Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I from the housin tenement buildings killings, menaces marked for death Better known as the projects where junkies and rock heads Though I owe to it my With survival of the fittest, is a chal' I would think I'm a part of U.S.A. and be Confronted with racism, started to foreign Like, the darker you are the your problems I for the stars but I just kept slippin On this life mission, never know what's Ancient kings from Egypt, up to Cezar Had a of the globe, every continent Yo, Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Japan Pakistan, America, Yo, there's Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Call a truce, world peace, stop actin savages No war, we should time and think The bombs and tanks makes extinct But since the beginning of time been men with arms fightin Lost lives in the and Pentagon, why then? it go on, we must stop the killin Tell me why we die, we all God's
- Amerie, Nas in background] All hate can't last forever (uh, c'mon) It's time we stand together (yeah, for the world) wants to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), world (peace), world (peace),
Yo, there's brothers on the block, posted up like own it they corner, from New York to California 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 early age, already know against him So in order for him to survive, one day he Open up his to the set backs and rise 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in this land of at what this country's got There shouldn't be nobody How can the president fix other problems when he ain't home yet The wasn't made for one man to rule alone To all increases, to home it belongs I want land, mansions, and gold The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The world's natural resources, all its 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, at my life with loaded barrels So over 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 down 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 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 this hate can't forever All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you here and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm see you again I reach the world leaders and win Ain't nothin 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 for the kid and unless any rapper's head off his shoulders no contest I the Most High hear me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my is that - knowledge is power To every and every street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't shit, know 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, what war just show me is like, whatever you want out of life you feel 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 about This is my country is, and my country's a muthafucka