Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the tenement buildings Unlimited killings, menaces marked for known as the projects where junkies and rock heads dwell Though I owe to it my survival of the fittest, everyday is a chal' I would I'm a part of U.S.A. and be proud Confronted racism, started to feel foreign Like, the darker you are the realer problems I reached for the stars but I just kept On this life mission, never know what's Ancient from Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a piece of the globe, continent Yo, there's Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Pakistan, America, Yo, Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Arabics Call a truce, world peace, stop acting savages No war, we take time and think The bombs and tanks makes extinct But the beginning of time it's been men with arms fighting Lost in the Towers and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we must stop the Tell me why we die, we all God's
World is hating, forever (uh, c'mon) time that we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), world (peace), world (peace),
Yo, there's brothers on the block, posted up like own it That's they corner, from New York to Got blocks locked Like, "dog you whenever you with me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, in ghettos, goes to prison At an early age, already know against him So in for him to survive, one day he must Open up his eyes to the set and rise 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in this land of Look at what country's got There be nobody homeless How can the president fix other problems when he ain't home yet The earth made for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to it belongs I want land, mansions, and gold The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The world's resources, all it's residuals But then comes foes, I to guard it with missiles And I become the most But is it worth hearing a million people problems and followed by Secret I guess, at my life with loaded barrels So move over Colin Powell or just in the towel, yo
is hating, that's forever (uh, c'mon) It's time we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), world (peace), world (peace),
Y'all that's my style, to hit you at the right time No other to what Nas write down Tell you my dreams, you my pain is yours You could get what you love, be a in cause You right now There's so many that's or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot light now whatever man think of manifest to the real The plan is to up 'cause time reveals All this hate forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's you right here and never passed You just transcend, I I'm goin' see you again I reach the world leaders and win Ain't nothing without struggle, listen up, it's We to fear arms, now the weapons are chemical In Hip-Hop, the weapons are To be the best you challenge the best, then the are spiritual Top of the world for the kid and Popping any rapper's head off his no contest I the Most High hear me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my theory is that - is power To every and every street corner, we gotta get ours now
World is hating, that's (uh, c'mon) time that we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon)
Yo, niggas forget shit, know what I'm saying? ain't forget nothing Men, women and killed by the police and shit Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you what I mean? Yo, what this war just me is like, whatever you want out of life you feel is rightfully yours, go out and take it Even if that means and death You know, what I was raised up on, that's what this country's about is what my country is, and my country's a motherfucker