Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the tenement buildings Unlimited killings, menaces marked for known as the projects where junkies and rock heads dwell Though I owe to it my survival of the fittest, everyday is a chal' I would I'm a part of U.S.A. and be proud Confronted with racism, started to feel Like, the darker you are the your problems I reached for the stars but I kept slippin On this life mission, never know next Ancient kings from Egypt, up to Cezar Had a piece of the globe, continent Yo, Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Japan Pakistan, America, Yo, there's Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Call a truce, world peace, stop actin like No war, we should take time and The bombs and makes mankind extinct But since the beginning of time it's been men with 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 can't last forever (uh, c'mon) It's time that we stand (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), world (peace), (peace), world
Yo, there's brothers on the block, up like they own it That's they corner, from New to California Got locked down Like, "dog you safe you with me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, to prison 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, wants a shot, in this land of opportunity Look at this country's got There shouldn't be nobody How can the president fix problems when he ain't fixed home yet The earth wasn't made for one man to rule 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 foes, I have to gaurd it with missels And I the most wanted But is it worth hearin a people problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my with loaded barrels So move over Colin 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 Tell you my dreams, show you my pain is 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 up 'cause time reveals All hate can't forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's you right here and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm gon' see you Hopin I the world leaders and win Ain't nothin without struggle, listen up, critical We used to fear arms, now the weapons are In Hip-Hop, the are lyrical To be the best you challenge the best, then the blessings are Top of the world for the kid and any rapper's head 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 projects and every street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, ain't forget shit, know what I'm sayin? ain't forget nothin man, The men, women and children killed by the and shit Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you know what I Yo, what this war just show me is like, whatever you want out of Whatever you feel is rightfully yours, go out and it Even if that means blood and You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's what country's about is what my country is, and my country's a muthafucka