the lyrics are SERIOUSLY deep!! Respect, Nas!

Say it as it is!!!

[truengineer]

I wish we had more songs like this!

[sacmasta]

HIP HOP WILL NEVER DIE!!! /watch?v=2z8QJf-DAhY

[manteli2009]

00:00-04:27 is good!

[crazylatingirl94]

nas has some inspiring ass music.

not many rappers like him.

especially not now.

sad shame, no one looks for talent anymore. just a nice beat and a cute face.

[DraggMaster]

omg why must u ppl say bad things about nas son.. if he was making music right now all these ghetto children and ganstas and fake ganstas would just shut the fck up..man if obama wasnt around then this guy would be president serious man this is some good music ppl from our time should just sit back and listen to it instead of the crap hip hop and rap these days

[zeleaalex]

nice song

[GoIsles80]

das my boy nas............where you been man???we need more from yah brother,we're waiting............cool ass rapper.

[Glamtronik]

Nice.

[raykmond]

Very good. Nice.

[johnnyharpe]

Blacks didn't "teach Greeks and Romans". Sorry, thanks for playing.

[ZeldaForce3]

ehh yes they did lol

[johnnyharpe]

That's odd, because today they can't nail two boards together. They still couldn't build a boat to get here.

[ZeldaForce3]

ehm, yes, the people from egypt thaught greeks and romans, they were not fully black, like people from south africa are now or something, but you could count them as black cause they were absolutly not white. Egypt was smarter, they knew a lot about medicins and stuff. And the Romands took over that information, then they let Egypt fall and they were nothing anymore..

[FifthColumnWHU]

Yes, but the track says that black people from Timbuktu taught Greeks and Romans and gave them gold etc and that the Persian army invaded timbuktu/Kush which is all nonsense. Nas is essentially correct in that the African continent at one stage had great civilisation at a time when Europeans were anything but developed. However, in that particular bit of the track he is woefully inaccurate but it's hip hop and not the History Channel. It's good that he's trying and it's a good message.

[jimmyjames133]

God I hate CRAP music

[crazylatingirl94]

@jimmyjames133 ,

then why are you listening to it ?

[peachezcutiepie]

then dont listen to it stupid..........

jimmyjames133

[KNIGHTWATCHCAM]

Folks, when you go through life identifying yourself by your skin color - you have not found an identity --- you've lost one. Quiz later..

[krookedearz]

as much as idont like how the blacks are treating my people and vice a versa i love there music i cant front

[SAUNDERSacts2618]

Easy answer it was the Black african slave traders,there are more slaves traded today by the muslims!!!!! That is a fact!

[smokingrockstar]

i am white and i hate ur fucking comment

[johnnyharpe]

You're a White coward who thinks he's going to get points for turning on another White. How pathetic. Other races would never do that to their own people, they are racist and they stick together. You are a sad race traitor.

[Ali7665]

whats the poino bit called?

[Fearghas88]

its a fragmented version of Für Elise by Beethoven.

[smokingrockstar]

u black people need to stop being so into having sex.u r #1 for STD AND ADS!!!!!!!!!!

sorry but stop it with the rap shit;

u are like the biggest cristians and yet are #1 for doing crimes.

work hard.u guys r so lazy and mean

have manners .

[Tashigurl1]

exscuse me but you don't speak for my race since im guessing you ain't black, don't call my people lazy just because your closeminded and wanna judge a whole group of people based on you two bit ain't shit experiances, its people like you that fuck up the world and spread AIDS with you ignorance. Have a nice day...

[smokingrockstar]

hey i am fucking retard.

i am sorry.i don not have an STAD OR AIDS

maybe black people sometimes are a little crazy because they were treated bad but there is good and bad in both races.i am sorry i insulted ur race taht way.please forgive me anyone else who read my stupid ass comment.

[RwudeBwoi]

Thanx for trying to spread words of encouragement and wisdom. LOL.

[notafake123]

man i soo wont plp to start raping like this we use this for are topper time so i came home an looked it up an look it great

[lijah902]

wow we need more music like this to children wat to really look foward in life instead of dieing on the corner or being drunk or selling weed.

[latatiannarowe]

we really need more songs like this.....itstead of that other garbage that ppl call music

[ProkreatedThrash]

@lijah902 what's wrong with selling weed?

[Chelzeaish]

@ProkreatedThrash

stupid

[dabraca]

@ProkreatedThrash exactlly haha. u could get down and make a lil bucks on the side

[h4nfs0lo]

the beat of the beginning is better than the normal

[eatpiealot]

nas- Get down

[funnycrewGTD]

check out immortal technique =D

[jkendall904]

minus the piano in this beat,, and just leave the thumps, feel me ,, who has that original beat, cuz every body uses it,its mainly a freestyle or cypher beat, i even bust freestyles to it,, but i never knew who rap to it or produced the beat,holla someone if yall know the orininal cats with this beat without the piano play

[ayanle14]

he is the best

[ltbeta]

First smart and logical rap songs i heard.

[neemanater]

hes rapping about history

[ciaramist16]

seems like u ridin his dick by hating. if he was boring, why he rich? shut the fuck up u lame

[macdcharm]

I know a ton of lame people who are rich. haha You ignorant BASTARD! How does it feel to be lame and broke? lmao By the way the definition of dick ridin is exactly what you're doin. You know what? Imma give you a better example... ask yo mama about that. She was a bad bitch, and she let me skeet all on her face. I regret goin in raw cuz her cooch looked like a racoon tryin to bite my dick off. Tell her to get a pap test cuz her shit is infested with rabies! haha And I tossed that bitch!