Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the housing tenement killings, menaces marked for death Better known as the where junkies and rock heads dwell I owe to it my success With survival of the fittest, everyday is a I would I'm a part of U.S.A. and be proud Confronted with racism, to feel foreign Like, the darker you are the your problems I for the stars but I just kept slipping On this life mission, never know what's Ancient kings from Egypt, up to 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, acting like savages No war, we take time and think The bombs and tanks makes extinct But since the beginning of it's been men with arms fighting lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we stop the killing Tell me why we die, we all children
World is hating, forever (uh, c'mon) time that we stand 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 they corner, from New to California Got blocks down Like, "dog you whenever you with me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, to prison At an early age, already know against him So in for him to survive, one day he must up his eyes 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 earth wasn't for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to home it I want land, mansions, banks and The in Africa, oil in my control The natural resources, all it's residuals But then foes, I have to guard it with missiles And I become the wanted But is it worth a million people problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life with barrels So move over Colin or just throw in the towel, yo
is hating, that's forever (uh, c'mon) It's time we stand 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 right No other compares to what Nas write Tell you my dreams, you my pain is yours You could get you love, be a chain in cause You right 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 plan is to up 'cause time reveals All hate can't forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right here and never You transcend, I know 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 blessings are Top of the world for the kid and Popping any head off his shoulders no contest I the Most 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 street corner, we gotta get now
is hating, that's 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)
Yo, ain't forget shit, know what I'm saying? Niggas ain't forget Men, women and children killed by the police and Niggas ain't gon' that, you know what I mean? Yo, what this war just me is like, whatever you want out of life Whatever you feel is yours, go out and take it Even if means blood and death You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's this country's about This is my country is, and my country's a motherfucker