"It s yours!" --> [T La Rock]
[Chorus: NasPete Rock]
[PR] Whose world is this?
[Nas] The world is yoursthe world is yours
[PR] It s mineit s mineit s mine
Whose world is this?
"It s yours!"
It s mineit s mineit s mine
Whose world is this?
[Nas] The world is yoursthe world is yours
[PR] It s mineit s mineit s mine
Whose world is this?
I sip the Dom Pwatchin Gandhi til I m charged
Then writin in my book of rhymesall the words pass the margin
To hold the mic I m throbbinmechanical movement
Understandable smooth shit that murderers move wit
The thief s themeplay me at nightthey won t act right
The fiend of hip-hop has got me stuck like a crack pipe
The mind activationreact like I m facin time like
Pappy Mason with pens I m embracin
Wipe the sweat off my domespit the phlegm on the streets
Suede Timb s on my feetsmakes my cyphercomplete
Whether crusin in a six-cabor Montero Jeep
I can t call itthe beats make me fallin asleep
I keep fallinbut never fallin six feet deep
I m out for presidents to represent me (Say what?)
I m out for presidents to represent me (Say what?)
I m out for dead presidents to represent me
[Chorus: NasPete Rock]
[PR] Whose world is this?
[Nas] The world is yoursthe world is yours
[PR] It s mineit s mineit s mine
[PR] Whose world is this?
[Nas] The world is yoursthe world is yours
[PR] It s mineit s mineit s mine
Whose world is this?
"It s yours!"
It s mineit s mineit s mine
Whose world is this?
[Nas] The world is yoursthe world is yours
[PR] It s mineit s mineit s mine
Whose world is this?
To my man Ill WillGod bless your life
"It s yours!"
To my peoples throughout QueensGod bless your life
I trip we box up crazy bitches aimin guns in all my baby pictures
Beef with housin policerelease scriptures that s maybe Hitler s
Yet I m the mildmoney gettin stylerollin foul
The versatilehoney stickin wildgolden child
Dwellin in the Rotten Appleyou get tackled
Or caught by the devil s lassoshit is a hassle
There s no daysfor broke dayswe sell itsmoke pays
While all the old folks prayto Je-sus soakin they sins in trays
of holy waterodds against Nas are slaughter
Thinkin a word best describin my lifeto name my daughter
My strengthmy sonthe starwill be my resurrection
Born in correction all the wrong shit I didhe ll lead a right direction
How ya livin largea broker chargecards are mediocre
You flippin coke or playin spit spades in strip poker
"It s yours!"
[Chorus: NasPete Rock]
[PR] It s mineit s mineit s mine
[PR] Whose world is this?
[Nas] The world is yoursthe world is yours
[PR] It s mineit s mineit s mine
Whose world is this?
"It s yours!"
It s mineit s mineit s mine
Whose world is this?
[Nas] Yothe world is yoursthe world is yours
[PR] It s mineit s mineit s mine
Whose world is this?
"It s yours!"
[PR] Break it down
[Pete Rock cuts and scratches "It s yours!"]
I m the young city bandithold myself down singlehanded
For murder rapsI kick my thoughts aloneget remanded
Born alonedie aloneno crew to keep my crown or throne
I m deep by sound alonecaved inside in a thousand miles from home
I need a new niggafor this black cloud to follow
Cause while it s over me it s too dark to see tomorrow
Trying to maintainI flipfill the clip to the tip
Picturin my peepsnow the income make my heartbeat skip
And I m amped upthey locked the champ upeven my brain s in handcuffs
Headed for Indiana stabbin women like the Phantom
The crew is lampin big Willie style
Check the chip toothed smileplus I profile wild
Stash through the flock woolsburnin dollars to light my stove
Walk the blocks wit a bopcheckin Danes plus the games
people playbust the problems of the world today
"It s yours!"
[Chorus: NasPete Rock]
[PR] It s mineit s mineit s mine
[PR] Whose world is this?
[Nas] The world is yoursthe world is yours
[PR] It s mineit s mineit s mine
Whose world is this?
"It s yours!"
It s mineit s mineit s mine
Whose world is this?
[Nas] Yeah... the world is yoursthe world is yours
[PR] It s mineit s mineit s mine
Whose world is this?
"It s yours!"
Break it down
Yea aight?
To everybody in Queensthe foundation
"It s yours!"
The world is yours
To everybody uptownyothe world is yours
"It s yours!"
The world is yours
To everybody in Brooklyn
Y all know the world is yours
"It s yours!"
The world is yours
Everbody in Mount Vernonthe world is yours
"It s yours!"
Long Islandthe world is yours
"It s yours!"
Staten Islandyea the world is yours
"It s yours!"
South Bronxthe world is yours
"It s yours!"
Aight
[Pete Rock keeps cuttin and scratchin "It s yours!" to fade]

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