Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, they wonder, can they me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the housin tenement 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, everyday is a I would think I'm a of U.S.A. and be proud Confronted with racism, to feel foreign Like, the darker you are the realer your I reached for the but I just kept slippin On life mission, never know what's next Ancient kings 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, a truce, world peace, stop actin like savages No war, we should time and think The and tanks makes mankind extinct But since the of time it's been men with arms fightin Lost in the Towers and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we must the killin me why we die, we all God's children
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this hate can't forever (uh, c'mon) It's time that we 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, posted up they own it That's they corner, New York to California Got blocks locked Like, "dog you safe whenever you with me, see is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, to prison At an early age, know it's against him So in order for him to survive, one day he Open up his eyes to the set and rise 'Cause, wants a shot, in this land of opportunity Look at what this got There be nobody homeless How can the fix other problems when he ain't fixed home yet The earth made for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to home it I want land, mansions, banks and The in Africa, oil in my control The natural resources, all its residuals But then foes, I have to gaurd it with 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 loaded So move over Colin Powell or throw in the towel, yo
Y'all that's my style, to hit you at the right time No other compares to Nas write down you my dreams, show you my pain is yours You get what you love, be a chain in cause You alive now There's so many that's or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot light now whatever man think of manifest to the real The plan is to wake up 'cause reveals All this hate forever last All my ghetto in Heaven, it's like you right here and never passed You just transcend, I know I'm see you again Hopin I reach the world and win Ain't nothin without struggle, up, it's critical We used to arms, now the weapons are chemical In Hip-Hop, the weapons are To be the best you the best, then the blessings are spiritual Top of the for the kid and unless Poppin any head off his shoulders no contest I know the Most High me, so fly you can't near me You scared of a mirror, my theory is - knowledge is power To every projects and every street corner, we get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, what I'm sayin? Niggas forget nothin man, The men, women and children killed by the police and Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you 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 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