Nas — Hey Young World

[Intro] The world is yours is something is, um, something I got from Slick Rick Back in the days, hey young world, the world is yours From the movie Scarface where, uh, his whole thing was the world is yours He sort of bluntly said the world is yours out there in the sky He looked at it, uh, something from god telling him, you know, the world is yours Yeah, yeah, yeah (It goes) [Chorus: x2] Hey young world... the world is yours Hey young world... the world is yours Young world young world... the world is yours Young wo-ah-huh-huh-huh-urld (It goes) [Verse 1] Young people are so special It's so good what god blessed you Death to unethical thoughts that surpress you Like diseases, they conjure up inside the test tubes To stress you, beaurcratic genocide But maybe I'm a wreck loose It's just my observation as a whole Human extermination, population control Assuming my generation is young and out of control But y'all don't understand this Y'all out of touch and y'all old I promise to stay in full, try to stay on course And right the wrongs of my father with my baby boy Life is full of problems, don't go away when ignored Life is long it's important that it's played like a sport Every skyscraper you see started off as a thought And Ricky Walters told me that the world could be yours So hey young world, yeah hey young world The world is yours [Chorus: x2] Hey young world... the world is yours Hey young world... the world is yours Young world young world... the world is yours Young wo-ah-huh-huh-huh-urld (It goes) [Verse 2] You could have been arrested Locked down doing 10 on a fed bid But you home so your know you blessed, kid But trust me, I know some people who are not as lucky Cause on the small drug beef Gone 15 years it must be Conspiracy, a killer sees No liberty or justice Congress talk nonsense It's consignment for us hustlers There's no 401k retirement for us hustlers It's one way, until death We die young, it's bum luck Young bruh, tell me why you want war? Tote a gun for, whoever to pump forth With tough talk, get done off New York City streets they carry the worst gun law But still it's real, we do it with tools It's ungod, under the code of hood, play your role And maybe you'll live to grow old Kids and a wife and household Slow your roll before your soul Eject from your body and you turn cold Take advice yo, take a higher road Hey young world, yeah, hey young world, yeah (It goes) [Chorus: x2] Hey young world... the world is yours Hey young world... the world is yours Young world young world... the world is yours Young wo-ah-huh-huh-huh-urld (It goes)