Nas - Rule Lyrics
[talking]Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, nas, uh, yo, yoLife, they wonder, can they take me under?Nah, never that, nah, yo, yoI come from the housin tenement buildingsUnlimited killings, menaces marked for deathBetter known as the projects where junkies and rock heads dwellThough I owe to it my successWith survival of the fittest, everyday is a chalI would think Im a part of u.s.a. and be proudConfronted with racism, started to feel foreignLike, the darker you are the realer your problemsI reached for the stars but I just kept slippinOn this life mission, never know whats nextAncient kings from egypt, up to julius cezarHad a piece of the globe, every continentYo, theres asia, africa, europe, france, japanPakistan, america, afghanstanYo, theres protestants, jews, blacks, arabicsCall a truce, world peace, stop actin like savagesNo war, we should take time and thinkThe bombs and tanks makes mankind extinctBut since the beginning of time its been men with arms fightinLost lives in the towers and pentagon, why then?Must it go on, we must stop the killinTell me why we die, we all gods children[chorus - female singing, nas in background]World is hating, thats forever (uh, cmon)Its time that we stand together (yeah, for the world)Everybody wants to rule the world (what, what, what, what, what, cmon)World (peace), world (peace), world (peace), worldYo, theres brothers on the block, posted up like they own itThats they corner, from new york to californiaGot blocks locked downLike, dog you safe whenever you with me, see this is my townSo the youngsters, grows in ghettos, goes to prisonAt an early age, already know its against himSo in order for him to survive, one day he mustOpen up his eyes to the set backs and risecause, everybody wants a shot, in this land of opportunityLook at what this countrys gotThere shouldnt be nobody homelessHow can the president fix other problems when he aint fixed home yetThe earth wasnt made for one man to rule aloneTo all colors increases, to home it belongsI want land, mansions, banks and goldThe diamonds in africa, oil in my controlThe worlds natural resources, all its residualsBut then comes foes, I have to gaurd it with misselsAnd I become the most wantedBut is it worth hearin a million people problems and followed by secret serviceI guess, attempts at my life with loaded barrelsSo move over colin powell or just throw in the towel, yo[chorus]Yall know thats my style, to hit you at the right timeNo other compares to what nas write downTell you my dreams, show you my pain is yoursYou could get what you love, be a chain in causeYou alive right nowTheres so many thats dead or locked up inside the beast, Im a hot light nowIts whatever man think of manifest to the realThe plan is to wake up cause time revealsAll this hate cant forever lastAll my ghetto heroes in heaven, its like you right here and never passedYou just transcend, I know Im gon see you againHopin I reach the world leaders and winAint nothin without struggle, listen up, its criticalWe used to fear arms, now the weapons are chemicalIn hip-hop, the weapons are lyricalTo be the best you challenge the best, then the blessings are spiritualTop of the world for the kid and unlessPoppin any rappers head off his shoulders no contestI know the most high hear me, so fly you cant near meYou scared of a mirror, my theory is that - knowledge is powerTo every projects and every street corner, we gotta get ours now[chorus][talking]Yo, niggas aint forget shit, know what Im sayin?Niggas aint forget nothinMen, women and children killed by the police and shitNiggas aint gon forget that, you know what I mean?Yo, what this war just show me is like, whatever you want out of lifeWhatever you feel is rightfully yours, go out and take itEven if that means blood and deathYou know, thats what I was raised up on, thats what this countrys aboutThis is what my country is, and my countrys a mutha*****a
