Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the housin buildings Unlimited killings, menaces for death Better known as the projects junkies and rock heads dwell I owe to it my success 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 realer problems I reached for the stars but I kept slippin On life mission, never know what's next Ancient from Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a piece of the globe, every Yo, Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Japan Pakistan, America, Yo, Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Arabics Call a truce, world peace, stop like savages No war, we take time and think The bombs and tanks mankind extinct But since the beginning of it's been men with arms fightin Lost lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why Must it go on, we must stop the Tell me why we die, we all God's
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this hate can't last (uh, c'mon) It's that we stand together (yeah, for the world) wants to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), (peace), world (peace), world
Yo, there's on the block, posted up like they own it That's they corner, New York to California Got blocks locked Like, "dog you whenever you with me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, in ghettos, goes 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 backs and 'Cause, wants a shot, in this land 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 alone To all increases, to home it belongs I want land, mansions, and gold The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The world's natural resources, all its But then comes foes, I have to gaurd it missels And I become the most 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 that's my style, to hit you at the right time No other compares to Nas write down Tell you my dreams, you my pain is yours You get what you love, be a chain in cause You right now There's so many that's dead or locked up the beast, I'm a hot light now It's whatever man think of manifest to the The plan is to wake up time reveals All this hate forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, like you right here 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, listen up, it's We used to fear arms, now the weapons are In Hip-Hop, the weapons are To be the best you challenge the best, then the are spiritual Top of the world for the kid and Poppin any head off his shoulders no contest I know the Most High hear me, so fly you can't me You scared of a mirror, my theory is that - is power To every projects and street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, what I'm sayin? ain't forget nothin man, The men, women and killed by the police and shit Niggas ain't gon' that, you know what 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, what this country's about is what my country is, and my country's a muthafucka