[Chorus]

If you want it to happen, baby

Hold fast and believe

You can make it happen, baby

You can be where u pleaze

All you gotta do is try

Then try once again

Then try a few more times

Then try after then

[Verse 1]

When I was a little girl

Raised on North Philly streets

I'd hear my people say "Ghetto's all they'd be"

But my mommy would hold me, quietly give me peace

She'd look me in my eyes and she'd say to me

[Chorus]

If you want it to happen, baby

Hold fast and believe

You can make it happen, baby

You can be where u pleaze

All you gotta do is try

Then try once again

Then try a few more times

Then try after then

[Verse 2]

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 seemed set free

I'd remember my mama's face and her telling me

[Chorus]

If you want it to happen, baby

Hold fast and believe

You can make it happen, baby

You can be where you pleaze

All you gotta do is try

Then try once again

Then try a few more times

Then try after then

[Bridge]

Try, try, try

Try, try, try

Try, try, try

Try and try again

Try, try, try

Try, try, try

Try, try, try

Try and try again

[Verse 3]

Now as a grown woman, I still stumble and fall

But wit a lot of faith and the same amount of effort

I can withstand it all

I done see some thaings now and been a few places

I'm now enjoying the beautiful world and the many new faces

I say

[Chorus]

If you want it to happen, baby

Hold fast and believe

You can make it happen, baby

You can be where you pleaze

All you gotta do is try

Then try once again

Then try a few more times

Then try after then

[Outro]

If you want it to happen, baby

If you want it to happen, baby

If you want it to happen, baby

If you want it to happen, baby

If you want it to happen, baby

If you want it to happen, baby