Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, wonder, can they take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come the housin tenement buildings Unlimited killings, marked for death known as the projects where junkies and rock heads dwell Though I owe to it my With of the fittest, everyday is a chal' I would think I'm a of U.S.A. and be proud Confronted with racism, to feel foreign Like, the darker you are the realer your I reached for the stars but I just slippin On this life mission, never know what's kings from 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, stop like savages No war, we should take and think The bombs and tanks mankind extinct But since the beginning of time it's been men with fightin Lost lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why 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) It's that we stand together (yeah, for the world) wants to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), world (peace), (peace), world
Yo, there's brothers on the block, up like they own it That's they corner, New York to California Got locked down Like, "dog you safe you with 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 Open up his eyes to the set backs and 'Cause, wants a shot, in this land of opportunity Look at what country's got There shouldn't be homeless How can the president fix other problems he ain't fixed home yet The wasn't made 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 resources, all its residuals But then comes foes, I have to gaurd it missels And I become the wanted But is it hearin a million people problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life 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, show you my pain is You could get you love, be a chain in cause You alive now There's so many dead or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot light now It's whatever man think of to the real The plan is to wake up time reveals All hate can't forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's you right here and never passed You just transcend, I I'm gon' see you again I reach the world leaders and win Ain't nothin without struggle, listen up, critical We used to arms, now the weapons 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 no contest I the Most High hear me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my is that - knowledge is power To projects and every street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas forget shit, know what I'm sayin? Niggas forget nothin man, The men, women and children killed by the police and Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you what I mean? Yo, what this war just show me is like, whatever you want out of Whatever you is rightfully yours, go out and take it Even if that means blood and You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's what country's about This is what my is, and my country's a muthafucka