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 marked for Better known as the projects where junkies and heads dwell Though I owe to it my With survival of the fittest, everyday is a 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 just kept On this life mission, never know what's kings 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, stop actin like No war, we take time and think The bombs and tanks makes mankind But since the beginning of time it's been men with arms Lost in the Towers and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we must stop the Tell me why we die, we all God's
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this can't 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) World (peace), world (peace), world (peace),
Yo, brothers on the block, posted up like they own it That's they corner, New York to California Got locked down Like, "dog you safe whenever you with me, see is my town" So the youngsters, in ghettos, goes to prison At an early age, already it's against him So in order for him to survive, one day he Open up his to the set backs and rise 'Cause, wants a shot, in this land of opportunity Look at what country's got shouldn't be nobody homeless How can the president fix other when he ain't fixed home yet The earth wasn't for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to home it I want land, mansions, banks and The in Africa, oil in my control The world's resources, all its residuals But then foes, I have to gaurd it with missels And I become the most But is it worth hearin a people problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life with barrels So move over 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 you my dreams, show you my pain is yours You could get what you love, be a 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 of manifest 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 you right here and never passed You transcend, I know I'm gon' see you again Hopin I reach the leaders and win Ain't without struggle, listen up, it's critical We to fear arms, now the weapons are chemical In Hip-Hop, the are lyrical To be the best you the best, then the blessings are spiritual Top of the world for the kid and any rapper's head off his shoulders no contest I know the Most High me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my theory is - 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? Niggas ain't forget man, The men, women and children killed by the and shit Niggas ain't forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, this war just show me is like, whatever you want out of life you feel is rightfully yours, go out and take it Even if that means blood and You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's what this about This is what my country is, and my a muthafucka