Sly and the Family Stone
Sly and the Family Stone
Sly and the Family Stone
Sly and the Family Stone
Sly and the Family Stone
Sly and the Family Stone
Sly and the Family Stone
Sly and the Family Stone
The closer to Sly and the Family Stone’s seminal album ‘Stand!’, ‘You Can Make It If You Try’, like the rest of the album, is about standing up to the racial oppression that existed in 1960s America.
The song takes the view that you should be active and do everything you can to make something out o...
You can make it if you try
You can make it if you try
Push a little harder
Think a little deeper
Don't let the plastic bring you down
All together now
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You can make it if you try
You can make it if you try
Time's still creeping
Especially when you're sleeping
Wake up and go for what you know
All together now
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You can make it if you try
You can make it if you try
You'll get what's due you
And everything coming to you
You got to move if you want to be ahead
All together now
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You can make it if you try
You can make it if you try
You Can Make It If You Try was written by Sly Stone.
You Can Make It If You Try was produced by Sly Stone.
Sly and the Family Stone released You Can Make It If You Try on Sat May 03 1969.