[talking]
Yeahyeahyeah yeahNasuhyoyo
Lifethey wondercan they take me under?
Nahnever thatnahyoyo
I come from the housin tenement buildings
Unlimited killingsmenaces marked for death
Better known as the projects where junkies and rock heads dwell
Though I owe to it my success
With survival of the fittesteveryday is a chal
I would think I m a part of U.S.A. and be proud
Confronted with racismstarted to feel foreign
Likethe darker you are the realer your problems
I reached for the stars but I just kept slippin
On this life missionnever know what s next
Ancient kings from Egyptup to Julius Cezar
Had a piece of the globeevery continent
Yothere s AsiaAfricaEuropeFranceJapan
PakistanAmericaAfghanstan
Yothere s ProtestantsJewsBlacksArabics
Call a truceworld peacestop actin like savages
No warwe should take time and think
The bombs and tanks makes mankind extinct
But since the beginning of time it s been men with arms fightin
Lost lives in the Towers and Pentagonwhy then?
Must it go onwe must stop the killin
Tell me why we diewe all God s children
[Chorus - Female singingNas in background]
World is hatingthat s forever (uhc mon)
It s time that we stand together (yeahfor the world)
Everybody wants to rule the world (whatwhatwhatwhatwhatc mon)
World (peace)world (peace)world (peace)world
Yothere s brothers on the blockposted up like they own it
That s they cornerfrom New York to California
Got blocks locked down
Like"dog you safe whenever you with mesee this is my town"
So the youngstersgrows in ghettosgoes to prison
At an early agealready know it s against him
So in order for him to surviveone day he must
Open up his eyes to the set backs and rise
Causeeverybody wants a shotin this land of opportunity
Look at what this country s got
There shouldn t be nobody homeless
How can the president fix other problems when he ain t fixed home yet
The earth wasn t made for one man to rule alone
To all colors increasesto home it belongs
I want landmansionsbanks and gold
The diamonds in Africaoil in my control
The world s natural resourcesall its residuals
But then comes foesI have to gaurd it with missels
And I become the most wanted
But is it worth hearin a million people problems and followed by Secret Service
I guessattempts at my life with loaded barrels
So move over Colin Powell or just throw in the towelyo
[Chorus]
Y all know that s my styleto hit you at the right time
No other compares to what Nas write down
Tell you my dreamsshow you my pain is yours
You could get what you lovebe a chain in cause
You alive right now
There s so many that s dead or locked up inside the beastI m a hot light now
It s whatever man think of manifest to the real
The plan is to wake up cause time reveals
All this hate can t forever last
All my ghetto heroes in Heavenit s like you right here and never passed
You just transcendI know I m gon see you again
Hopin I reach the world leaders and win
Ain t nothin without strugglelisten upit s critical
We used to fear armsnow the weapons are chemical
In Hip-Hopthe weapons are lyrical
To be the best you challenge the bestthen the blessings are spiritual
Top of the world for the kid and unless
Poppin any rapper s head off his shoulders no contest
I know the Most High hear meso fly you can t near me
You scared of a mirrormy theory is that - knowledge is power
To every projects and every street cornerwe gotta get ours now
[Chorus]
[talking]
Yoniggas ain t forget shitknow what I m sayin?
Niggas ain t forget nothin
Menwomen and children killed by the police and shit
Niggas ain t gon forget thatyou know what I mean?
Yowhat this war just show me is likewhatever you want out of life
Whatever you feel is rightfully yoursgo out and take it
Even if that means blood and death
You knowthat s what I was raised up onthat s what this country s about
This is what my country isand my country s a mutha a

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