Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the tenement buildings Unlimited killings, menaces for death Better known as the projects where and rock heads dwell Though I owe to it my With of the fittest, everyday 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 realer problems I for the stars but I just kept slippin On this life mission, never know what's Ancient from Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a of the globe, every continent Yo, Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Japan 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 of time it's been men with arms fightin Lost lives in the and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we must stop the Tell me why we die, we all children
- Amerie, Nas in background] All this hate last forever (uh, c'mon) It's time that we stand (yeah, for the world) Everybody to rule the world (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 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 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 this got There be nobody homeless How can the president fix problems when he ain't fixed home yet The earth wasn't made for one man to alone To all colors increases, to 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 with And I the most wanted But is it worth hearin a million people and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life with barrels So move Colin Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
Y'all know that's my style, to hit you at the time No other compares to what Nas write Tell you my dreams, show you my is yours You get what you love, be a chain in cause 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 wake up 'cause time All this can't forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right here and never You just transcend, I I'm gon' see you again Hopin I the world leaders and win Ain't nothin struggle, listen up, it's critical We used to arms, now the weapons are chemical In Hip-Hop, the weapons are 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 every projects and every street corner, we gotta get now
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Yo, ain't forget shit, know what I'm sayin? ain't forget nothin man, The men, and children killed by the police and shit Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you know I mean? Yo, what this war just show me is like, you want out of life Whatever you feel is rightfully yours, go out and it Even if that blood and death You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's this country's about This is what my country is, and my a muthafucka