Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they take me Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the housing tenement Unlimited killings, menaces marked for 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 your problems I reached for the stars but I just kept On this life mission, never know next Ancient kings from Egypt, up to Julius Had a piece of the globe, every Yo, there's Asia, Africa, Europe, France, 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 tanks makes mankind But since the beginning of time it's been men 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
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) (peace), world (peace), world (peace), world
Yo, there's brothers on the block, posted up they own it That's they corner, New York 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 age, already know it's against him So in for him to survive, one day he must Open up his to the set backs and rise 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in this land of Look at what this got shouldn't be nobody homeless How can the president fix other problems when he ain't fixed yet The wasn't made for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to home it I want land, mansions, banks and The in Africa, oil in my control The natural resources, all it's residuals But comes foes, I have 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 move over Colin Powell or just in the towel, yo
World is hating, forever (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) World (peace), (peace), world (peace), world
Y'all know that's my style, to hit you at the time No other compares to Nas write down you my dreams, show you my pain is yours You could get what you love, be a chain in You alive now There's so many that's dead or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot now It's man think of manifest to the real The plan is to wake up 'cause reveals All this can't forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you here and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm see you again I reach the world leaders 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 any rapper's head off his shoulders 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 projects and every 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 wants to the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon)
Yo, niggas ain't shit, know what I'm saying? Niggas forget nothing Men, women and children killed by the and shit Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you know 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 if that means blood and death You know, that's what I was up on, that's what this country's about This is my country is, and my country's a motherfucker