Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they take me Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come the housin tenement buildings Unlimited killings, menaces marked for Better known as the where junkies and rock heads dwell I owe to it my success With survival of the fittest, everyday is a I would think I'm a part of U.S.A. and be Confronted with racism, started to feel Like, the darker you are the realer your I reached for the stars but I just slippin On this mission, never know what's next kings from Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a of the globe, every continent Yo, there's Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Pakistan, America, Yo, there's Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Call a truce, world peace, actin like savages No war, we should take and think The bombs and tanks mankind extinct But since the beginning of time it's men with arms fightin Lost in the Towers and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we stop the killin Tell me why we die, we all children
- Amerie, Nas in background] All this hate can't forever (uh, c'mon) It's 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, brothers on the block, posted up like they own it That's they corner, from New 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 age, already know it's against him So in order for him to survive, one day he Open up his eyes to the set and rise 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in this land of Look at this country's got There shouldn't be nobody How can the president fix other problems when he ain't fixed yet The earth made for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to it belongs I want land, mansions, banks and The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The natural 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 people and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life with loaded So move over Colin Powell or just in the towel, yo
Y'all know my style, to hit you at the right time No other compares to what Nas write Tell you my dreams, show you my pain is You could get what you love, be a in cause You alive now There's so many that's dead or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot now It's whatever man think of manifest to the The plan is to up 'cause time reveals All this can't forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's you right here and never passed You just transcend, I I'm gon' see you again Hopin I reach the world and win nothin without struggle, listen 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 for the kid and unless 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 that - knowledge is To every projects and every corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't shit, know what I'm sayin? Niggas ain't nothin man, The men, women and children killed by the and shit Niggas ain't gon' 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 blood and death 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