Come on now If you want it to happen baby Hold fast and believe You can make it happen baby You can be where you please All you gotta do is try The try once again Then try a few more times Then try after then When I was a little girl Raised on North Philly streets I'd hear my people say Ghetto is all there be But my mommy would hold me, quietly give me peace She looks me in my eyes And she says to me If you want it to happen baby Hold fast and believe You can make it happen baby You can be where you please All you gotta do is try Then try once again Then try a few more times Then try after then As a teenager, I dreamed to see the world But how could I do this? Me, a poor black girl And just when my will was lost and all hope seem set free I remember my mommas face and her tellin' me Try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try Try and try again Try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try Now as a grown woman I still stumble and fall But with the light of faith and the same amount of effort I can withstand it all I done seen some things now ya'll And been a few places I'm now enjoyin' the beautiful world and The many new faces Now If you want it to happen baby