Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the housin tenement Unlimited killings, menaces for death Better known as the projects where junkies and rock dwell Though I owe to it my With survival of the fittest, everyday is a I would think I'm a part of U.S.A. and be with racism, started to feel foreign Like, the you are the realer your problems I reached for the but I just kept slippin On this life mission, never know next Ancient kings from Egypt, up to Julius Had a piece of the globe, every 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 time and think The bombs and tanks makes extinct But since the beginning of time it's been men arms fightin Lost in the Towers and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we must stop the me why we die, we all God's children
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this can't last forever (uh, c'mon) It's time we stand together (yeah, for the world) wants to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), world (peace), (peace), world
Yo, there's brothers on the block, posted up like own it That's they corner, New York to California Got locked down Like, "dog you whenever you with me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, to prison At an early age, already it's against 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 land of opportunity Look at what country's got There be nobody homeless How can the president fix other problems when he ain't home yet The earth made for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to it belongs I want land, mansions, banks and The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The world's resources, all its residuals But then comes foes, I to gaurd it with missels And I the most wanted But is it worth hearin a million problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life with barrels So move over Colin Powell or just in the towel, yo
Y'all that's my style, to hit you at the right time No compares to what Nas write down Tell you my dreams, you my pain is yours You could get what you love, be a chain in You right 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 to the real The plan is to up 'cause time reveals All this can't forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right and never passed You transcend, I know I'm gon' see you again Hopin I reach the world and win nothin without struggle, listen up, it's critical We used to fear arms, now the are chemical In Hip-Hop, the are lyrical To be the best you the best, then the blessings are spiritual Top of the for the kid and unless Poppin any rapper's head off his shoulders no I know the Most High hear me, so fly you can't me You scared of a mirror, my theory is - knowledge is power To projects and every street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, ain't forget shit, know what I'm sayin? Niggas forget nothin man, The men, women and children killed by the and shit Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you know I mean? Yo, what war just show me is like, whatever you want out of life Whatever you is rightfully yours, go out and take it Even if that blood and death You know, that's I was raised up on, that's what this country's about This is my country is, and my country's a muthafucka