Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come the housin tenement buildings Unlimited killings, marked for death Better known as the projects where and rock heads 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, to feel 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 Cezar Had a piece of the globe, every 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 take time and The bombs and tanks 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 must 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 that we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), world (peace), (peace), world
Yo, there's on the block, posted up like they own it That's they corner, from New York to Got blocks down Like, "dog you safe you with 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 for him to survive, one day he must Open up his eyes to the set and rise 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in this land of at what this country's got There shouldn't be nobody How can the president fix other problems he ain't fixed home yet The earth wasn't for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to 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 the most wanted But is it worth hearin a million people problems and by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my with loaded barrels So move over Colin Powell or throw in the towel, yo
Y'all that's my style, to hit you at the right time No other compares to what Nas down Tell you my dreams, show you my pain is You could get what you love, be a chain in You right now There's so many that's dead or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot now whatever man think of manifest to the real The is to wake up 'cause time reveals All this hate forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm see you again I reach the world leaders and win Ain't nothin without struggle, up, it's critical We used to arms, now the weapons are chemical In Hip-Hop, the weapons are To be the you challenge the best, then the blessings are spiritual Top of the world for the kid and Poppin any head off his shoulders no contest I the Most High hear me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my theory is that - knowledge is To every and every street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, know what I'm ain't forget nothin man, The men, women and killed by the police and shit Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you know I mean? Yo, what this war just me is like, whatever you want out of life Whatever you is rightfully yours, go out and take it Even if means blood and death You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's this country's about This is what my country is, and my country's a