NAS - Rule lyrics
rate me[talking]<br>Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, nas, uh, yo, yo<br>Life, they wonder, can they take me under? <br>Nah, never that, nah, yo, yo<br><br>I come from the housin tenement buildings<br>Unlimited killings, menaces marked for death<br>Better known as the projects where junkies and rock heads dwell<br>Though I owe to it my success<br>With survival of the fittest, everyday is a chal'<br>I would think I'm a part of u.s.a. and be proud<br>Confronted with racism, started to feel foreign<br>Like, the darker you are the realer your problems<br>I reached for the stars but I just kept slippin<br>On this life mission, never know what's next<br>Ancient kings from egypt, up to julius cezar<br>Had a piece of the globe, every continent<br>Yo, there's asia, africa, europe, france, japan<br>Pakistan, america, afghanstan<br>Yo, there's protestants, jews, blacks, arabics<br>Call a truce, world peace, stop actin like savages<br>No war, we should take time and think<br>The bombs and tanks makes mankind extinct<br>But since the beginning of time it's been men with arms fightin<br>Lost lives in the towers and pentagon, why then? <br>Must it go on, we must stop the killin<br>Tell me why we die, we all god's children<br><br>[chorus - female singing, nas in background]<br>World is hating, that's forever (uh, c'mon)<br>It's time that we stand together (yeah, for the world)<br>Everybody wants to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, c'mon)<br>World (peace), world (peace), world (peace), world<br><br>Yo, there's brothers on the block, posted up like they own it<br>That's they corner, from new york to california<br>Got blocks locked down<br>Like, dog you safe whenever you with me, see this is my town<br>So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, goes to prison<br>At an early age, already know it's against him<br>So in order for him to survive, one day he must<br>Open up his eyes to the set backs and rise<br>'cause, everybody wants a shot, in this land of opportunity<br>Look at what this country's got<br>There shouldn't be nobody homeless<br>How can the president fix other problems when he ain't fixed home yet<br>The earth wasn't made for one man to rule alone<br>To all colors increases, to home it belongs<br>I want land, mansions, banks and gold<br>The diamonds in africa, oil in my control<br>The world's natural resources, all it's residuals<br>But then comes foes, I have to gaurd it with missels<br>And I become the most wanted<br>But is it worth hearin a million people problems and followed by secret service<br>I guess, attempts at my life with loaded barrels<br>So move over colin powell or just throw in the towel, yo<br><br>[chorus]<br><br>Y'all know that's my style, to hit you at the right time<br>No other compares to what nas write down<br>Tell you my dreams, show you my pain is yours<br>You could get what you love, be a chain in cause<br>You alive right now<br>There's so many that's dead or locked up inside the beast, I'm a hot light now<br>It's whatever man think of manifest to the real<br>The plan is to wake up 'cause time reveals<br>All this hate can't forever last<br>All my ghetto heroes in heaven, it's like you right here and never passed<br>You just transcend, I know I'm gon' see you again<br>Hopin I reach the world leaders and win<br>Ain't nothin without struggle, listen up, it's critical<br>We used to fear arms, now the weapons are chemical<br>In hip-hop, the weapons are lyrical<br>To be the best you challenge the best, then the blessings are spiritual<br>Top of the world for the kid and unless<br>Poppin any rapper's head off his shoulders no contest<br>I know the most high hear me, so fly you can't near me<br>You scared of a mirror, my theory is that - knowledge is power<br>To every projects and every street corner, we gotta get ours now<br><br>[chorus]<br><br>[talking]<br>Yo, niggas ain't forget shit, know what I'm sayin? <br>Niggas ain't forget nothin<br>Men, women and children killed by the police and shit<br>Niggas ain't gon' forget that, you know what I mean? <br>Yo, what this war just show me is like, whatever you want out of life<br>Whatever you feel is rightfully yours, go out and take it<br>Even if that means blood and death<br>You know, that's what I was raised up on, that's what this country's about<br>This is what my country is, and my country's a muthafucka
