Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, wonder, can they take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come the housin tenement buildings killings, menaces marked for death Better known as the projects junkies and rock heads dwell Though I owe to it my survival of the fittest, everyday is a chal' I think I'm a part of U.S.A. and be proud Confronted with racism, started to feel Like, the you are the realer your problems I reached for the but I just kept slippin On this mission, never know what's next Ancient kings from Egypt, up to 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, world peace, actin like savages No war, we should time and think The bombs and tanks mankind extinct But since the beginning of time it's been men with fightin lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we must stop the Tell me why we die, we all children
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this can't last 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), world (peace), (peace), world
Yo, there's brothers on the block, posted up they own it That's corner, from New York to California Got blocks locked 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 order for him to survive, one day he up his eyes to the set backs and rise 'Cause, everybody a shot, in this land of opportunity Look at what this got shouldn't be nobody homeless How can the fix other problems when he ain't fixed home yet The earth made for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to home it I land, mansions, banks and gold The in Africa, oil in my control The natural resources, all its residuals But then comes foes, I to gaurd it with missels And I become the wanted But is it worth hearin a million problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life loaded barrels So over Colin Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
Y'all know my style, to hit you at the right time No other to what Nas write down Tell you my dreams, show you my is yours You could get you love, be a chain in cause You alive 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 'cause reveals All this hate can't last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right here and 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 are lyrical To be the best you challenge the best, then the blessings are Top of the world for the kid and Poppin any rapper's off his shoulders no contest I know the Most High me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my is that - knowledge is power To projects and every street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, know what I'm Niggas ain't forget man, The men, women and children by the police and shit Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you what 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 Even if means blood and death You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's what country's about This is my country is, and my country's a muthafucka