Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can take 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 heads dwell Though I owe to it my With of the fittest, everyday is a chal' I would think I'm a 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 kept slippin On this mission, never know what's next kings from Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a piece of the globe, every Yo, Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Japan Pakistan, America, Yo, there's Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Call a truce, world peace, actin like savages No war, we take time and think The and tanks makes mankind extinct But since the of time it's been men with arms fightin Lost lives in the and Pentagon, why then? it go on, we must stop the killin Tell me why we die, we all God's
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this can't last forever (uh, c'mon) time that we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), world (peace), world (peace),
Yo, there's on the block, posted up like they own it That's they corner, New York to California Got blocks locked Like, "dog you whenever 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 up his eyes to the set backs and rise 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in land of opportunity Look at what this got shouldn't be nobody homeless How can the president fix other problems when he ain't home yet The earth wasn't for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to it belongs I want land, mansions, and gold The in Africa, oil in my control The world's resources, all its residuals But then comes foes, I have to gaurd it missels And I become the most But is it worth hearin a people problems and followed by Secret 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 Nas write down you my dreams, show you my pain is yours You could get what you love, be a in cause You alive now There's so that's dead or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot light now It's man think of manifest to the real The is to wake up 'cause time reveals All this hate forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right here and passed You just transcend, I know I'm see you again I reach the world leaders and win Ain't nothin without struggle, listen up, it's We used to arms, now the weapons are chemical In Hip-Hop, the weapons are To be the best you challenge the best, then the blessings are 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 near me You scared of a mirror, my is that - knowledge is power To every projects and 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 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 Even if that blood and death You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's this country's about This is what my is, and my country's a muthafucka