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You Can Make It If You Try

Sly & The Family Stone

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Sly Stone

Vocals

Larry Graham

Bass

Jerry Martini

Saxophone

Freddie Stone

Guitar

Greg Errico

Drums

Cynthia Robinson

Cynthia Robinson

Trumpet

Rose Stone

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Sylvester Stewart

Sylvester Stewart

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Sly Stone

Producer

Bob Irwin

Reissue Producer

Brian Ross-Myring

Brian Ross-Myring

Engineer

Don Puluse

Engineer

Glenn Stone

Executive Producer

Jerry Goldstein

Jerry Goldstein

Executive Producer

Phil Macey

Engineer

Vic Anesini

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

You can make it if you try

You can make it if you try

Push a little harder

Go a little deeper

Don't let the plastic bring you down

[Verse 2]

All together, now

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

[Verse 3]

You can make it if you try

You can make it if you try

Time's still creepin'

Especially when you're sleepin'

Wake up and go for what you know

[Verse 4]

All together now

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

[Verse 5]

You can make it if you try

You can make it if you try

You'll get what's due you

Everything comin' to you

You got to move if you wanna be ahead

[Verse 6]

All together now

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

[Verse 7]

You can make it if you try

You can make it if you try

Time's still creepin'

Especially when you're sleepin'

Wake up and go for what you know

[Verse 8]

All together now

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

[Verse 9]

You can make it if you try (Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma, make it)

You can make it if you try (Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa, make it)

You can make it if you try (Ooh, make it)

You can make it if you try

(You can make it, make it, make it, make it, make it, make it)

(Make it, make it, make it, make it, make it)

You can make it if you try

[Verse 10]

You can make it if you try

(Uh, you can make it)

You can make it if you try (Make it, make it, make it, don't stop, make it)

(Ow! Good God)

You can make it if you try (Ooh)

You can make it if you try

(Uh, you can make it)

You can make it if you try (Make it, make it, make it, make it, mama, make it, mama)

(Make it, mama, make it, mama, make it)

You can make it if you try

(You can make it)

You can make it if you try

Written by: Ted Jarrett

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