Nas, Amerie - Rule lyrics

Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah
Nas, uh yo, yo
Life, they wonder, can they take me under?
Nah, never that, nah, yo, yo

I come from the housing 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 every
Day as a child
I would think I'm a part of USA 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 slipping
On this life mission, never know what's next
Ancient kings from Egypt up to Julius Caesar


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
Arabics call a truce, world peace
Stop acting 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 fighting
Lost lives in the Towers and Pentagon
Why then
Must it go on? We must stop the killing
Tell me why we die, we all God's children

All this hate can't last forever
(Uh, come on)
It's time that we stand together
(yeah, for the world)
Everybody wants to rule the world
(What? What? What? What? What? Come on)
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 a early age already
Know what's against him
So in order for him to survive
One day he must open up his
Eyes to the setbacks 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 and creeds is
To whom 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 missiles
And I become the most wanted
But is it worth hearing 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, come on)
It's time that we stand together
(yeah, for the world)
Everybody wants to rule the world
(What? What? What? What? What? Come on)
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 highlight 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
Hoping I reach the world leaders and win
Ain't nothing 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, none less
Poppin' 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 ours now
All this hate can't last forever
It's time that we stand together
Everybody wants to rule the world world

Yo, niggas ain't forget shit
Know what I'm saying?
Niggas ain't forget nothing, man
Men, women and children killed by
The police and shit
Niggas ain't gon' forget that, man
You know what I mean?
Yo, what this war just show me is, like
Whatever you want out of life
Whatever you feel is rightfully yours
Go out and take it
Even if that means blood and death
You know, that's what I was raised up on
That's what this country's about
This is This is what my country is
And my country's a motherfucker