Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I from the housin tenement buildings Unlimited killings, menaces for death known as the projects where junkies and rock heads dwell Though I owe to it my 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 your I reached for the stars but I just slippin On this life mission, never know what's Ancient kings from Egypt, up to Julius Had a piece of the globe, continent 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 bombs and tanks makes mankind But since the beginning of time been men with arms fightin Lost lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why Must it go on, we stop the killin me why we die, we all God's children
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this hate last forever (uh, c'mon) It's that we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), world (peace), world (peace),
Yo, there's brothers on the block, up like they own it That's they corner, New York to California Got blocks locked Like, "dog you safe whenever you with me, see is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, to prison At an early age, already know it's him So in order for him to survive, one day he Open up his to the set backs and rise 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in this land of Look at what this got There be nobody homeless How can the fix other problems when he ain't fixed home yet The earth wasn't for one man to rule alone To all increases, to home it belongs I land, mansions, banks and gold 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 million people problems and 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 right No other compares to what Nas write you my dreams, show you my pain is yours You get what you love, be a chain in cause You right now There's so many that's dead or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot now It's whatever man of manifest to the real The is to wake up 'cause time reveals All this can't forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right here and passed You transcend, I know I'm gon' see you again Hopin I reach the leaders and win nothin without struggle, listen up, it's 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 Poppin any rapper's off his shoulders no contest I know the Most hear me, so fly you can't near me You of a mirror, my theory is that - knowledge is power To projects and every street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't shit, know what I'm sayin? ain't forget nothin man, The men, women and children by the police and shit Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you know what I Yo, what this war show me is like, whatever you want out of life you feel is rightfully yours, go out and take it Even if 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