Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come the housin tenement buildings Unlimited killings, marked for death Better known as the projects junkies and rock heads dwell I owe to it my success With 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 foreign Like, the darker you are the your problems I for the stars but I just kept slippin On this mission, never know what's next Ancient kings Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a of the globe, every continent Yo, there's Asia, Africa, Europe, France, 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 the beginning of time it's been men with arms fightin lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we must the killin Tell me why we die, we all children
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this hate can't forever (uh, c'mon) It's that we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), world (peace), world (peace),
Yo, there's brothers on the block, posted up they own it That's they corner, from New York to Got locked down Like, "dog you whenever you with 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, everybody a shot, in this land of opportunity Look at what this got shouldn't be nobody homeless How can the president fix other problems he ain't fixed home yet The earth wasn't for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to it belongs I want land, mansions, banks and The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The world's natural resources, all its But comes 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 loaded So move over Colin Powell or just in the towel, yo
Y'all know my style, to hit you at the right time No other to what Nas write down 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 the beast, I'm a hot light now It's whatever man think of 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 and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm see you again Hopin I reach the leaders and win Ain't 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 for the kid and unless Poppin any rapper's head off his shoulders no 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 every projects and every corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't shit, know what I'm sayin? Niggas ain't forget man, The men, women and killed by the police and shit Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you know what I 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, what this country's about This is what my country is, and my a muthafucka