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 as the projects where junkies and rock heads dwell I owe to it my success With survival of the fittest, is a chal' I would 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 for the stars but I just kept slipping On this life mission, never know next Ancient kings from Egypt, up to Cezar Had a piece of the globe, every Yo, Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Japan Pakistan, America, Yo, there's Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Call a truce, world peace, stop acting savages No war, we should take time and The bombs and makes mankind extinct But since the beginning of time it's been men arms fighting Lost lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why it go on, we must stop the killing Tell me why we die, we all children
is hating, that's forever (uh, c'mon) It's time that we stand (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to rule the (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), world (peace), (peace), world
Yo, there's brothers on the block, up like they own it That's they corner, New York to California Got locked down Like, "dog you safe you with me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, goes to At an early age, already know against him So in order for him to survive, one day he up his eyes to the set backs and rise 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in this of opportunity Look at this country's got There be nobody homeless How can the president fix other problems he ain't fixed home yet The earth made for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to home it I want land, mansions, banks and The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The natural resources, all it's residuals But comes foes, I have to guard it with missiles And I become the wanted But is it worth hearing a million people problems and followed by Secret I guess, attempts at my life with loaded So move over Colin Powell or throw in the towel, yo
World is hating, that's (uh, c'mon) It's time that we stand (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) (peace), world (peace), world (peace), world
Y'all know that's my style, to hit you at the time No compares to what Nas write down Tell you my dreams, show you my is yours You could get what you love, be a chain in You alive now There's so many that's dead or up inside the beast, I'm a hot light now It's whatever man of manifest to the real The is to wake up 'cause time reveals All this hate can't last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm goin' see you I reach the world leaders and win Ain't nothing without struggle, up, it's critical We used to fear arms, now the weapons are In Hip-Hop, the weapons are To be the you challenge the best, then the blessings are spiritual Top of the for the kid and unless Popping any rapper's head off his shoulders no I know the Most High me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my theory is - knowledge is power To every projects and every corner, we gotta get ours now
is hating, that's forever (uh, c'mon) It's that we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to rule the (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon)
Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, what I'm saying? Niggas forget nothing Men, and children killed by the police and shit Niggas gon' forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, what war just show me is like, whatever you want out of life Whatever you is rightfully yours, go out and take it if that means blood and death You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's what this about This is my country is, and my country's a motherfucker