Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the housin buildings Unlimited killings, marked for death Better known as the projects where junkies and rock dwell I owe to it my success With survival of the fittest, everyday is a I would think I'm a of U.S.A. and be proud Confronted with racism, started to foreign Like, the you are the realer your problems I for the stars but I just kept slippin On this life mission, never what's next kings from Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a piece of the globe, continent Yo, Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Japan Pakistan, America, Yo, there's Protestants, Jews, Blacks, a truce, world peace, stop actin like savages No war, we should take and think The and tanks makes mankind 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 stop the killin Tell me why we die, we all children
- Amerie, Nas in background] All this hate last forever (uh, c'mon) It's time 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 corner, from New York to California Got blocks down Like, "dog you safe whenever you 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 Open up his to the set backs and rise 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in land of opportunity Look at what this got There shouldn't be nobody How can the president fix problems when he ain't fixed home yet The earth wasn't for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to home it I want land, mansions, banks and The in Africa, oil in my control The world's natural resources, all its But then comes foes, I to gaurd it with missels And I the most wanted But is it worth hearin a million 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 compares 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 right now so many that's dead or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot light now It's whatever man of manifest to the real The plan is to up 'cause time reveals All this hate can't forever All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, like you right here and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm gon' see you Hopin I reach the world and win Ain't nothin struggle, listen up, it's critical We used to fear arms, now the are chemical In Hip-Hop, the weapons are To be the best you challenge the best, then the blessings are Top of the for the kid and unless Poppin any rapper's head off his no contest I know the Most High 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, ain't forget shit, know what I'm sayin? Niggas ain't forget man, The men, women and children killed by the police and Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you know I mean? Yo, what this war just show me is like, you want out of life Whatever you feel is 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 is what my country is, and my country's a muthafucka