Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come the housing tenement buildings Unlimited killings, marked for death Better known as the projects where junkies and heads dwell I owe to it my success With survival of the fittest, is a chal' I would think I'm a of U.S.A. and be proud Confronted with racism, to feel foreign Like, the darker you are the realer problems I reached for the stars but I kept slipping On this life mission, never know next Ancient kings from Egypt, up to Julius 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, stop like savages No war, we should take time and The bombs and makes mankind extinct But since the beginning of time it's men with arms fighting Lost lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why Must it go on, we stop the killing Tell me why we die, we all children
World is hating, that's (uh, c'mon) It's time that we together (yeah, for the world) wants to rule the world (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 corner, from New York to California Got blocks down Like, "dog you safe you with me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, to prison 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 this country's got There shouldn't be homeless How can the president fix other problems when he ain't fixed yet The earth wasn't made for one man to rule To all colors increases, to it belongs I want land, mansions, banks and The in Africa, oil in my control The world's resources, all it's residuals But then comes foes, I have to it with missiles And I the most wanted But is it worth hearing a million people and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life with barrels So over Colin Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
is hating, that's 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
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 could get you love, be a chain in cause You right now so many that's dead 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 time All this hate forever last All my ghetto in Heaven, it's like you right here and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm goin' see you Hoping I reach the leaders and win Ain't nothing without struggle, listen up, critical We used to fear arms, now the are chemical In Hip-Hop, the weapons are To be the you challenge the best, then the blessings are spiritual Top of the world for the kid and Popping any rapper's head off his shoulders no I know the Most hear me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my theory is that - is power To every projects and every corner, we gotta get ours now
World is hating, that's (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)
Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, what I'm saying? ain't forget nothing Men, women and children killed by the police and Niggas ain't forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, this war just show me is like, whatever you want out of life Whatever you feel is yours, go out and take it if that means blood and death You know, that's what I was up on, that's what this country's about is what my country is, and my country's a motherfucker