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 killings, menaces marked for death Better known as the projects where junkies and rock dwell Though I owe to it my With survival of the fittest, is a chal' I would think I'm a of U.S.A. and be proud Confronted with racism, started to feel Like, the darker you are the realer problems I reached for the stars but I just slippin On this life mission, never know what's Ancient from Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a of the globe, every continent 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 bombs and tanks mankind extinct But since the beginning of time it's been men with arms Lost in the Towers and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we must the killin Tell me why we die, we all children
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this hate can't last (uh, c'mon) time that we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to rule the (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), world (peace), world (peace),
Yo, there's brothers on the block, posted up they own it That's they corner, from New to California Got blocks locked Like, "dog you safe you with me, see this 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 backs and 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in this of opportunity Look at this country's got There shouldn't be homeless How can the president fix other when he ain't fixed home yet The earth wasn't made for one man to alone To all colors increases, to it belongs I want land, mansions, and gold The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The natural resources, all its residuals But then comes foes, I have to it with missels And I become the most But is it worth a million people problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, at my life with loaded barrels So move over Colin Powell or 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 Tell you my dreams, you my pain is yours You could get you love, be a chain in cause You right now There's so many that's dead or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot now It's whatever man think of manifest to the The is to wake up 'cause time reveals All this hate can't last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right 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, 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, then the blessings are Top of the for the kid and unless Poppin any rapper's head off his shoulders no I know the Most hear me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my theory is that - knowledge is To every projects and every street corner, we gotta get now
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Yo, ain't forget shit, know what I'm sayin? Niggas forget nothin man, The men, women and children killed by the police and Niggas ain't gon' that, you know what I mean? Yo, what this war just show me is like, whatever you out of life you feel is rightfully yours, go out and take it Even if that means and death You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's what country's about This is what my is, and my country's a muthafucka