Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they take me Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come the housing tenement buildings killings, menaces marked for death Better known as the projects where junkies and heads dwell I owe to it my success With survival of the fittest, is a chal' I would I'm a part of U.S.A. and be proud with racism, started to feel foreign Like, the you are the realer your problems I reached for the stars but I just kept On this life mission, never know next Ancient kings from Egypt, up to Julius 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, stop acting savages No war, we take time and think The bombs and makes mankind extinct But since the beginning of time it's been men with arms lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we stop the killing Tell me why we die, we all children
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), world (peace), (peace), world
Yo, there's brothers on the block, posted up like own it they corner, from New York to California Got blocks locked Like, "dog you safe you with me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, goes to At an early age, already know it's him So in order for him to survive, one day he Open up his to the set backs and rise 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in this land of at what this country's got There shouldn't be homeless How can the fix other problems when he ain't fixed home yet The earth wasn't for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to home it I want land, mansions, and gold The in Africa, oil in my control The world's natural resources, all it's But then comes foes, I have to it with missiles And I become the wanted But is it worth hearing a million people problems and by Secret Service I guess, at my life with loaded barrels So move over Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
World is hating, forever (uh, c'mon) It's time that we stand (yeah, for the world) Everybody to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), (peace), world (peace), world
know that's my style, to hit you at the right time No other compares to Nas write down Tell you my dreams, show you my is yours You could get what you love, be a in cause You right now There's so many that's dead or up inside the beast, I'm a hot light now whatever man think of manifest to the real The is to wake up 'cause time reveals All this hate can't forever All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you here and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm see you again Hoping I reach the leaders and win Ain't nothing without struggle, listen up, critical We used to fear arms, now the are chemical In Hip-Hop, the weapons are To be the best you challenge the best, then the are spiritual Top of the for the kid and unless any rapper's head off his shoulders no contest I the Most High hear me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my is that - knowledge is power To every projects and street corner, we gotta get ours now
World is hating, forever (uh, c'mon) time that we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon)
Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, what I'm saying? ain't forget nothing Men, women and children killed by the and shit Niggas ain't forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, what this war just show me is like, whatever you want out of you feel is rightfully yours, go out and take it Even if that means blood and You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's what country's about This is what my country is, and my country's a