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, marked for death Better known as the projects where junkies and rock 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 feel Like, the darker you are the your problems I reached for the stars but I just slippin On life mission, never know what's next Ancient from Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a of the globe, every continent Yo, there's Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Pakistan, America, Yo, Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Arabics Call a truce, peace, stop actin like savages No war, we should take 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 the killin Tell me why we die, we all children
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this hate can't forever (uh, c'mon) It's time that we together (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to rule the (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), (peace), world (peace), world
Yo, brothers on the block, posted up like they own it That's they corner, New York to California Got locked down Like, "dog you safe whenever you me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, goes to At an early age, know it's against him So in order for him to survive, one day he Open up his eyes to the set backs and 'Cause, everybody a shot, in this land of opportunity Look at what country's got shouldn't be nobody homeless How can the president fix other problems he ain't fixed home yet The earth made for one man to rule alone To all increases, to home 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 the most wanted But is it worth hearin a people problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life loaded barrels So move Colin Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
Y'all know that's my style, to hit you at the right No other compares to Nas write down 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 or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot light now It's whatever man think of manifest to the The plan is to wake up 'cause reveals All this hate can't last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you here and never passed You just transcend, I I'm gon' see you again I reach the world leaders and win Ain't nothin without struggle, listen up, critical We to fear arms, now the weapons are chemical In Hip-Hop, the are lyrical To be the best you the best, then the blessings are spiritual Top of the world for the kid and Poppin any rapper's 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 - knowledge is 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 by the police and shit Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you know I mean? Yo, what this war just show me is like, whatever you out of life Whatever you feel is rightfully yours, go out and it if that means blood 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