Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I from the housing tenement buildings Unlimited killings, menaces marked for Better known as the projects where junkies and heads dwell 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 realer your I for the stars but I just kept slipping On this life mission, know what's next Ancient from Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a of the globe, every continent Yo, Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Japan Pakistan, America, Yo, there's Protestants, Jews, Blacks, a truce, world peace, stop acting like savages No war, we should take and think The bombs and tanks makes mankind But since the beginning of time it's men with 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
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) (peace), world (peace), world (peace), world
Yo, there's brothers on the block, posted up like own it That's they corner, from New to California Got blocks locked Like, "dog you safe whenever you with me, see is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, to prison At an early age, already it's against him So in for him to survive, one day he must Open up his eyes to the set backs and '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 for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to home it I want land, mansions, and gold The in Africa, oil in my control The natural resources, all it's residuals But then comes foes, I have to guard it with And I become the most But is it worth hearing a million people problems and followed by Service I guess, at my life with loaded barrels So move over Colin Powell or just in the towel, yo
World is hating, that's (uh, c'mon) It's time that we together (yeah, for the world) wants to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), (peace), world (peace), world
know that's my style, to hit you at the right time No other compares to Nas write down Tell you my dreams, show you my pain is You could get what you love, be a in cause You alive now There's so many that's dead or locked up the beast, I'm a hot light now It's whatever man of manifest to the real The plan is to wake up time reveals All this hate forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, like you right here and never passed You transcend, I know I'm goin' see you again I reach the world leaders and win Ain't nothing without struggle, listen up, it's We used to fear arms, now the are chemical 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 no contest I know the Most High hear me, so fly you near me You scared of a mirror, my theory is that - is power To every projects and every street corner, we get ours now
World is hating, that's (uh, c'mon) time 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? ain't forget nothing Men, women and children killed by the 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 feel is rightfully yours, go out and it if that means blood and death You know, that's what I was raised up on, what this country's about This is my country is, and my country's a motherfucker