Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the housin tenement Unlimited killings, menaces 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 think I'm a part of U.S.A. and be proud Confronted with racism, to feel foreign Like, the darker you are the realer problems I reached for the stars but I just slippin On this life mission, never what's next Ancient kings from Egypt, up to Julius Had a piece of the globe, every Yo, there's Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Pakistan, America, Yo, Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Arabics a truce, world peace, stop actin like savages No war, we should take and think The bombs and tanks makes extinct But since the beginning of time it's men with arms fightin lives 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 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, up like they own it That's they corner, from New to California Got blocks locked Like, "dog you safe whenever you me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, in ghettos, goes to prison At an age, already know it's against him So in for him to survive, one day he must up his eyes to the set backs and rise 'Cause, everybody a shot, in this land of opportunity Look at what this got There shouldn't be nobody How can the fix other problems when he ain't fixed home yet The earth wasn't made for one man to 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 the most wanted But is it hearin a million people problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life with barrels So move over Colin Powell or just in the towel, yo
Y'all know that's my style, to hit you at the right No other to what Nas write down Tell you my dreams, show you my is yours You could get you love, be a chain in cause You alive now There's so many that's dead or 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 last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right here and passed You just transcend, I I'm gon' see you again Hopin I reach the leaders and win Ain't without struggle, listen up, it's critical We to fear arms, now the weapons are chemical In Hip-Hop, the weapons are To be the best you challenge the best, the blessings are spiritual Top of the world for the kid and Poppin any head off his shoulders no contest I know the Most High hear me, so fly you near me You scared of a mirror, my theory is - knowledge is power To every and every street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, know I'm sayin? Niggas ain't forget man, The men, women and children killed by the police and Niggas ain't gon' that, you know what I mean? 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