Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they take me Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I from the housing tenement buildings killings, menaces marked for death Better known as the projects junkies and rock heads dwell I owe to it my success With survival of the fittest, is a chal' I would I'm a part of U.S.A. and be proud with racism, started to feel foreign Like, the you are the realer your problems I reached for the stars but I kept slipping On this mission, never know what's next kings from Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a of the globe, every continent Yo, there's Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Pakistan, America, Yo, there's Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Call a truce, peace, stop acting like savages No war, we should take and think The bombs and tanks makes extinct But since the of time it's been men with arms fighting Lost lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why Must it go on, we stop the killing Tell me why we die, we all children
World is hating, that's (uh, c'mon) It's time that we 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 brothers on the block, posted up like own it That's they corner, New York to California Got locked down Like, "dog you safe whenever you me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, goes to At an early age, already it's against him So in for him to survive, one day he must up his eyes to the set backs and rise 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in this land of Look at what country's got There shouldn't be homeless How can the president fix other problems when he fixed home yet The wasn't made 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 it's residuals But then comes foes, I have to it with missiles And I become the wanted But is it worth hearing a million problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life with loaded So move over Colin or just throw in the towel, yo
World is hating, that's (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), (peace), world
Y'all that's my style, to hit you at the right time No other to what Nas write down Tell you my dreams, show you my is yours You could get you love, be a chain in cause You right 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 forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you here and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm see you again I reach the world leaders and win Ain't nothing without struggle, up, it's critical We used to fear arms, now the 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 Popping any rapper's head off his shoulders no I know the Most High hear me, so fly you can't me You scared of a mirror, my is that - knowledge is power To every projects and every corner, we gotta get ours now
World is hating, 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)
Yo, niggas forget shit, know what I'm saying? Niggas ain't nothing Men, and children killed by the police and shit Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you know I mean? 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 this country's about This is what my country is, and my a motherfucker