Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they take me Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come the housin tenement buildings Unlimited killings, menaces marked for Better known as the projects where and rock heads dwell I owe to it my success With survival of the fittest, is a chal' I would think I'm a of U.S.A. and be proud Confronted with racism, started to foreign Like, the darker you are the realer your I reached for the stars but I kept slippin On this life mission, never know next kings from Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a piece of the globe, every Yo, there's Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Pakistan, America, Yo, Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Arabics Call a truce, world peace, stop actin savages No war, we should time and think The bombs and tanks makes extinct But since the beginning of it's been men with arms fightin Lost lives in the and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we stop the killin Tell me why we die, we all God's
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this can't last 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), (peace), world (peace), world
Yo, brothers on the block, posted up like they own it That's they corner, from New to California 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 early age, 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 There be nobody homeless How can the president fix problems when he ain't fixed home yet The earth made for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to it belongs I want land, mansions, and gold The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The world's resources, all its residuals But then comes foes, I have to gaurd it with And I the most wanted But is it worth hearin a million problems and followed 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 compares to what Nas down Tell you my dreams, show you my pain is You could get what you love, be a chain in 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 wake up 'cause time All this hate can't forever All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right and never passed You transcend, I know I'm gon' see you again I reach the world leaders and win Ain't nothin without struggle, listen up, it's We used to fear arms, now the are chemical 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 rapper's head off his shoulders no I know the Most High me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my theory is that - knowledge is To every and every street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, know what I'm Niggas ain't nothin man, The men, women and killed by the police and shit Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you what I mean? Yo, what this war just show me is like, whatever you out of life Whatever you is rightfully yours, go out and take it Even if that means blood and You know, what I was raised up on, that's what this country's about This is my country is, and my country's a muthafucka