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1999 · From the album Nastradamus

New World

by Nas

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03 · Lyrics

"New World"

Uh, it's a new world, it's a new world

It's a new world, it's a new world

Uh, it's a new world, it's a new world

Yo, celebrate the new life

New ways to make money

New ways to break dummies

Forge they name and take money

Computers ain't that smart

Whatever man built could be taken apart

Anything new can get old

Like dudes started rockin' platinum, some stopped wearin' gold

Solar-energized rides, no steering wheel, tell it how to drive

No propellers in the sky

Airplanes like many rockets

Waitin' lists for the rich to get tickets to visit Mars

While the poor people starve, computers takin over they jobs

A man's forced to live off land

Now it's back to the caveman era

When we made fire, by two sticks rubbin' together

The truth is, many are too scared of new data

America Online, cut off, see you later

Yo, welcome to the new world, new beginnin'

A new way to play, a new way a livin'

Cash is the past, a new way a spendin'

New life for man, children, and women

Welcome to the new world, new beginnin'

A new way to play, a new way a livin'

Cash is the past, a new way a spendin'

New life for man, children, and women

Yo, the new Mike Tyson's Roy Jones

Bill Clinton's the new JFK, without the hole in his dome

The new Don Trump is Bill Gates

Not because his occupation, it's 'cause we respect his cake

And cake mean his stock, net gross

Young kids step it up, go for the most

New cameras in police cars taking pictures

New hustlers getting new street figures

And US embassies overseas

Almost every foreign country's under siege

Covertly starting wars, CIA, NAVY Seals

Commit larcenies that be worth over mil's

Oil in the earth spills

Girls blow they body up, birth control pills

African's pick diamonds out a dark caves

Then we wear it on our necks just so we can light up the stage

Yo, welcome to the new world, new beginnin'

A new way to play, a new way a livin'

Cash is the past, a new way a spendin'

New life for man, children, and women

Welcome to the new world, new beginnin'

A new way to play, a new way a livin'

Cash is the past, a new way a spendin'

New life for man, children, and women

Say goodbye to the brainwashed

Say goodbye to the young kids who not smart

Say goodbye to the toasters and Pop-Tarts

Yo, it's real

Swallow a little pill, there's a four-course meal

Say hello to the one world

Say hello to the sky, something's out there watching you and I

More enticing than Star Trek, StarTec phones

Your genes and DNA is used to make clones

You got CD-Rom, everything operates by computers

Then what happens when circuit breaks

Y2K's the big scare

Scientists say we ain't prepared

What I feel is contrary

Alexander Graham Bell made telephones, yes

But now we request for your e-mail address

I might be old fashioned, stuck in my ways

But nothing make me more happier than seeing today

Yo, welcome to the new world, new beginnin'

A new way to play, a new way a livin'

Cash is the past, a new way a spendin'

New life for man, children, and women

Welcome to the new world, new beginnin'

A new way to play, a new way a livin'

Cash is the past, a new way a spendin'

New life for man, children, and women

Welcome to the new world, new beginnin'

A new way to play, a new way a livin'

Cash is the past, a new way a spendin'

New life for man, children, and women

Welcome to the new world, new beginnin'

A new way to play, a new way a livin'

Cash is the past, a new way a spendin'

New life for man, children, and women

It's a new world

It's a new world

It's a new world

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04 · FAQ

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When was "New World" released?
"New World" by Nas was released on November 23, 1999 on the album "Nastradamus".
What genre is "New World"?
"New World" by Nas falls within the rap, hip hop, gangsta rap genres.
What album is "New World" on?
"New World" appears on the album "Nastradamus" by Nas.
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