Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the tenement buildings Unlimited killings, marked for death Better known as the projects where junkies and rock heads Though I owe to it my With of the fittest, everyday is a chal' I think I'm a part of U.S.A. and be proud Confronted with racism, started to foreign Like, the darker you are the your problems I reached for the stars but I just kept On life mission, never know 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 a truce, world peace, stop actin like savages No war, we should take time and The bombs and tanks makes mankind But since the beginning of time it's men with arms fightin Lost lives in the and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we must the killin Tell me why we die, we all children
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this hate can't last (uh, c'mon) It's time that we together (yeah, for the world) Everybody to rule 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 safe whenever you with me, see is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, goes to At an early age, already it's against him So in order for him to survive, one day he Open up his eyes to the set and rise 'Cause, everybody a shot, in this land of opportunity Look at what country's got shouldn't be nobody homeless How can the president fix other problems when he ain't home yet The earth wasn't for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to it belongs I want land, mansions, and gold The in Africa, oil in my control The world's natural resources, all its But then comes foes, I to gaurd it with missels And I become the wanted But is it worth a million people problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life loaded barrels So move over Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
Y'all that's my style, to hit you at the right time No other compares to what Nas write you my dreams, show you my pain is yours You could get you love, be a chain in cause You right now There's so many dead or locked up inside 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 transcend, I know I'm gon' see you again Hopin I reach the world and win nothin without struggle, listen up, it's critical We used to arms, now the weapons are chemical In Hip-Hop, the are lyrical To be the best you challenge the best, then the blessings are Top of the world for the kid and Poppin any head off his shoulders no contest I know the Most High me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my theory is that - is power To every projects and every corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas forget shit, know what I'm sayin? Niggas forget nothin man, The men, women and killed by the police and shit Niggas ain't forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, this war just show me is like, whatever you want out of life Whatever you feel is yours, go out and take it Even if that blood and death You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's this country's about This is what my country is, and my country's a