Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, wonder, can they take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the housin tenement killings, menaces marked for death Better known as the where junkies and rock heads dwell Though I owe to it my survival of the fittest, everyday is a chal' I would 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 kept On this life mission, never what's next Ancient kings 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, stop like savages No war, we should time and think The bombs and makes mankind extinct But since the beginning of it's been men with arms fightin lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we must stop the me why we die, we all God's children
[Chorus - Amerie, Nas in All this can't last forever (uh, c'mon) time that we stand together (yeah, for the world) Everybody wants to the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon) World (peace), world (peace), world (peace),
Yo, there's on the block, posted up like they own it That's they corner, New York to California Got blocks locked Like, "dog you whenever you with me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, goes to At an age, already 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 country's got There shouldn't be nobody How can the president fix other problems 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 natural resources, all its But then comes foes, I have to gaurd it missels And I become the wanted But is it worth a million people problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life with loaded So move Colin Powell or just 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 what you love, be a chain in You right now There's so that's dead or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot light now It's whatever man think of to the real The plan is to wake up 'cause time All this can't forever last All my ghetto heroes in Heaven, it's like you right and never passed You just transcend, I I'm gon' see you again Hopin I the world leaders and win nothin without struggle, listen 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 are spiritual Top of the world for the kid and 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 that - is power To every projects and every corner, we gotta get ours now
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Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, know what I'm Niggas ain't nothin man, The men, women and killed by the police and shit Niggas ain't forget that, you know what I mean? Yo, this war just show me is like, whatever you want out of life you feel is rightfully yours, go out and take it Even if that means blood and You know, that's what I was up on, that's what this country's about This is what my country is, and my country's a