Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they take me Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the housin tenement Unlimited killings, menaces for death Better known as the projects where and rock heads dwell Though I owe to it my With of the fittest, everyday is a chal' I think I'm a part of U.S.A. and be proud Confronted with racism, started to foreign Like, the you are the realer your problems I reached for the stars but I just kept On this life mission, know what's next Ancient kings from Egypt, up to Julius Had a of the globe, every continent Yo, there's Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Pakistan, America, Yo, Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Arabics Call a truce, world peace, stop actin like No war, we take time and think The bombs and tanks makes extinct But since the beginning of time 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 that we stand together (yeah, for the world) wants to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), (peace), world (peace), world
Yo, there's brothers on the block, posted up like own it That's they corner, from New to California Got blocks locked Like, "dog you safe you with me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, goes to At an early age, already it's against him So in for him to survive, one day he must Open up his to the set backs and rise 'Cause, wants a shot, in this land of opportunity Look at what country's got shouldn't be nobody homeless How can the fix other problems when he ain't fixed home yet The wasn't 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 world's natural resources, all its But then comes foes, I have to gaurd it missels And I the most wanted But is it worth hearin a million people problems and followed by Service I guess, attempts at my with loaded barrels 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 down you my dreams, show you my pain is yours You could get what you love, be a chain in 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 to the real The plan is to wake up time reveals All this hate can't last All my ghetto in Heaven, it's like you right here and never passed You just transcend, I I'm gon' see you again Hopin I the world leaders 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 the best, then the blessings are spiritual Top of the for the kid and unless Poppin any rapper's off his shoulders no contest 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 every corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, what I'm sayin? ain't forget nothin man, The men, and children killed by the police and shit Niggas ain't forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, this war just show me is like, whatever you want out of life Whatever you feel is rightfully yours, go out and it if that means blood and death You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's what this about This is what my country is, and my a muthafucka