Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the tenement buildings killings, menaces marked for death Better known as the projects where junkies and rock heads 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 with racism, started to feel foreign Like, the you are the realer your problems I reached for the but I just kept slippin On this life mission, never know next Ancient kings from Egypt, up to Cezar Had a piece of the globe, every Yo, Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Japan Pakistan, America, Yo, Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Arabics Call a truce, world peace, actin like savages No war, we should take time and The bombs and makes mankind extinct But since the beginning of time it's men with arms fightin Lost lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why it go on, we must stop the killin Tell me why we die, we all God's
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All hate can't last 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), (peace), world (peace), world
Yo, there's brothers on the block, posted up like own it That's corner, from New York to California Got locked down Like, "dog you safe whenever you with me, see is my town" So the youngsters, in ghettos, goes to prison At an early age, already know it's him So in order for him to survive, one day he Open up his eyes to the set and rise 'Cause, everybody a shot, in this land of opportunity Look at this country's got There shouldn't be homeless How can the president fix other problems when he ain't fixed yet The earth wasn't for one man to rule alone To all increases, to home it belongs I want land, mansions, and gold The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The world's natural resources, all its But then comes foes, I have to gaurd it with 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 over Colin Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
Y'all know that's my style, to hit you at the right No compares to what Nas write 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 man think of manifest to the real The plan is to wake up time reveals All this hate 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 world and win Ain't nothin without struggle, up, it's critical We used to fear arms, now the are chemical In Hip-Hop, the weapons are To be the best you challenge the best, then the are spiritual Top of the world for the kid and Poppin any rapper's off his shoulders no contest I the Most High hear me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my is that - 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? ain't forget nothin man, The men, women and children killed by the and shit Niggas ain't forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, what this war just me is like, whatever you want out of life Whatever you feel is rightfully yours, go out and it Even if means blood and death You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's this country's about This is my country is, and my country's a muthafucka