Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, Nas, uh, yo      Here I come from the housin' tenement buildings   Unlimited killings, menaces marked for death   Better known as the projects where junkies and rock heads dwell   Though I owe to it my success      With survival of the fittest, everyday is a chal'   I would think I'm a part of U.S.A. and be proud   Confronted with racism, started to feel foreign   Like the darker you are the realer your problems      I reached for the stars but I just kept slippin'   On this life mission, never know what's next   Ancient kings from Egypt up to Julius Cesar   Had a piece of the globe, every continent      Yo, there's Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Japan   Pakistan, America, Afghanistan   Yo, there's Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Arabic's   Call a truce, world peace, stop actin' like savages      No war, we should take time and think   The bombs and tanks makes mankind extinct   But since the beginning of time it's been men with arms fightin'   Lost lives in the Towers and Pentagon, why then?   Must it go on, we must stop the killin'   Tell me why we die, we all God's children      All this hate can't last forever   (Uh, c'mon)   It's time that we stand together   (Yeah, for the world)   Everybody wants to rule the world   (What, what, what, what, what, c'mon)      World   (Peace)   World   (Peace)   World   (Peace)   World      Yo, there's brothers on the block, posted up like they own it   That's they corner, from New York to California, got blocks locked down   Like, "Dog you safe whenever you with me, see this is my town"   So the youngsters, grows in ghettos, goes to prison      At an early age, already know it's against him   So in order for him to survive, one day he must   Open up his eyes to the set backs and rise   'Cause, everybody wants a shot, in this land of opportunity      Look at what this country's got, there shouldn't be nobody homeless   How can the president fix other problems when he ain't fixed home yet   The earth wasn't made for one man to rule alone   To all colors increases, to home it belongs      I want land, mansions, banks and gold   The diamonds in Africa, oil in my control   The world's natural resources, all it's residuals   But then comes foes, I have to guard it with missels      And I become the most wanted   But is it worth hearin' a million people problems   And followed by Secret Service   I guess attempts at my life with loaded barrels   So move over Colin Powell or just throw in the towel, yo      All this hate can't last forever   (Uh, c'mon)   It's time that we stand together   (Yeah, for the world)   Everybody wants to rule the world   (What, what, what, what, what, c'mon)      World   (Peace)   World   (Peace)   World   (Peace)   World      Y'all know that's my style, to hit you at the right time   No other compares to what Nas write down   Tell you my dreams, show you my pain is yours   You could get what you love, be a chain in cause      You alive right now   There's so many that's dead or locked up inside   The beast, I'm a hot light now   It's whatever man think of manifest to the real      The plan is to wake up 'cause time reveals   All this hate can't forever last   All my ghetto heroes in Heaven   It's like you right here and never passed   You just transcend, I know I'm gon' see you again   Hopin' I reach the world leaders and win      Ain't nothin' without struggle, listen up it's critical   We used to fear arms, now the weapons are chemical   In hip-hop, the weapons are lyrical   To be the best you challenge the best, then the blessings are spiritual      Top of the world for the kid and unless   Any rapper's head off his shoulders no contest   I know the Most High hear me, so fly you can't near me   You scared of a mirror, my theory is that, knowledge is power   To every projects and every street corner, we gotta get out of this now      All this hate can't last forever   It's time that we stand together   Everybody wants to rule the world   (World)