The World is Yours

"It`s yours!" --> T La Rock<br><br>Chorus: Nas, Pete Rock<br><br>[PR] Whose world is this?<br>[Nas] The world is yours, the world is yours<br>[PR] It`s mine, it`s mine, it`s mine<br> Whose world is this? "It`s yours!"<br> It`s mine, it`s mine, it`s mine<br> Whose world is this?<br>[Nas] The world is yours, the world is yours<br>[PR] It`s mine, it`s mine, it`s mine<br> Whose world is this?<br><br>I sip the Dom P, watchin Gandhi til I`m charged<br>Then writin in my book of rhymes, all the words pass the margin<br>To hold the mic I`m throbbin, mechanical movement<br>Understandable smooth shit that murderers move wit<br>The thief`s theme, play me at night, they won`t act right<br>The fiend of hip-hop has got me stuck like a crack pipe<br>The mind activation, react like I`m facin time like<br>`Pappy` Mason with pens I`m embracin<br>Wipe the sweat off my dome, spit the phlegm on the streets<br>Suede Timb`s on my feets, makes my cypher, complete<br>Whether crusin in a Sikh`s cab, or Montero Jeep<br>I can`t call it, the beats make me fallin asleep<br>I keep fallin, but never fallin six feet deep<br>I`m out for presidents to represent me (Say what?)<br>I`m out for presidents to represent me (Say what?)<br>I`m out for dead presidents to represent me<br><br>Chorus: Nas, Pete Rock<br><br>[PR] Whose world is this?<br>[Nas] The world is yours, the world is yours<br>[PR] It`s mine, it`s mine, it`s mine<br>[PR] Whose world is this?<br>[Nas] The world is yours, the world is yours<br>[PR] It`s mine, it`s mine, it`s mine<br> Whose world is this? "It`s yours!"<br> It`s mine, it`s mine, it`s mine<br> Whose world is this?<br>[Nas] The world is yours, the world is yours<br>[PR] It`s mine, it`s mine, it`s mine<br> Whose world is this?<br><br>To my man Ill Will, God bless your life "It`s yours!"<br>To my peoples throughout Queens, God bless your life<br>I trip we box up crazy bitches aimin guns in all my baby pictures<br>Beef with housin police, release scriptures that`s maybe Hitler`s<br>Yet I`m the mild, money gettin style, rollin foul<br>The versatile, honey stickin wild, golden child<br>Dwellin in the Rotten Apple, you get tackled<br>Or caught by the devil`s lasso, shit is a hassle<br>There`s no days, for broke days, we sell it, smoke pays<br>While all the old folks pray, to Je-sus` soakin they sins in trays<br>of holy water, odds against Nas are slaughter<br>Thinkin a word best describin my life, to name my daughter<br>My strength, my son, the star, will be my resurrection<br>Born in correction all the wrong shit I did, he`ll lead a right direction<br>How ya livin large, a broker charge, cards are mediocre<br>You flippin coke or playin spit spades in strip poker<br><br> "It`s yours!"<br><br>Chorus: Nas, Pete Rock<br><br>[PR] It`s mine, it`s mine, it`s mine<br>[PR] Whose world is this?<br>[Nas] The world is yours, the world is yours<br>[PR] It`s mine, it`s mine, it`s mine<br> Whose world is this? "It`s yours!"<br> It`s mine, it`s mine, it`s mine<br> Whose world is this?<br>[Nas] Yo, the world is yours, the world is yours<br>[PR] It`s mine, it`s mine, it`s mine<br> Whose world is this? "It`s yours!"<br>[PR] Break it down<br><br>*Pete Rock cuts and scratches "It`s yours!"*<br><br>I`m the young city bandit, hold myself down singlehanded<br>For murder raps, I kick my thoughts alone, get remanded<br>Born alone, die alone, no crew to keep my crown or throne<br>I`m deep by sound alone, caved inside in a thousand miles from home<br>I need a new nigga, for this black cloud to follow<br>Cause while it`s over me it`s too dark to see tomorrow<br>Trying to maintain, I flip, fill the clip to the tip<br>Picturin my peeps, now the income make my heartbeat skip<br>And I`m amped up, they locked the champ up, even my brain`s in handcuffs<br>Headed for Indiana stabbin women like the Phantom<br>The crew is lampin big Willie style<br>Check the chip toothed smile, plus I profile wild<br>Stash through the flock wools, burnin dollars to light my stove<br>Walk the blocks wit a bop, checkin Danes plus the games<br>people play, bust the problems of the world today<br><br> "It`s yours!"<br><br>Chorus: Nas, Pete Rock<br><br>[PR] It`s mine, it`s mine, it`s mine<br>[PR] Whose world is this?<br>[Nas] The world is yours, the world is yours<br>[PR] It`s mine, it`s mine, it`s mine<br> Whose world is this? "It`s yours!"<br> It`s mine, it`s mine, it`s mine<br> Whose world is this?<br>[Nas] Yeah... the world is yours, the world is yours<br>[PR] It`s mine, it`s mine, it`s mine<br> Whose world is this? "It`s yours!"<br> Break it down<br><br>Yea aight?<br>To everybody in Queens, the foundation "It`s yours!"<br>The world is yours<br>To everybody uptown, yo, the world is yours "It`s yours!"<br>The world is yours<br>To everybody in Brooklyn<br>Y`all know the world is yours "It`s yours!"<br>The world is yours<br>Everbody in Mount Vernon, the world is yours "It`s yours!"<br>Long Island, the world is yours "It`s yours!"<br>Staten Island, yea the world is yours "It`s yours!"<br>South Bronx, the world is yours "It`s yours!"<br>Aight<br><br>*Pete Rock keeps cuttin and scratchin "It`s yours!" to fade*