Artist: Nas Album: Stillmatic (2001) Title: Rule
Lyrics RuleYeah, 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 housin tenement buildings Unlimited killings, menaces marked for death Better known as the projects Where junkies and rockheads dwell Though I owe to it my success Where survival of the fittest every day is 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 slippin On this life mission never know what's next Ancient Kings from Egypt, welcome Julius Caesar Had a piece of the globe, every continent Yo theres Asia, Africa, Europe, France, Japan Pakistan, America, Afghanistan Yo theres Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Arabics 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 beginnin of Time, it's been man 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 It's time that we stand together Everybody wants to rule the world
Come on (World...world....world...) Peace (World...world....world...) Peace (World...world....world...) Peace (World...world....world...)
Yo theres 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 youngstas, pros, and ghettos goes to prison At a early age, already know it's against them 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 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 own its residuals But then comes foes, I have to guard it with missiles 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 wit loaded barrels So move over Colin Powell or just throw in the towel, yo
All this hate can't last forever It's time that we stand together Everybody wants to rule the world
Come on (World...world....world...) Peace (World...world....world...) Peace (World...world....world...) Peace (World...world....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 it chain or cars You alive right now There's so many that's dead or locked up inside the beast Ima highlight now It's whatever man think of manifestin 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'll reach the world leaders and win Aint' 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, and the blessings are spiritual Top of the world for the kid none less popping any Rappers head off his shoulders, no contest I know the most high hear me, so far 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 hating lasts forever It's time that we stand together Everybody wants to rule the world |