Christopher Gardner (Will Smith): Hey, don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do somethin'. You got a dream... you gotta protect it. People can't do somethin' themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. You want somethin', go get it. Period

[Chorus]

This is all that I am, give it all that I can

You do this for yourself, never meant for others, man

You did this for one girl, now you do it for the world

'Cause we never hit the goals we keep on raisin'

Look at all the dreams that you started chasin'

People know who you are, isn't that amazin'?

Ooh, ooh

This is all that I am, give it all that I can

You do this for yourself, never meant for others, man

You did this for one girl, now you do it for the world

'Cause we never hit the goals we keep on raisin'

Look at all the dreams that you started chasin'

People know who you are, isn't that amazin'?

[Verse 1]

They say you can't give up

Shit's about to pick up

You keep workin' on that shit until they say you're next up

Workin' from midnight to noon

Recognition's comin' soon

I know it's slow, but don't let the bullshit fuck up your attitude

Look around you, tell me who else is really makin' moves

They all knowin' your presence, you actin' like you're Mr. Scrooge

But sometimes it's so hard that you can barely take it

The odds' screaming out you that you'll never fuckin' make it

Slowly convince false evidence to prove that they're right

And the only time you fight 'em's in the middle of the night

When the dreams sets in and you're able to breathe again

Realize leavin' the game would be leavin' your best friend

Now you're sane again 'cause you're who you are believin' in

And you know you're different than what most these rappers say they're livin' in

Claimin' all the money, weed, pussy, while they live pretend

Albums in the fable section, that's the people you different than

That's the people that you different than (you gotta keep goin')

No matter how hard you work just to try to be perfect

I know what it feels like to feel like ain't none of it worth it (you gotta keep goin')

[Want a richer job with a girl?], or a paper you spent all night on

You did everything right and still your boss says he dislikes (you gotta keep goin')

So you apologize profusely but she still just wants to fight

Or you spend 24 hours on a paper you got an F on (you gotta keep goin')

Sittin' in your room, tellin' the whole world to f off

You put everything into that and you still ain't gettin' nothin' back

[Outro]

Yeah, that's how I sometimes feel

I stay on my grind; fuck the world, I keep it real