Rule Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, Nas, uh, yo, yo
Life, they wonder,
can they take me under?

[Verse 2]
Nah, never that, nah, yo, yo
[D]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,
everyday is a chal'
I would think I'm a part of U.S.A.
and be proud
Confronted with racism, started
to feel [Em]foreign
[D]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 Cezar
Had a piece of the globe, every continent
[A]Yo, the[D]re's Asia, Africa,
Europe, France, Japan
Pakistan, America, Afghanstan
Yo, there's Protestants,
Jews, Blacks, Arabics
Call a truce, world peace,
stop acting like savages
No war, [G]we should take
time and think
The bombs and tanks [D]makes
man[G]kind extinct
But [Em]since the beginning of time
[G]it's been men with arms fighting
Lost lives in the Towers [Em]and Pentagon,
why then?
Must [G]it go on, we must stop the killing
Tell [F#m]me why [D]we die, we all [Em]God's children

[Verse 3]
All this hate can't [F#m]last forever
[G](uh, c'mon)
It's time that we stand together
(yeah, for [F#m]the world)
Everybody wants to [Bm]rule the [Em]world (what,
[F#m]what, [G]what, what, what, c'mon)
[A]World (pe[D]ace),

[Verse 4]
world (peace), world (peace), world
[D]
Yo, there's brothers on the block,
posted up like [Em]they own it
That's [D]they corner,
from New York to California
Got blocks locked down
Like, [G]"dog [D]you safe whenever
you with me, see this is my [A]town"
So the [D]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 [G]this land of oppor[D]tunity
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 [A]home yet
[D]The earth wasn't made
for one man to rule [G]alone
[D]To all colors increases, to home it belongs
I want land, mansions, banks and [Em]gold
The dia[D]monds in Africa,
oil in my control
The world's [Em]natural re[G]sources,
all it's residuals
But then comes foes,
I [F#m]have to guard it [Em]with missiles
And I become the most wanted
[G]But is it worth hearing a million people
problems and [D]followed by Secret [F#m]Service
I guess, attempts at my life
with loaded bar[G]rels
So move over Colin [D]Powell
or just throw in the towel, yo

[Verse 5]
[Em]All this hate can't [F#m]last forever
(uh, c'mon)
It's time [G]that we stand together
(yeah, for the world)
[F#m]Everybody wants to [Em]rule the world (what,
[F#m]what, what, [G]what, what, c'mon)
[A]World (peace),
[D]world (peace), world (peace), world
[Em]

[Verse 6]
[D]
Y'all know that's my style,
to hit you at [G]the right time
[D]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 mani[G]fest to the real
The [D]plan is to wake up 'cause time reveals
All this hate can't forever last
All my [G]ghetto heroes [D]in Heaven,
it's like you right here and never passed
You just transcend,
[G]I know I'm goin' see you again
[D]Hoping I reach the world
leaders and [A]win
Ain't [D]nothing without struggle,
listen up, [G]it's critical
We [D]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
[Em]Top of the w[G]orld for
the kid and unless
Popping any rapper's head off his
[Em]shoulders no contest
I know the Most High hear [G]me,
so fly you can't near me
You scared of a mirror,
my theory is [Em]that - knowledge is power
[G]To every projects and every street corner,
[D]we gotta get [Em]ours now

[Verse 7]
All this hate can't [F#m]last forever
[G](uh, c'mon)
It's time that we [F#m]stand together
(yeah, for [Bm]the w[Em]orld)
[F#m]Everybody [G]wants [A]to rule [D]the [Em]world (what,
what, what, what, what, c'mon)
[D]World

[Verse 8]
Yo, niggas ain't forget shit,
know what I'm saying?
Niggas ain't forget [G]nothing
Men, women and children killed
by [G]the police and shit
Niggas ain't gon' forget [Em]that,
you know what I [G]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 [G]death
You know, that's [D]what I was raised
up on, that's what this country's about
This is what my country is,
and my country's a motherfucker