The World Is Yours

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The World Is Yours by Nas

About The World Is Yours

"The World Is Yours" is a 1994 song by American rapper Nas. It was the fourth single from his debut album "Illmatic", released a month after the album. It is considered by music critics as one of the greatest hip-hop songs ever recorded; About.com ranked it seventh greatest rap song of all time. It reached number 13 on the Hot Rap Singles chart in 1994. It contains a sample of Ahmad Jamal's 1970 song, "I Love Music". The song (including the title) and its accompanying video pay homage to the film Scarface. .

The World Is Yours Lyrics

[00:00.77] (It's yours)
[00:03.10] Whose world is this?
[00:05.65] The world is yours, the world is yours
[00:08.05] It's mine, it's mine, it's mine, whose world is this?
[00:09.95] (It's yours)
[00:12.38] It's mine, it's mine, it's mine, whose world is this?
[00:16.18] The world is yours, the world is yours
[00:19.84] It's mine, it's mine, it's mine, whose world is this?
[00:21.17] I sip the Dom P, watchin' Gandhi 'til I'm charged, then
[00:23.27] Writin' in my book of rhymes, all the words past the margin
[00:25.58] To hold the mic I'm throbbin', mechanical movement
[00:28.64] Understandable smooth shit that murderers move with
[00:31.44] The thief's theme (the thief's theme), play me at night, they won't act right
[00:33.98] The fiend of hip-hop has got me stuck like a crack pipe
[00:37.47] The mind activation, react like I'm facin'
[00:40.52] Time like Pappy Mason, with pens I'm embracin'
[00:42.67] Wipe the sweat off my dome, spit the phlegm on the streets
[00:45.12] Suede Timbs on my feets makes my cipher complete
[00:48.27] Whether cruisin' in a Sikh's cab or Montero Jeep
[00:51.01] I can't call it, the beats make me fallin' asleep
[00:54.08] I keep fallin' (I keep fallin'), but never fallin' six feet deep
[00:56.84] I'm out for presidents to represent me (say what?)
[00:59.17] I'm out for presidents to represent me (say what?)
[01:01.56] I'm out for dead presidents to represent me
[01:04.42] Whose world is this?
[01:06.20] The world is yours, the world is yours
[01:08.24] It's mine, it's mine, it's mine, whose world is this?
[01:10.43] The world is yours, the world is yours
[01:17.08] (It's yours)
[01:19.42] It's mine, it's mine, it's mine, whose world is this?
[01:22.23] The world is yours, the world is yours
[01:25.64] It's mine, it's mine, it's mine, whose world is this?
[01:28.74] To my man Ill Will, God bless your life (it's yours)
[01:29.90] To my peoples throughout Queens, God bless your life
[01:31.79] I trip, we box up crazy bitches, aimin' guns in all my baby pictures
[01:33.99] Beef with housing police, release scriptures that's maybe Hitler's
[01:38.47] Yet I'm the mild, money-gettin' style, rollin' foul
[01:41.37] The versatile, honey-stickin', wild, golden child
[01:44.14] Dwellin' in the Rotten Apple, you get tackled
[01:46.34] Or caught by the devil's lasso, shit is a hassle
[01:48.85] There's no days for broke days when sellin' smoke pays
[01:51.23] While all the old folks pray to Jesús, soakin' they sins in trays
[01:54.47] Of holy water, odds against Nas is slaughter
[01:57.68] Thinkin' a word best describin' my life to name my daughter
[02:00.51] My strength, my son, the star will be my resurrection
[02:02.35] Born in correction, all the wrong shit I did, he'll lead in right direction
[02:05.71] How you livin'? Large or broke on charge cards and mediocre?
[02:08.27] You flippin' coke or playin' spit, spades, and strip poker?
[02:11.26] (It's yours)
[02:13.97] It's mine, it's mine, it's mine, whose world is this?
[02:16.08] The world is yours, the world is yours
[02:19.74] It's mine, it's mine, it's mine, whose world is this?
[02:23.41] (It's yours)
[02:24.44] It's mine, it's mine, it's mine, whose world is this? (Yo)
[02:27.70] The world is yours, the world is yours
[02:31.22] It's mine, it's mine, it's mine, whose world is this?
[02:33.43] (It's yours)
[02:36.84] Break it down
[02:39.74] It's yours
[02:41.81] It's yours
[02:46.86] It's yours
[02:50.78] It's yours
[02:57.37] I'm the young city bandit, hold myself down single-handed
[03:00.59] For murder raps, I kick my thoughts alone, get remanded
[03:03.18] Born alone, die alone, no crew to keep my crown or throne
[03:05.75] I'm deep by sound alone, caved inside, a thousand miles from home
[03:09.59] I need a new nigga for this black cloud to follow
[03:11.65] 'Cause while it's over me it's too dark to see tomorrow
[03:14.72] Tryin' to maintain, I flip, fill the clip to the tip
[03:16.83] Picturin' my peeps not eatin' can make my heartbeat skip
[03:19.69] And I'm amped up, they locked the champ up, even my brain's in handcuffs
[03:23.28] Headed for Indiana, stabbin' women like the Phantom
[03:25.45] The crew is lampin' Big Willie style
[03:28.46] Check the chip-toothed smile, plus I profile wild
[03:29.95] Stash loot in fly clothes, burnin' dollars to light my stoge
[03:33.34] Walk the blocks with a bop, checkin' dames, plus the games people play
[03:36.60] Bust the problems of the world today
[03:38.97] (It's yours)
[03:42.82] It's mine, it's mine, it's mine, whose world is this?
[03:45.68] The world is yours, the world is yours
[03:48.53] It's mine, it's mine, it's mine, whose world is this?
[03:51.69] (It's yours)
[03:53.21] It's mine, it's mine, it's mine, whose world is this? (Yeah)
[03:57.34] The world is yours, the world is yours
[03:59.52] It's mine, it's mine, it's mine, whose world is this?
[04:02.12] (It's yours)
[04:03.66] (Break it down) yeah, a'ight
[04:07.47] To everybody in Queens, the foundation (it's yours)
[04:09.65] The world is yours
[04:12.32] To everybody uptown, yo, the world is yours (it's yours)
[04:14.08] The world is yours
[04:17.53] To everybody in Brooklyn
[04:19.79] Y'all know the world is yours (it's yours)
[04:22.94] The world is yours
[04:23.82] Everybody in Mount Vernon, the world is yours (it's yours)
[04:26.18] Long Island, yo, the world is yours (it's yours)
[04:28.30] Staten Island, yeah, the world is yours (it's yours)
[04:31.10] South Bronx, the world is yours (it's yours)
[04:33.81] A'ight
[04:37.22]

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From the album: The Essential Nas