Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, wonder, can they take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the housing tenement Unlimited killings, menaces for death Better known as the projects where and rock heads dwell Though I owe to it my With survival of the fittest, everyday is a 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 slipping On life mission, never know what's next Ancient kings 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, Call a truce, world peace, stop like savages No war, we should time and think The bombs and tanks mankind extinct But since the of time it's been men with arms fighting 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
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) World (peace), world (peace), world (peace),
Yo, there's brothers on the block, posted up like own it That's they corner, New York to California Got blocks down 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 know 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 Look at this country's got There be nobody homeless How can the fix other problems when he ain't fixed home 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 natural resources, all residuals But then comes foes, I to guard it with missiles And I become the wanted But is it worth hearing a million people and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my with loaded barrels So move over Colin Powell or throw in the towel, yo
is hating, that's forever (uh, c'mon) It's that we stand together (yeah, for the world) wants to rule the world (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 other compares to what Nas down Tell you my dreams, you my pain is yours You could get you love, be a chain in cause You right now so many that's dead or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot light now It's man think of manifest to the real The plan is to up 'cause time reveals All this hate can't forever All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right here and passed You just transcend, I know I'm goin' see you Hoping I reach the world and win Ain't nothing without struggle, listen up, it's We used to arms, now the weapons are chemical In Hip-Hop, the are lyrical To be the best you challenge the best, the blessings are spiritual Top of the world for the kid and Popping any head 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 street corner, we gotta get ours now
World is hating, 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)
Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, what I'm saying? Niggas forget nothing Men, women and children killed by the and shit ain't gon' forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, what this war just show me is like, whatever you want out of Whatever you is rightfully yours, go out and take it Even if that blood and death You know, that's what I was raised up on, what this country's about This is what my country is, and my country's a