Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they take me Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come the housing tenement buildings Unlimited killings, menaces for death Better known as the projects junkies and rock heads dwell Though I owe to it my survival of the fittest, everyday is a chal' I would think I'm a of U.S.A. and be proud Confronted racism, started to feel foreign Like, the darker you are the your problems I reached for the but I just kept slipping On this life mission, never 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, Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Arabics Call a truce, peace, stop acting like savages No war, we take time and think The and tanks makes mankind extinct But since the beginning of time it's been men with 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, forever (uh, c'mon) It's time that we together (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to rule the (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) (peace), world (peace), world (peace), world
Yo, brothers on the block, posted up like they own it That's 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 early age, know it's against him So in for him to survive, one day he must Open up his to the set backs and rise 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in land of opportunity Look at what country's got shouldn't be nobody homeless How can the president fix problems when he ain't fixed home yet The wasn't made for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to home it I want land, mansions, and gold The in Africa, oil in my control The world's natural resources, all residuals But comes foes, I have to guard it with missiles And I the most wanted But is it hearing a million people problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life with barrels So over Colin Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
World is hating, that's (uh, c'mon) It's time that we together (yeah, for the world) wants to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), world (peace), (peace), world
Y'all know that's my style, to hit you at the time No other compares to Nas write down Tell you my dreams, show you my is yours You could get what you love, be a chain in You alive now There's so that's dead or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot light now It's man think of manifest to the real The is to wake up 'cause time reveals All this hate forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right here and never You just transcend, I I'm goin' see you again Hoping I reach the world and win Ain't nothing without struggle, listen up, it's We to fear arms, now the weapons are chemical In Hip-Hop, the weapons are To be the best you challenge the best, then the are spiritual Top of the world for the kid and Popping any rapper's off his shoulders no contest I know the High hear me, so fly you can't near 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 time that we stand (yeah, for the world) Everybody to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon)
Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, know I'm saying? Niggas forget nothing Men, women and children killed by the police and Niggas ain't gon' that, you know what 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 what this country's This is what my country is, and my country's a