I Can (Nas song)

Infobox Single |
Name = I Can


Artist = Nas
from Album = God's Son
Released = 2003
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2002
Genre = Hip hop
Length = 4:13
Label = Ill Will/Columbia
Producer = Salaam Remi
Chart position =
US Rap #6, US R&B #7, US Hot 100 #12
Last single = "Made You Look"
(2003)
This single = "I Can"
(2003)
Next single = "Get Down"
(2003)

"I Can" is the second single from the Nas album, "God's Son".

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 2007The song heavily samples Beethoven's Für Elise and The Honeydrippers' "Impeach The President".The music video directed by Benny Boom, was shot in Los Angeles, and contains footage of Nas rapping while children stand around him. The video starts out with the music from the introduction of "Get Down," but it soon transitions into "I Can." As the video starts, a girl plays a piano in a vacant lot, and later one can see children jumping on a mattress in the same lot. The video also contains footage of breakdancing and famous Egyptian structures. "I Can" charted at #12 in Billboard Hot 100 and #7 in U.S. R&B, other charts included Hot Rap and the charting was at #6. This is Nas' highest charting single to date.

Track listing

A-Side

# "I Can" (Clean Version) (4:13)
# "I Can" (Instrumental) (4:14)
# "I Can" (A Cappella) (4:03)

B-Side

# "Heaven" (Clean Version) (4:41)
#*Produced by Agile
# "Heaven" (Instrumental) (4:41)
# "Heaven" (A Cappella) (4:05)