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"'''I Can'''" is the second single from the ] album, '']''. Nas claims that before his mother died she had requested he write an inspirational song for children, and "I Can" is the result.{{Fact|date=January 2007}} The song heavily samples ]'s ] and ]' "Impeach The President". |
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"'''I Can'''" is the second single from the ] album, '']''. |
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Nas claims that before his mother died she had requested he write an inspirational song for children, and "I Can" is the result.{{Fact|date=January 2007}} |
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==Historical inaccuracies== |
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{{seealso|Ancient Egypt and race}} |
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The song claims that ] shot off the ]'s nose.<ref>Epinions. </ref><ref> with ].</ref> |
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The song heavily samples ]'s ] and ]' "Impeach The President". |
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:Egypt was the place that Alexander the Great went |
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:He was a'shocked at the mountains with black faces |
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:Shot up they nose to impose what basically |
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:Still goes on today, you see? |
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This would be impossible because guns didn't exist in the time of ]. Also, even if Alexander the Great did possess such weaponry (several thousand years ahead of his time), it has been confirmed that the Sphynx's nose was not destroyed until the 15th century AD. There is also a myth that ] shot off the nose, but this has also been disproven.<ref name="SphynxEgypt">Ulrich Haarmann, "Regional Sentiment in Medieval Islamic Egypt," BSOAS 43 (1980) 55-66</ref> |
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==Track listing== |
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==Track listing== |
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===A-Side=== |
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===A-Side=== |
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# "I Can" (Clean Version) (4:13) |
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# "I Can" (Clean Version) (4:13) |
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# "I Can" (Instrumental) (4:14) |
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# "I Can" (Instrumental) (4:14) |
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# "I Can" (A Cappella) (4:03) |
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# "I Can" (A Cappella) (4:03) |
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===B-Side=== |
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===B-Side=== |
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# "Heaven" (Clean Version) (4:41) |
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# "Heaven" (Clean Version) (4:41) |
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#*Produced by Agile |
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#*Produced by Agile |
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# "Heaven" (Instrumental) (4:41) |
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# "Heaven" (Instrumental) (4:41) |
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# "Heaven" (A Cappella) (4:05) |
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# "Heaven" (A Cappella) (4:05) |
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==References== |
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Nas claims that before his mother died she had requested he write an inspirational song for children, and "I Can" is the result.