Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, wonder, can they take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the housin tenement Unlimited killings, marked for death known as the projects where junkies and rock heads dwell Though I owe to it my With of the fittest, everyday is a chal' I would think I'm a part of U.S.A. and be Confronted with racism, started to feel Like, the darker you are the realer your I reached for the but I just kept slippin On life mission, never know 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 actin like savages No war, we should take time and The bombs and tanks mankind extinct But since the beginning of time it's 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) time that we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), (peace), world (peace), world
Yo, there's brothers on the block, posted up they own it they corner, from New York to California Got blocks locked Like, "dog you safe you with me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, in ghettos, goes to prison At an age, already 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 wants a shot, in land of opportunity Look at this country's got There shouldn't be nobody How can the fix other problems when he ain't fixed home yet The wasn't made for one man to rule alone To all increases, to home it belongs I want land, mansions, banks and The in Africa, oil in my control The natural resources, all its residuals But then comes foes, I have to gaurd it missels And I become the most But is it hearin a million people problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, at my life with loaded barrels So move over Colin Powell or throw in the towel, yo
Y'all know that's my style, to hit you at the time No other compares to Nas write down you my dreams, show you my pain is yours You get what you love, be a chain in cause You right now There's so many that's 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 in Heaven, it's like you right here and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm see you again I reach the world leaders and win Ain't without struggle, listen up, it's critical We to fear arms, now the weapons are chemical In Hip-Hop, the are lyrical To be the you challenge the best, then the blessings are spiritual Top of the for the kid and unless Poppin any rapper's off his shoulders no contest I know the Most High me, so fly you can't near me You of a mirror, my theory is that - knowledge is power To projects and every street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't shit, know what I'm sayin? Niggas ain't forget man, The men, women and children killed by the police and ain't gon' forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, what this war show me is like, whatever you want out of life Whatever you feel is yours, go out and take it Even if that means and death You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's what country's about This is what my is, and my country's a muthafucka