Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they take me Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the 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 think I'm a part of U.S.A. and be proud with racism, started to feel foreign Like, the darker you are the your problems I reached for the stars but I kept slippin On this life mission, never know next Ancient kings Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a piece of the globe, every Yo, Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Japan Pakistan, America, Yo, there's Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Call a truce, world peace, actin like savages No war, we should time and think The bombs and tanks mankind extinct But since the beginning of time it's been men arms fightin Lost lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why it go on, we must stop the killin Tell me why we die, we all children
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All hate can't last forever (uh, c'mon) It's time we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), (peace), world (peace), world
Yo, there's on the block, posted up like they own it That's they corner, New York to California Got blocks down Like, "dog you safe you with me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, to prison At an early age, already know it's him So in for him to survive, one day he must Open up his eyes to the set backs and 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in this land of Look at what country's got shouldn't be nobody homeless How can the president fix other problems when he ain't fixed yet The wasn't made for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to home it I land, mansions, banks and gold The diamonds in Africa, oil in my 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 followed by Secret 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 time No other compares to what Nas write Tell you my dreams, you my pain is yours You could get 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 whatever man think of to the real The is to wake up 'cause time reveals All this hate can't last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right here and passed You just transcend, I know I'm see you again Hopin I reach the world and win Ain't without struggle, listen up, it's critical We used to fear arms, now the weapons are In Hip-Hop, the are lyrical To be the best you challenge the best, then the blessings are Top of the world for the kid and Poppin any head off his shoulders no contest I know the Most hear me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my is that - knowledge is power To every projects and every street corner, we get ours now
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Yo, ain't forget shit, know what I'm sayin? Niggas forget nothin man, The men, women and children killed by the and shit Niggas gon' forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, this war just show me is like, whatever you want out of life Whatever you feel is rightfully yours, go out and it if that means blood and death You know, that's what I was up on, that's what this country's about is what my country is, and my country's a muthafucka