Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I from the housin tenement buildings Unlimited killings, menaces for death Better known as the projects where junkies and rock 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 with racism, started 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 next Ancient 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, Call a truce, world peace, actin like savages No war, we should take time and The bombs and makes mankind extinct But since the beginning of time it's been men arms fightin lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we must stop the Tell me why we die, we all children
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this hate can't forever (uh, c'mon) It's that we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to rule the (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), world (peace), world (peace),
Yo, there's brothers on the block, up like they own it they corner, from 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, goes to At an age, already know it's against him So in order for him to survive, one day he Open up his eyes to the set backs and 'Cause, everybody a shot, in this land of opportunity Look at this country's got There shouldn't be homeless How can the president fix other problems when he ain't home yet The wasn't made for one man to rule alone To all increases, to home it belongs I want land, mansions, and gold 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 become the most But is it hearin a million people problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life with barrels So move over Colin Powell or throw in the towel, yo
Y'all that's my style, to hit you at the right time No other compares to Nas write down Tell you my dreams, show you my pain is You could get what you love, be a in cause You alive now There's so many that's dead or locked up the beast, I'm a hot light now It's whatever man think of manifest to the The plan is to up 'cause time reveals All this hate forever last All my ghetto in Heaven, it's 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 without struggle, listen up, it's critical 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 are spiritual Top of the world for the kid and Poppin any head off his shoulders no contest 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 projects and every street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas forget shit, know what I'm sayin? Niggas ain't nothin man, The men, women and children killed by the police and Niggas ain't gon' that, you know what 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 if that means blood and death You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's what this about This is what my country is, and my a muthafucka