Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, wonder, can they take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the tenement buildings killings, menaces marked for death Better known as the projects where and rock heads dwell I owe to it my success With survival of the fittest, is a chal' I would think I'm a part of U.S.A. and be with racism, started to feel foreign Like, the you are the realer your problems I reached for the but I just kept slippin On this life mission, never what's next Ancient kings Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a piece of the globe, continent Yo, Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Japan Pakistan, America, Yo, Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Arabics Call a truce, world peace, stop actin like No war, we should take time and The bombs and makes mankind extinct But since the beginning of time been men with arms fightin 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
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this hate last 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) (peace), world (peace), world (peace), world
Yo, there's on the block, posted up like they 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, grows in ghettos, to prison At an age, already know it's against him So in for him to survive, one day he must up his eyes to the set backs and rise 'Cause, everybody a shot, in this land of opportunity Look at this country's got There be nobody homeless How can the president fix other problems when he ain't fixed yet The earth wasn't made for one man to alone To all increases, to home it belongs I want land, mansions, and gold The in Africa, oil in my control The world's resources, all its residuals But comes foes, I have to gaurd it with missels And I the most wanted But is it worth hearin a million people problems and followed by Service I guess, attempts at my life loaded barrels So move Colin Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
Y'all know that's my style, to hit you at the time No other compares to 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 dead or locked up the beast, I'm a hot light now It's whatever man think of manifest to the The plan is to up 'cause time reveals All this hate forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right here and passed You just transcend, I know I'm see you again Hopin I the world leaders and win Ain't nothin without struggle, up, it's critical We used to fear arms, now the weapons are 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 Poppin any rapper's head off his shoulders no I know the Most High me, so fly you can't near me You of a mirror, my theory is that - knowledge is power To every projects and every street corner, we gotta get now
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Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, what I'm sayin? Niggas ain't forget man, The men, women and children by the police and shit Niggas ain't forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, what war just show me is like, whatever you want out of life you feel is rightfully yours, go out and take it Even if that means blood and You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's what country's about This is what my country is, and my a muthafucka