[00:00.00] 作词 : Nasir Jones/Jean Claude Olivier/Samuel J. Barnes/Amerie M.M. Rogers[00:00.99] 作曲 : Nasir Jones/Jean Claude Olivier/Samuel J. Barnes/Amerie M.M. Rogers[00:01.99]Yeah' yeah' yeah yeah' Nas' uh' yo' yo[00:10.67]Life' they wonder' can they take me under?[00:16.18]Nah' never that' nah' yo' yo[00:18.91][00:19.22]I come from the housin tenement buildings[00:21.39]Unlimited killings' menaces marked for death[00:23.58]Better known as the projects where junkies and rock heads dwell[00:26.65]Though I owe to it my success[00:28.57]With survival of the fittest' everyday is a chal'[00:30.86]I would think I'm a part of U.S.A. and be proud[00:33.30]Confronted with racism' started to feel foreign[00:35.76]Like' the darker you are the realer your problems[00:38.40]I reached for the stars but I just kept slippin[00:40.79]On this life mission' never know what's next[00:43.17]Ancient kings from Egypt' up to Julius Caeser[00:45.57]Had a piece of the globe' every continent[00:47.92]Yo' there's Asia' Africa' Europe' France' Japan[00:50.53]Pakistan' America' Afghanstan[00:52.86]Yo' there's Protestants' Jews' Blacks' Arabics[00:55.37]Call a truce' world peace' stop actin like savages[00:57.83]No war' we should take time and think[00:59.99]The bombs and tanks makes mankind extinct[01:02.37]But since the beginning of time it's been men with arms fightin[01:05.43]Lost lives in the Towers and Pentagon' why then?[01:07.86]Must it go on' we must stop the killin[01:10.20]Tell me why we die' we all God's children[01:12.44][01:13.44]All this hate can't last forever (uh' c'mon)[01:17.52]It's time that we stand together (yeah' for the world)[01:21.97]Everybody wants to rule the world (what' what' what' what' what' c'mon)[01:26.89]World (peace)' world (peace)' world (peace)' world[01:36.40][01:36.81]Yo' there's brothers on the block' posted up like they own it[01:39.06]That's they corner' from New York to California[01:41.72]Got blocks locked down[01:43.32]Like' "dog you safe whenever you with me' see this is my town"[01:46.26]So the youngsters' grows in ghettos' goes to prison[01:48.77]At an early age' already know it's against him[01:51.20]So in order for him to survive' one day he must[01:53.89]Open up his eyes to the set backs and rise[01:55.91]'Cause' everybody wants a shot' in this land of opportunity[01:59.02]Look at what this country's got[02:00.58]There shouldn't be nobody homeless[02:02.56]How can the president fix other problems when he ain't fixed home yet[02:05.14]The earth wasn't made for one man to rule alone[02:08.13]To all colors increases' to home it belongs[02:10.47]I want land' mansions' banks and gold[02:12.86]The diamonds in Africa' oil in my control[02:15.17]The world's natural resources' all its residuals[02:18.00]But then comes foes' I have to gaurd it with missels[02:20.30]And I become the most wanted[02:21.86]But is it worth hearin a million people problems and followed by Secret Service[02:25.14]I guess' attempts at my life with loaded barrels[02:27.46]So move over Colin Powell or just throw in the towel' yo[02:29.84][02:30.03]All this hate can't last forever (uh' c'mon)[02:34.93]It's time that we stand together (yeah' for the world)[02:39.90]Everybody wants to rule the world (what' what' what' what' what' c'mon)[02:45.14]World (peace)' world (peace)' world (peace)' world[02:52.97][02:54.06]Y'all know that's my style' to hit you at the right time[02:56.90]No other compares to what Nas write down[02:59.02]Tell you my dreams' show you my pain is yours[03:01.30]You could get what you love' be a chain in cause[03:02.69]You alive right now[03:04.60]There's so many that's dead or locked up inside the beast' I'm a hot light now[03:08.56]It's whatever man think of manifest to the real[03:11.00]The plan is to wake up 'cause time reveals[03:13.50]All this hate can't forever last[03:15.38]All my ghetto heroes in Heaven' it's like you right here and never passed[03:18.45]You just transcend' I know I'm gon' see you again[03:21.19]Hopin I reach the world leaders and win[03:23.12]Ain't nothin without struggle' listen up' it's critical[03:25.90]We used to fear arms' now the weapons are chemical[03:28.31]In Hip-Hop' the weapons are lyrical[03:29.98]To be the best you challenge the best' then the blessings are spiritual[03:33.07]Top of the world for the kid and unless[03:35.28]Poppin any rapper's head off his shoulders no contest[03:37.77]I know the Most High hear me' so fly you can't near me[03:40.91]You scared of a mirror' my theory is that - knowledge is power[03:44.14]To every projects and every street corner' we gotta get ours now[03:47.34][03:47.62]All this hate can't last forever[03:52.54]It's time that we stand together[03:57.81]Everybody wants to rule the world[04:03.23]World[04:06.30][04:06.56]Yo' niggas ain't forget shit ' know what I'm sayin[04:09.99]Niggas ain't forget nothi[04:10.60]Men' women and children killed by the police and shit[04:13.22]Niggas ain't gon' forget that' you know what I mean[04:15.50]Yo' what this war just show me is like' whatever you want out of life[04:18.40]Whatever you feel is rightfully yours' go out and take it[04:21.06]Even if that means blood and death[04:24.26]You know' that's what I was raised up on' that's what this country's about[04:26.98]This is what my country is' and my country's a mother****e[04:31.39]