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 Unlimited killings, menaces for death Better known as the projects where junkies and 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 realer problems I reached for the stars but I just kept On life mission, never know what's next kings 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, stop like savages No war, we should take time and The bombs and tanks makes extinct But since the beginning of it's been men with arms fighting Lost lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why Must it go on, we must stop the me why we die, we all God's children
World is hating, that's (uh, c'mon) It's that we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to the world (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 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, goes to At an early age, already know it's 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 this land of Look at what this got shouldn't be nobody homeless How can the president fix problems when he ain't fixed home yet The earth wasn't made for one man to rule To all increases, to home it belongs I want land, mansions, banks and The in Africa, oil in my control The natural resources, all it's residuals But then comes foes, I to guard it with missiles And I become the most But is it worth hearing a million people problems and followed by Secret I guess, attempts at my with loaded barrels So over Colin Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
World is hating, that's (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), world (peace), world (peace),
Y'all that's my style, to hit you at the right time No other compares to what Nas write 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 whatever man think of manifest to the The plan is to wake up time reveals All hate can't forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you here and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm goin' see you Hoping I reach the leaders and win Ain't nothing without struggle, up, it's critical We used to arms, now the weapons are chemical In Hip-Hop, the weapons are To be the you challenge the best, then the blessings are spiritual Top of the world for the kid and Popping any head off his shoulders no contest I know the High hear me, so fly you can't near me You of a mirror, my theory is that - knowledge is power To every projects and every street corner, we get ours now
World is hating, forever (uh, c'mon) It's time we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon)
Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, what I'm saying? Niggas forget nothing Men, women and children killed by the and shit ain't gon' forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, what this war just show me is like, whatever you out of life Whatever you is rightfully yours, go out and take it Even if that blood and death You know, what I was raised up on, that's what this country's about is what my country is, and my country's a motherfucker