Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I from the housin tenement buildings killings, menaces marked for death Better known as the where junkies and rock heads dwell Though I owe to it my With of the fittest, everyday is a chal' 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 reached for the but I just kept slippin On this life mission, never know next Ancient kings Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a piece of the globe, continent Yo, Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Japan Pakistan, America, Yo, Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Arabics Call a truce, world peace, stop like savages No war, we take time and think The bombs and tanks makes extinct But since the beginning of time it's been men 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 hate can't last forever (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), (peace), world (peace), world
Yo, there's brothers on the block, posted up they own it That's they corner, from New York to Got blocks locked Like, "dog you whenever you with me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, 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, wants a shot, in this land of opportunity Look at this country's got There shouldn't be 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 diamonds in Africa, oil in my The world's resources, all its residuals But then comes foes, I have to gaurd it missels And I become the wanted But is it worth hearin a million people problems and by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my with loaded barrels So move over Colin Powell or throw in the towel, yo
Y'all that's my style, to hit you at the right time No compares to what Nas write down Tell you my dreams, show you my pain is You could get what you love, be a in cause 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 plan is to wake up 'cause reveals All this can't forever last All my heroes in Heaven, it's like you right here and never passed You transcend, I know I'm gon' see you again I reach the world leaders and win Ain't nothin without struggle, up, it's critical We used to fear arms, now the weapons are 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 rapper's off his shoulders no contest I know the Most 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
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Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, what I'm sayin? Niggas ain't nothin man, The men, women and children killed by the police and Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you know what I Yo, what war just show me is like, whatever you want out of life Whatever you is rightfully 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 this country's This is what my country is, and my a muthafucka