Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they take me Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the tenement buildings Unlimited killings, menaces for death Better known as the projects where junkies and heads dwell I owe to it my success With survival of the fittest, everyday is a I would think I'm a of U.S.A. and be proud Confronted racism, started to feel foreign Like, the darker you are the your problems I reached for the stars but I kept slippin On this life mission, never know what's Ancient kings from Egypt, up to Julius Had a piece of the globe, every 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 should time and think The and tanks makes mankind extinct But the beginning of time it's been men with arms fightin Lost lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why Must it go on, we must the killin Tell me why we die, we all God's
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this hate 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), world (peace),
Yo, brothers on the block, posted up like they own it That's they corner, from New to California Got blocks down Like, "dog you safe whenever you me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, in ghettos, goes to prison At an age, already know it's against him So in order for him to survive, one day he Open up his eyes to the set and rise 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in land of opportunity Look at what this got There shouldn't be nobody How can the president fix other problems when he ain't fixed yet The earth made for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to home it I want land, mansions, and gold The in Africa, oil in my control The world's natural resources, all its But then comes foes, I to gaurd it with missels And I become the wanted But is it worth hearin a million people and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life with loaded So move Colin Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
Y'all that's my style, to hit you at the right time No other compares to Nas write down Tell you my dreams, show you my is yours You could get 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 whatever man think of manifest to the real The plan is to wake up 'cause time All this hate can't forever All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you here and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm gon' see you Hopin I reach the world and win Ain't nothin without struggle, listen up, critical We to fear arms, now the weapons are chemical In Hip-Hop, the weapons are To be the you challenge the best, then the blessings are spiritual Top of the for the kid and unless any rapper's head off his shoulders no contest I know the Most High hear me, so fly you near me You of a mirror, my theory is that - knowledge is power To every and every street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, know I'm sayin? Niggas ain't nothin man, The men, women and children by the police and shit Niggas ain't gon' that, you know what I mean? Yo, what this war just show me is like, you want out of life Whatever you is rightfully yours, go out and take it if that means blood and death You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's what this country's is what my country is, and my country's a muthafucka