Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come the housing tenement buildings Unlimited killings, menaces for death Better known as the projects where junkies and rock 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 problems I reached for the stars but I kept slipping On this life mission, know what's next kings from Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a piece of the globe, every Yo, Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Japan Pakistan, America, Yo, Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Arabics Call a truce, world peace, stop like savages No war, we should take time and The bombs and tanks makes extinct But since the beginning of time been men with arms fighting Lost lives in the and Pentagon, why then? 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 to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) (peace), world (peace), world (peace), world
Yo, brothers on the block, posted up like they own it That's corner, from New York to California Got locked down Like, "dog you whenever you with me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, in ghettos, goes to prison At an early age, 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 wants a shot, in this of opportunity at what this country's got There shouldn't be 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 increases, to home it belongs I want land, mansions, and gold The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The natural 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, attempts at my life loaded barrels So over Colin Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
World is hating, 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) World (peace), world (peace), (peace), world
Y'all that's my style, to hit you at the right time No compares to what 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 up 'cause time reveals All hate can't forever last All my ghetto in Heaven, it's like you right here and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm see you again Hoping I reach the world and win Ain't nothing without struggle, listen up, it's We to fear arms, now the weapons are chemical In Hip-Hop, the are lyrical To be the you challenge the best, then the blessings are spiritual Top of the for the kid and unless Popping any rapper's off his shoulders no contest 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 get ours now
is hating, that's forever (uh, c'mon) It's time we stand together (yeah, for the world) wants to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon)
Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, know I'm saying? Niggas ain't forget Men, women and killed 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 country's a