"You Can Get It If You Really Want" is a song originally written and performed by Jimmy Cliff in 1970. It was covered by Samuel E. Wright on the the 1990 album Sebastian from The Little Mermaid.
Lyrics[]
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
But you must try, try and try, try and try
You'll succeed at last
That's right, man. Now listen.
Trying hard, you must not fear
Win or lose, you gonna get your share
You've got your mind set on a dream
You can get it though hard it may seem now
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
But you must try, try and try, try and try
You'll succeed at last
So you gotta put a lotta effort into things, man, and then you'll make it! Now listen to this.
Rome was not built in a day
Opposition will come your way
But the harder the battle you see
Is the sweeter the victory
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
But you must try, try and try, try and try, now
You'll succeed at last
That's it!
You can get it if you really want, yes, sir
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
But you must try, try and try, try and try
You'll succeed at last
That's right! If you've got a little tiny dream, all you have to do is think about it, work on it, every day, and you'll get it, man!
You can get it if you really want, you understand
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want, oh yeah
You can get it if you really want, sing along now
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want, you're getting it, man
You can get it if you really want...
Trivia[]
- In the 1980s, the original Jimmy Cliff version of the song was made into a music video on the Disney Channel series DTV. It is set to footage mainly from the Pluto cartoon Pluto's Purchase, as well as brief snippets of Bone Trouble and Pluto's Heart Throb. The music video was released on the compilation videotape DTV: Rock, Rhythm & Blues.