Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they take me Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come the housin tenement buildings Unlimited killings, menaces marked for Better as the projects where junkies and rock heads dwell I owe to it my success 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 feel Like, the you are the realer your problems I reached for the stars but I kept slippin On this mission, never know what's next Ancient kings Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a piece of the globe, continent Yo, Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Japan Pakistan, America, Yo, there's Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Call a truce, world peace, stop actin like No war, we should time and think The and tanks makes mankind extinct But since the of time it's been men with arms fightin lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we stop the killin me why we die, we all God's children
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this hate can't 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) World (peace), world (peace), world (peace),
Yo, there's brothers on the block, posted up like own it That's they corner, from New York to Got blocks down Like, "dog you whenever you with me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, goes to At an early age, already 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 a shot, in this land of opportunity Look at this country's got shouldn't be nobody homeless How can the president fix other when he ain't fixed home yet The earth wasn't made for one man to rule To all colors increases, to it belongs I want land, mansions, and gold The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The world's resources, all its residuals But then comes foes, I have to gaurd it with And I become the most But is it worth a million people problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, at my life with loaded barrels So move over Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
Y'all know my style, to hit you at the right time No other compares to Nas write down Tell you my dreams, show you my is yours 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 whatever man think of manifest to the real The plan is to wake up 'cause time All hate can't forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's you right here and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm gon' see you Hopin I reach the world and win Ain't nothin without struggle, listen up, it's We to fear 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 hear me, so fly you can't near me You of a mirror, my theory is that - knowledge is power To projects and every street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't shit, know what I'm sayin? ain't forget nothin man, The men, women and children killed by the police and ain't gon' forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, what this war just me is like, whatever you want out of life you feel is rightfully yours, go out and take it Even if that means and death You know, that's what I was up on, that's what this country's about This is what my country is, and my country's a