I Can (Nas song)

"I Can"
Single by Nas
from the album God's Son
Released	April 18, 2003
Format	CD single
Recorded	2002
Genre	Hip hop
Length	4:13
Label	Ill Will, Columbia
Producer	Salaam Remi
Nas singles chronology
"Made You Look" (2003) "I Can" (2003) "Get Down" (2003)

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

The song samples Beethoven's Für Elise and The Honeydrippers' "Impeach the President". The music video, directed by Chris Robinson, was shot in Philadelphia, 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 break dancing and famous Egyptian structures.

"I Can" charted at #12 in Billboard Hot 100, #7 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, #6 on the Hot Rap Tracks and #58 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2003. This is Nas's highest charting single to date.

Track listing

1. "I Can" (Clean Version) (4:13)
2. "Of Course I Can" (Instrumental) (4:14)
3. "I Can" (Acappella) (4:03)