Nas - War Against Love lyrics

[Intro] Wassup, African? Wassup, African? [Chorus] Yo the Haiti, Barbados, Bahamas, Grenada The war is against love, we under attack Paris, Pyar, St. Thomas, Dior The war is against love, who's busting back? From New York to Botswana, London to Guyana To every single African that's on the map Yo, to Mexico, to Cuba, Iceland to Bermuda The war is against love, we under attack [Verse 1] Scientists told us how the Mayans lived Highways are landing strips for planes to land Before the Wright brothers planned aerodynamics Now I am chilling 20 karats like a savage Not embarrassed Buy what I'm copping while I'm shopping out in Paris Parasites try to steal the culture (True) While chem trails and satellites hover over Feds is watching, real ni**as ask this is so (Ask this is so) Still the 5th is loaded (5th is loaded) For these lawyers who be ripping soldiers off in court They don't get em all, they just take your money and lie Have you sitting up north (Foul) Study the law (Word) Get your appeal (True) Soon you back on the street the sh*t'd get real (Facts) They try to kill us off since the days of the brilliant Moors May they ships pull up to the Sicilian shores So I hustle more, ain't no justice for the poor Got me feeling like middle fingers up, fu*k the law Bust a Dutchie open, liquor pour [Chorus] Chicago yo, you know Chicago y'all know The war is against love, we under attack (Yeah) New Orleans, New Orleans to Queens Yo the war is against love, who's busting back? (Me) To Detroit (Yeah), St. Louis (Yeah, yeah) To every hood in all the 50 states on the map (Map) Chopper city, North and South Philly (Philly) Feel me, the war is against love, we under attack [Verse 2] I went from, semi-bummy ni**a to money ni**a (Ha) Bike ni**a to car ni**a Christ ni**a to Allah ni**a (Alḥamdulillāh) Then I evolved, ni**a (Yeah) No religions, my commandments are my standards (Word) A stand up man, no clowning, no snitching Got a bid, I'm sitting down Do the time, call it paying taxes Living with my actions (Word), corners to the grave Yeah, I'm on that wave Yeah, I fornicate with fly b*tches, horny ways Just the way I was taught, though (Uh) Can't tell if this is reality or just another award show? These women be lost, so beautiful, so smart (Word) But why can't we be heavenly? Don't think, use your heart (Yo' heart) 'Cause we could be so great, pray it's not too late Put pride aside, coincide, I bet we both be straight Straight to the top, side to side, twin Rolls Royces We made choices to be devoted (Uh) To go at those foes who come at us with upside down crosses [Chorus] The war is against love, I ain't trusting that (Trusting that, uh, uh) The war is against love, who's busting back? (Me, me, me, uh) To all the 50 states, all across the map (The whole world, too) USA and beyond (And beyond) The war is against love, how will you react to that? [Outro] Yeah, tell you how I'm reacting I'm strapped and ready, go all the way The war is against peace The war is against love Yeah, know that