Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they take me Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the housin buildings Unlimited killings, menaces for death Better known as the projects where junkies and rock dwell Though I owe to it my With survival of the fittest, 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 for the stars but I just kept slippin On life mission, never know what's next kings from Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a piece of the globe, continent Yo, there's Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Pakistan, America, Yo, there's Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Call a truce, world peace, stop actin like No war, we should time and think The bombs and tanks makes extinct But since the beginning of time it's men with arms fightin Lost lives in the and Pentagon, why then? it go on, we must stop the killin Tell me why we die, we all God's
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this hate can't 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) 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 locked down Like, "dog you safe whenever you me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, to prison At an early age, already know it's him So in order for him to survive, one day he Open up his eyes to the set backs and 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in this of opportunity Look at what this got There shouldn't be homeless How can the fix other problems when he ain't fixed home yet The earth wasn't made for one man to rule To all increases, to home it belongs I land, mansions, banks and gold The in Africa, oil in my control The natural resources, all its residuals But then foes, I have to gaurd it with missels And I become the most But is it worth hearin a million people problems and followed by Secret I guess, attempts at my with loaded barrels So move Colin Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
Y'all know my style, to hit you at the right time No other compares to what Nas write Tell you my dreams, show you my pain is You could get what you love, be a chain in You alive now There's so many that's dead or up inside the beast, I'm a hot light now It's whatever man think of to the real The plan is to up 'cause time reveals All this hate forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you here and never passed You transcend, I know I'm gon' see you again I reach the world leaders and win Ain't nothin without struggle, listen up, critical We used to fear arms, now the are chemical In Hip-Hop, the are lyrical To be the best you challenge the best, then the are spiritual Top of the world for the kid and any rapper's head off his shoulders no contest I know the Most High me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my theory is that - knowledge is To every projects and street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, know what I'm Niggas forget nothin man, The men, women and children killed by the and shit Niggas gon' forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, what this war just me is like, whatever you want out of life Whatever you feel is yours, go out and take it if that means blood and death You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's what country's about is what my country is, and my country's a muthafucka