Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they take me Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the housin tenement Unlimited killings, menaces marked for Better known as the projects where and rock 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, started to foreign Like, the darker you are the your problems I reached for the stars but I just kept On this mission, never know what's next Ancient kings Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a piece of the globe, every Yo, Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Japan Pakistan, America, Yo, Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Arabics Call a truce, world peace, actin like savages No war, we take time and think The bombs and tanks makes extinct But since the beginning of time it's been men with arms Lost lives in the and Pentagon, why then? 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) time 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, there's brothers on the block, posted up they own it That's corner, from New York to California Got blocks locked Like, "dog you whenever you with me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, to prison At an early age, already know against him So in order for him to survive, one day he Open up his eyes to the set backs and 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in this of opportunity Look at what country's got There be nobody homeless How can the president fix other problems when he ain't home yet The wasn't 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 natural resources, all its residuals But then foes, I have to gaurd it with missels And I become the wanted But is it hearin a million people problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, at my life with loaded barrels So over Colin Powell 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, you my pain is yours You could get what you love, be a chain in You right now There's so many dead 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 reveals All this can't forever last 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 the world leaders and win Ain't nothin without struggle, up, it's critical We to fear arms, now the weapons are chemical In Hip-Hop, the weapons are To be the best you 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, what I'm sayin? Niggas forget nothin man, The men, women and children killed by the and shit Niggas ain't forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, what this war just show me is like, whatever you out of life Whatever you feel is rightfully yours, go out and it Even if that means blood and You know, that's what I was raised up on, what this country's about This is what my is, and my country's a muthafucka