Janelle Monáe - Star lyrics

You can be a star oh, you can be a star
Oh, you can be a star you can be a star
A star
You've got the greatest gift in the world
(In the world, in the world)
Just believe and you can do it, ooh girl

As a little girl
There was so many things I wanted to be
The big stage the attention of the crowd
Had always inspired me
So every night when I kneeled down to pray
I'd ask the Lord to make me a star one day
Then a voice said

You can be a star you can be a star
Oh, you can be a star you can be a star
A star
You've got the greatest gift in the world
(In the world, in the world)
Just believe and you can do it, ooh girl

As time went on
I let doubt get the best of me
Saying, "You're just a country girl
And being a star is only in your dreams"
That night my mother set me down to say
"Have faith
The world will know who you are one day"
She told me

You can be a star oh, you can be a star
Oh, you can be a star (You can be a star)
You can be a star a star
You've got the greatest gift in the world
(In the world, in the world)
Oh, just believe and you can do it, girl

Is it worth it? (I don't know)
That life isn't perfect (Oh, I don't know)
Things will get worse if you become a star
(Won't somebody help me out right now?)
Is it worth it? (Tell me)
That life isn't perfect (Let me know)
Things will get worse if you become a star
(Oh, if I become a star)

So many broken promises in rising to the top
Expectations of who I should be
Changed how I see this industry so I learned
Follow my heart and go with my soul
Stay true to me and never
Lose sight of my goals
And remember what I was told

You can be a star you can be a star
Oh, you can be a star you can be a star
A star
You've got the greatest gift in the world
(In the world, in the world)
Just believe and you can do it, ooh girl

You can be a star you can be a star
Oh, you can be a star oh, you can be a star
A star
You've got the greatest gift in the world
Just believe, have faith, you can do it
Ooh girl