Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they take me Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the housin tenement Unlimited killings, marked for death Better known as the projects where and rock heads dwell I owe to it my success With survival of the fittest, is a chal' I would I'm a part of U.S.A. and be proud Confronted with racism, started to foreign Like, the darker you are the realer problems I reached for the stars but I kept slippin On this life mission, know what's next Ancient kings from Egypt, up to Julius Had a piece of the globe, every Yo, Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Japan Pakistan, America, Yo, Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Arabics Call a truce, world peace, actin like savages No war, we should take time and The bombs and tanks mankind extinct But since the beginning of time it's been men with fightin Lost lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why Must it go on, we must stop the Tell me why we die, we all God's
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this hate can't last (uh, c'mon) It's time that we stand (yeah, for the world) Everybody to rule 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 That's corner, from New York to California Got locked down Like, "dog you safe you with me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, in ghettos, goes to prison At an early age, already know it's him So in for him to survive, one day he must Open up his eyes to the set backs and 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in this of opportunity Look at what country's got There be nobody homeless How can the president fix other problems he ain't fixed home yet The wasn't made for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to home it I want land, mansions, and gold The in Africa, oil in my control The world's resources, all its residuals But then comes foes, I have to gaurd it with And I become the wanted But is it worth hearin a million problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life with barrels So move Colin Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
Y'all that's my style, to hit you at the right time No other compares to what Nas write you my dreams, show you my pain is yours You could get what you love, be a chain in 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 is to wake up 'cause time reveals All this hate can't forever All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right here and never You transcend, I know I'm gon' see you again Hopin I 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, the blessings are spiritual Top of the world for the kid and Poppin any rapper's off his shoulders no contest I know the Most High hear me, so fly you near me You scared of a mirror, my theory is that - knowledge is To every projects and street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, what I'm sayin? Niggas ain't forget man, The men, women and children by the police and shit ain't gon' forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, this war just show me is like, whatever you want out of life Whatever you feel is rightfully yours, go out and it Even if that blood and death You know, that's what I was raised up on, what this country's about is what my country is, and my country's a muthafucka