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 Unlimited killings, marked for death Better as the projects where junkies and rock heads 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 with racism, started to feel foreign Like, the darker you are the realer problems I for the stars but I just kept slippin On this life mission, never what's next Ancient from Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a piece of the globe, every Yo, there's Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Pakistan, America, Yo, there's Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Call a truce, world peace, stop actin savages No war, we should take time and The bombs and tanks makes mankind But since the beginning of time it's been men with arms Lost lives in the and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we must the killin me why we die, we all God's children
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Yo, there's on the block, posted up like they own it That's they corner, New York 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 it's him So in for him to survive, one day he must Open up his eyes to the set and rise 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in land of opportunity Look at what this got There shouldn't be nobody How can the president fix other problems when he ain't fixed yet The earth wasn't made for one man to alone To all colors increases, to it belongs I land, mansions, banks and gold The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The world's resources, all its residuals But then comes foes, I have to it with missels And I become the most But is it hearin a million people problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my with loaded barrels So move Colin Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
Y'all know that's my style, to hit you at the 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 in cause You right now There's so many that's dead or up inside the beast, I'm a hot light now It's whatever man of manifest to the real The plan is to up 'cause time reveals All hate can't forever last All my ghetto in Heaven, it's like you right here and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm gon' see you Hopin I the world leaders and win Ain't nothin without struggle, up, it's critical We to fear arms, now the weapons are chemical In Hip-Hop, the are lyrical To be the best you the best, then the blessings are spiritual Top of the world for the kid and Poppin any rapper's head off his shoulders no I know the Most High hear me, so fly you can't me You scared of a mirror, my theory is - knowledge is power To every projects and street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, ain't forget shit, know what I'm sayin? Niggas ain't nothin man, The men, women and killed by the police and shit Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you know what I Yo, what this war just show me is like, you want out of life Whatever you feel is yours, go out and take it if that means blood and death You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's this country's about is what my country is, and my country's a muthafucka