Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo Life, wonder, can they take me under? Nah, that, nah, yo, yo
I come from the housin buildings Unlimited killings, menaces marked for Better known as the projects where junkies and heads dwell Though I owe to it my survival of the fittest, everyday is a chal' 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 reached for the stars but I kept slippin On this life mission, never know next Ancient kings from Egypt, up to Julius Had a piece of the globe, continent Yo, there's Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Pakistan, America, Yo, Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Arabics Call a truce, world peace, actin like savages No war, we should take and think The bombs and makes mankind extinct But since the beginning of time it's men with arms fightin Lost in the Towers and Pentagon, why then? Must it go on, we stop the killin me why we die, we all God's children
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Yo, brothers on the block, posted up like they own it That's they corner, from New York to Got blocks locked Like, "dog you whenever you with me, see this is my town" So the youngsters, in ghettos, goes to prison At an early age, already know against him So in for him to survive, one day he must Open up his to the set backs and rise 'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in this of opportunity Look at what this got There shouldn't be homeless How can the president fix other problems when he fixed home yet The earth made for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to home it I want land, mansions, and gold The diamonds in Africa, oil in my The natural resources, all its residuals But then comes foes, I have to gaurd it with And I the most wanted But is it worth hearin a million problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, at my life with loaded barrels So move over Colin or just throw in the towel, yo
Y'all know my style, to hit you at the right time No other compares to what Nas down Tell you my dreams, show you my is yours You could get what you love, be a in cause You alive now There's so many that's dead or 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 time 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 without struggle, listen up, it's critical We to fear arms, now the weapons are chemical In Hip-Hop, the weapons are To be the best you challenge the best, the blessings are spiritual Top of the for the kid and unless any rapper's head 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 ain't shit, know what I'm sayin? Niggas ain't nothin man, The men, women and killed by the police and shit Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you what I mean? Yo, this war just show 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, that's what I was raised up on, that's what this about This is what my country is, and my country's a