Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the housin tenement Unlimited killings, marked for death Better known as the projects junkies and rock heads dwell Though I owe to it my survival of the fittest, everyday is a chal' I would think I'm a part of U.S.A. and be Confronted with racism, started to foreign Like, the darker you are the your problems I reached for the but I just kept slippin On this life mission, never know what's Ancient kings from Egypt, up to Cezar 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 like savages No war, we should take and think The bombs and tanks makes extinct But the beginning of time it's been men with arms fightin Lost in the Towers and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we stop the killin Tell me why we die, we all God's
- Amerie, Nas in background] All this hate can't forever (uh, c'mon) It's time that we together (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 on the block, posted up like they own it That's they corner, from New York to 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 order for him to survive, one day he Open up his eyes to the set backs and 'Cause, wants a shot, in this land of opportunity at what this country's got There shouldn't be nobody How can the president fix other problems when he ain't home yet The earth wasn't made for one man to rule To all colors increases, to it belongs I land, mansions, banks and gold The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The world's resources, all its residuals But then comes foes, I have to it with missels And I become the wanted But is it worth hearin a million problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life loaded barrels So move over Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
Y'all know that's my style, to hit you at the right No other to what Nas write down Tell you my dreams, show you my pain is You could get you love, be a chain in cause You right now There's so many that's 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 wake up 'cause time All this hate can't forever All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's you right here and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm see you again Hopin I reach the world and win Ain't nothin struggle, listen up, it's critical We to fear arms, now the weapons are chemical In Hip-Hop, the weapons are To be the best you challenge the best, then the blessings are Top of the world for the kid and Poppin any rapper's head off his shoulders no I know the Most hear me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my is that - knowledge is power To projects and every street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas forget shit, know what I'm sayin? Niggas ain't 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 raised up on, that's what this about This is what my country is, and my a muthafucka