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, menaces for death Better known as the projects junkies and rock heads dwell I owe to it my success With survival of the fittest, is a chal' I would I'm a part of U.S.A. and be proud with racism, started to feel foreign Like, the darker you are the realer problems I reached for the but I just kept slippin On this life mission, never what's next Ancient 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, actin like savages No war, we should take time and The bombs and makes mankind extinct But the beginning of time it's been men with arms fightin Lost in the Towers and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we must stop the Tell me why we die, we all God's
- Amerie, Nas in background] All this hate can't forever (uh, c'mon) It's time that we together (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) (peace), world (peace), world (peace), world
Yo, there's brothers on the block, up like they own it That's corner, from New York to California Got locked 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 this land of Look at what country's got There be nobody homeless How can the president fix other problems he ain't fixed home yet The earth wasn't made for one man to alone To all colors increases, to it belongs I want land, mansions, and gold The in Africa, oil in my control The natural 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 people and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life loaded barrels So move Colin Powell or just throw 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 is yours 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 up 'cause time reveals All this hate can't forever All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right here and passed You just transcend, I know I'm see you again I reach the world leaders and win Ain't nothin without struggle, listen up, critical 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 blessings are Top of the world for the kid and Poppin any head off his shoulders no contest I know the Most High me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my theory is - knowledge is power To every projects and every corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, know what I'm ain't forget nothin man, The men, and children killed by the police and shit Niggas ain't forget 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 Even if that means and death 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