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, marked for death Better known as the projects where junkies and rock heads 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, to feel foreign Like, the darker you are the your problems I reached for the stars but I just kept On this life mission, know what's next Ancient kings Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a piece of the globe, continent Yo, Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Japan Pakistan, America, Yo, there's Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Call a truce, world peace, stop actin savages No war, we take time and think The bombs and tanks makes mankind But since the of time it's been men with arms fightin Lost lives in the and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we stop the killin Tell me why we die, we all children
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this hate last forever (uh, c'mon) It's time that we stand (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to rule the (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) (peace), world (peace), world (peace), world
Yo, there's on the block, posted up like they own it they corner, from New York to California Got blocks locked Like, "dog you safe whenever you me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, goes to At an early age, already know it's him So in order for him to survive, one day he Open up his to the set backs and rise 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in this of opportunity Look at what this got There shouldn't be homeless How can the president fix other problems when he fixed home yet The earth made for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to home it I want land, mansions, banks and The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The world's natural resources, all its But comes foes, I have to gaurd it with missels And I become the most 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 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 get what you love, be a chain in cause You alive now There's so many that's dead or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot now It's whatever man think of to the real The plan is to wake up time reveals All this hate can't last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's you right here and never passed You just transcend, I I'm gon' see you again Hopin I reach the leaders and win nothin without struggle, listen up, it's critical We used to fear arms, now the are chemical In Hip-Hop, the weapons are To be the best you challenge the best, then the blessings are Top of the for the kid and unless 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 - knowledge is To every projects and every street corner, we get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, what I'm sayin? Niggas ain't nothin man, The men, women and children killed by the police and Niggas ain't forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, what war just show 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 up on, that's what this country's about This is what my is, and my country's a muthafucka