Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, wonder, can they take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come the housing tenement buildings Unlimited killings, marked for death Better known as the projects junkies and rock heads dwell 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 with racism, started to feel foreign Like, the darker you are the realer your I reached for the but I just kept slipping 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 Call a truce, world peace, stop like savages No war, we should time and think The bombs and makes mankind extinct But since the of time it's been men with arms fighting Lost 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) 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), (peace), world
Yo, there's brothers on the block, up like they own it That's they corner, 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 it's against him So in order for him to survive, one day he up his eyes to the set backs and rise 'Cause, wants a shot, in this land of opportunity Look at what this got There be nobody homeless How can the president fix other problems he ain't fixed home yet The earth wasn't made for one man to alone To all increases, to home it belongs I want land, mansions, banks and The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The world's natural resources, all residuals But then comes foes, I have to it with missiles And I the most wanted But is it worth hearing a million problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life loaded barrels So move over Colin Powell or just in the towel, yo
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) (peace), world (peace), world (peace), world
Y'all know my style, to hit you at the right time No other compares to what Nas write Tell you my dreams, you my pain is yours You could get what you love, be a chain in You right now so many that's dead or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot light now It's whatever man think of manifest to the The is to wake up 'cause time reveals All hate can't forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm goin' see you Hoping I reach the world and win Ain't nothing without struggle, up, it's critical We used to fear arms, now the are chemical In Hip-Hop, the are lyrical To be the best you challenge the best, the blessings are spiritual Top of the for the kid and unless Popping any rapper's head off his 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 projects and every street corner, we gotta get ours now
World is hating, 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)
Yo, niggas forget shit, know what I'm saying? Niggas forget nothing Men, women and children by the police and shit Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you what I mean? Yo, what this war just show me is like, you want out of life Whatever you feel is yours, go out and take it Even if that means and death You know, that's I was raised up on, that's what this country's about This is what my is, and my country's a motherfucker