Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come the housin tenement buildings Unlimited killings, menaces marked for Better known as the projects junkies and rock heads dwell I owe to it my success With survival of the fittest, everyday is a I think I'm a part of U.S.A. and be proud Confronted with racism, started to foreign Like, the you are the realer your problems I for the stars but I just kept slippin On this life mission, know what's next Ancient 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, stop like savages No war, we should take time and The and tanks makes mankind extinct But the beginning of time it's been men with arms fightin Lost lives in the and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we must the killin Tell me why we die, we all children
- Amerie, Nas in background] All this hate can't forever (uh, c'mon) It's that we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), (peace), world (peace), world
Yo, there's brothers on the block, up like they own it That's they corner, from New York to Got blocks down Like, "dog you safe whenever you me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, in ghettos, goes to prison At an age, already know it's against him So in for him to survive, one day he must Open up his eyes to the set and rise 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in this land of Look at this country's got There shouldn't be homeless 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 colors increases, to it belongs I want land, mansions, and gold The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The world's natural resources, all its But then comes foes, I to gaurd it with missels And I the most wanted But is it worth a million people problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life with loaded So move over Colin or just throw in the towel, yo
Y'all that's my style, to hit you at the right time No other compares to what Nas write Tell you my dreams, show you my is yours You could get what you love, be a chain in You alive now There's so many that's dead or locked up the beast, I'm a hot light now It's man think of manifest to the real The plan is to up 'cause time reveals All hate can't forever last All my heroes in Heaven, it's like you right here and never passed You transcend, I know I'm gon' see you again I reach 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, the blessings are spiritual Top of the for the kid and unless Poppin any rapper's off his shoulders no contest I the Most High hear me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my theory is that - is power To every projects and street corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas forget shit, know what I'm sayin? ain't forget nothin man, The men, women and children by the police and shit Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you what I mean? Yo, what this war just me is like, whatever you want out of life Whatever you feel is yours, go out and take it Even if that blood and death You know, what I was raised up on, that's what this country's about This is what my is, and my country's a muthafucka