Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they take me Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I from the housin tenement buildings Unlimited killings, marked for death Better known as the projects where junkies and rock heads Though I owe to it my With survival of the fittest, everyday is a 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 problems I reached for the stars but I just slippin On this life mission, never know next kings from Egypt, up to Julius Cezar Had a of the globe, every continent Yo, there's Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Pakistan, America, Yo, there's Protestants, Jews, Blacks, a truce, world peace, stop actin like savages No war, we should take and think The bombs and tanks makes extinct But since the of time it's been men with arms fightin Lost lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why Must it go on, we must stop the Tell me why we die, we all God's
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All hate can't last forever (uh, c'mon) It's that we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to rule the (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), (peace), world (peace), world
Yo, there's brothers on the block, posted up like own it That's they corner, from New to California Got blocks locked Like, "dog you whenever you with me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, in ghettos, goes to prison At an early age, know it's against him So in for him to survive, one day he must Open up his to the set backs and rise 'Cause, everybody a shot, in this land of opportunity at what 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 alone To all increases, to home it belongs I land, mansions, banks and gold The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The world's resources, all its residuals But then comes foes, I have to gaurd it missels And I become the wanted But is it worth hearin a million people problems and by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life with barrels So over Colin Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
Y'all know that's my style, to hit you at the time 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 right now There's so many that's dead or locked up the beast, I'm a hot light now It's whatever man think of to the real The plan is to wake up time reveals All this hate can't last All my heroes in Heaven, it's like you right here and never passed You just transcend, I I'm gon' see you again I reach the world leaders and win Ain't nothin without struggle, listen up, it's We to fear arms, now the weapons 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 Poppin any rapper's head off his shoulders no 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 every and every street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, what I'm sayin? Niggas ain't forget man, The men, and children killed by the police 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 Whatever you is rightfully yours, go out and take it Even if means blood and death You know, that's what I was raised up on, what this country's about This is my country is, and my country's a muthafucka