Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the housin tenement Unlimited killings, menaces marked for Better known as the where junkies and rock heads dwell Though I owe to it my With survival of the fittest, everyday is a I think I'm a part of U.S.A. and be proud with racism, started to feel foreign Like, the darker you are the realer your I for the stars but I just kept slippin On this life mission, know what's next Ancient from Egypt, up to Julius 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, peace, stop actin like savages No war, we should time and think The bombs and makes mankind extinct But since the beginning of it's been men with arms fightin Lost in the Towers and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we stop the killin me why we die, we all God's children
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this hate can't last (uh, c'mon) It's time 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 on the block, posted up like they own it That's they corner, 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, goes to At an early age, already know against him So in for him to survive, one day he must 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 be nobody homeless How can the president fix problems when he ain't fixed home yet The earth wasn't made for one man to alone To all colors increases, to home it I land, mansions, banks and gold The in Africa, oil in my control The natural resources, all its residuals But then foes, I have to gaurd it with missels And I become the most But is it worth hearin a people problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life with loaded So move over Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
Y'all know that's my style, to hit you at the right No other compares to what Nas write you my dreams, show you my pain is yours You get what you love, be a chain in cause You right now There's so many that's or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot light now It's man think of manifest to the real The plan is to up 'cause time reveals All hate can't forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you here and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm see you again Hopin I reach the leaders and win nothin without struggle, listen up, it's critical We used to fear arms, now the are chemical In Hip-Hop, the weapons are 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 no contest I know the Most High me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my theory is that - knowledge is To every projects and every street corner, we get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, what I'm sayin? Niggas forget nothin man, The men, and children killed by the police and shit Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you know what I Yo, what war just show me is like, whatever you want out of life Whatever you is rightfully yours, go out and take it Even if that means blood and You know, that's what I was raised up on, what this country's about This is what my country is, and my a muthafucka