Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, wonder, can they take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come the housin tenement buildings Unlimited killings, menaces for death known as the projects where junkies and rock heads dwell Though I owe to it my With survival of the fittest, is a chal' I think I'm a part of U.S.A. and be proud Confronted with racism, to feel foreign Like, the you are the realer your problems I for the stars but I just kept slippin On life mission, never know what's next Ancient kings from Egypt, up to Cezar Had a piece of the globe, continent Yo, there's Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Pakistan, America, Yo, there's Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Call a truce, world peace, stop actin like No war, we should time and think The bombs and tanks mankind extinct But since the beginning of time it's been men with arms lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we must stop the me why we die, we all God's children
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this can't last forever (uh, c'mon) time that we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody 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 That's they corner, New York to California Got locked down Like, "dog you safe whenever you 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 for him to survive, one day he must Open up his eyes to the set 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 fixed home yet The wasn't made for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to it belongs I land, mansions, banks and gold The in Africa, oil in my control The natural resources, all its residuals But comes foes, I have to gaurd it with missels And I become the most But is it hearin a million people problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, at my life 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 other compares to Nas write down you my dreams, show you my pain is yours You get what you love, be a chain in cause You right now so many that's dead or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot light now It's whatever man think of to the real The plan is to up 'cause time reveals All this hate can't forever All my heroes in Heaven, it's like you right here and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm see you again Hopin I reach the world and win Ain't nothin without struggle, listen up, it's 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 are spiritual Top of the for the kid and unless Poppin any rapper's head off his shoulders no I know the Most High me, so fly you can't near 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, niggas forget shit, know what I'm sayin? Niggas ain't forget man, The men, and children killed by the police and shit ain't gon' forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, what this war just show me is like, you want out of life Whatever you feel is yours, go out and take it Even if that means blood and 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