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, marked for death Better known as the projects where junkies and rock heads Though I owe to it my survival of the fittest, everyday is a chal' I would I'm a part of U.S.A. and be proud Confronted with racism, started to feel Like, the darker you are the your problems I for the stars but I just kept slippin On life mission, never know what's next kings from Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a piece of the globe, continent Yo, there's Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Pakistan, America, Yo, Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Arabics Call a truce, world peace, stop like savages No war, we take time and think The bombs and tanks makes mankind But since the beginning of it's been men with arms fightin Lost lives in the and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we stop the killin Tell me why we die, we all God's
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this can't 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) (peace), world (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 whenever you me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, goes to At an age, already know it's against him So in order for him to survive, one day he up his eyes to the set backs and rise 'Cause, wants a shot, in this land of opportunity at what this country's got There be nobody homeless How can the president fix other when he ain't fixed home yet The earth wasn't made for one man to rule 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 comes foes, I have to gaurd it with missels And I the most wanted But is it worth hearin a million people problems and followed by Secret I guess, attempts at my life with barrels So move over Colin or just throw in the towel, yo
Y'all know that's my style, to hit you at the right No other to what Nas write down Tell you my dreams, show you my is yours You get what you love, be a chain in cause You alive now There's so many that's or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot light now It's man think of manifest to the real The plan is to wake up 'cause time All this hate can't last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right here and never You just transcend, I know I'm gon' see you Hopin I reach the leaders and win Ain't nothin 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 challenge the best, then the are spiritual Top of the world for the kid and Poppin any 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 that - is power To projects and every street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, know what I'm ain't forget nothin man, The men, and children killed by the police and shit Niggas gon' forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, what this war just me is like, whatever you want out of life Whatever you feel is yours, go out and take it Even if that blood and death You know, that's what I was raised up on, what this country's about This is my country is, and my country's a muthafucka