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 rock dwell Though I owe to it my With survival of the fittest, everyday is a I would think I'm a of U.S.A. and be proud Confronted with racism, to feel foreign Like, the darker you are the realer your I reached for the stars but I kept slipping On life mission, never know what's next Ancient kings from Egypt, up to Julius 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 acting savages No war, we should take and think The bombs and tanks makes extinct But since the beginning of time it's been men with fighting Lost in the Towers and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we stop the killing me why we die, we all God's children
World is hating, that's (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) World (peace), (peace), world (peace), world
Yo, brothers on the block, posted up like they own it they corner, from New York to California Got blocks down Like, "dog you safe whenever you me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, goes to At an early age, already know against him So in for him to survive, one day he must Open up his eyes to the set backs and 'Cause, everybody a shot, in this land of opportunity Look at what country's got shouldn't be nobody homeless How can the fix other problems when he ain't fixed home yet The earth wasn't made for one man to rule To all colors increases, to home it I want land, mansions, banks and The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The natural resources, all it's residuals But then foes, I have 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 life with barrels So move over Colin Powell or just in the towel, yo
is hating, that's forever (uh, c'mon) It's time we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to rule the (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), world (peace), (peace), world
Y'all that's my style, to hit you at the right time No other compares to what Nas down Tell you my dreams, show you my pain is You get what you love, be a chain in cause You right now There's so many that's dead or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot now It's whatever man think of manifest to the The plan is to wake up 'cause reveals All this hate forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, like you right here and never passed You just transcend, I I'm goin' see you again Hoping I reach the world and win Ain't without struggle, listen up, it's critical We used to fear arms, now the weapons are In Hip-Hop, the are lyrical To be the best you challenge the best, then the blessings are Top of the for the kid and unless Popping any rapper's head off his shoulders no I know the Most hear me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my theory is - knowledge is power To every and every street corner, we gotta get ours 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, niggas ain't forget shit, know I'm saying? Niggas ain't nothing Men, women and killed by the police and shit Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you what I mean? Yo, what this war just show me is like, whatever you want out of Whatever you feel is rightfully yours, go out and 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 country's a