Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, wonder, can they take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the tenement buildings Unlimited killings, menaces for death Better known as the where junkies and rock heads dwell Though I owe to it my survival of the fittest, everyday is a chal' I would think I'm a part of U.S.A. and be with racism, started to feel foreign Like, the darker you are the your problems I reached for the but I just kept slipping On this life mission, know what's next kings from Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a piece of the globe, continent Yo, Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Japan Pakistan, America, Yo, there's Protestants, Jews, Blacks, a truce, world peace, stop acting like savages No war, we should take time and The bombs and makes mankind extinct But since the beginning of time been men with arms fighting lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we must stop the Tell me why we die, we all children
World is hating, that's (uh, c'mon) It's that we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to rule the (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) (peace), world (peace), world (peace), world
Yo, there's on the block, posted up like they own it That's corner, from New York to California Got blocks locked Like, "dog you safe whenever you me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, to prison 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, wants a shot, in this land of opportunity Look at what country's got shouldn't be nobody homeless How can the president fix other problems when he ain't fixed yet The earth wasn't made for one man to alone To all increases, to home it belongs I land, mansions, banks and gold The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The natural resources, all it's residuals But then foes, I have to guard it with missiles And I become the wanted But is it worth hearing a million people problems and followed by Secret I guess, attempts at my life with loaded So over Colin Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
is hating, that's forever (uh, c'mon) It's time that we stand (yeah, for the world) wants to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), (peace), world (peace), world
Y'all know that's my style, to hit you at the right No other compares to what Nas down Tell you my dreams, show you my pain is You could get you love, be a chain 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 man think of manifest to the real The is to wake up 'cause time reveals All this can't forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right here and passed You just transcend, I I'm goin' see you again Hoping I reach the world and win Ain't nothing without struggle, up, it's critical We used to arms, now the weapons are chemical In Hip-Hop, the are lyrical To be the best you challenge the best, then the are spiritual Top of the world for the kid and any rapper's head off his shoulders no contest I know the Most High me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my theory is that - is power To every projects and every street corner, we gotta get now
World is hating, forever (uh, c'mon) It's time we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to rule the (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon)
Yo, ain't forget shit, know what I'm saying? Niggas forget nothing Men, and children killed by the police and shit ain't gon' forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, what this war just show me is like, whatever you want out of Whatever you feel is yours, go out and take it if that means blood and death You know, what I was raised up on, that's what this country's about This is what my is, and my country's a motherfucker