The song provides one of Illmatic 's more optimistic narratives and contains a sample of Ahmad Jamal's 'I Love Music' (1970). Problems playing this file? ' The World Is Yours' is a 1994 song.

It was the third single from his debut album, released a month after the album. It is considered by music critics as one of the greatest hip-hop songs ever recorded; ranked it seventh greatest rap song of all time. It reached #13 on the chart in 1994. It contains a sample of 's 1970 song, 'I Love Music'.

Scarface lyrics - 181 song lyrics sorted by album, including 'Smile', 'Intro', 'One. Scarface Is Back' (1991). Album: 'The World Is Yours' (1993).

The song (including the title) and its accompanying video pay homage to the film. The song also references drug dealer/crime boss.

The song also mentions the serial killer of the, which went, and still are, unsolved. A remix of the song was produced by featuring similar but new lyrics; both it and the original were released by as singles, and promoted with music videos. Has put the title of this song on its cans and bottles in summer 2015 in part of their 'Obey Your Verse' summer campaign which had rap lyrics on their cans. Contents • • • • • • • • • Samples [ ] Songs from which are used in 'The World Is Yours' include: • 'It's Yours' by, but this is not accurate., who helped Rick Rubin produce 'It's Yours' stated during a Red Bull Music Academy interview, that Rick Rubin did not allow the sample to be used and what is heard in 'The World Is Yours' is a recreation of the words 'It's Yours'. • The piano sampled in the background comes from the song 'I Love Music'. Songs that have sampled 'The World Is Yours' include: • '.

• 'Usual Suspects' by featuring and Kevin Cossom • 'Jealousy Woes II'. • 'Thief's Theme' by Jigmastas. • 'In Remembrance' & 'The World Is.

(Below The Heavens)'. • 'Droga' by Hemp Gru. • 'Falling' by 1982 featuring Freddie Gibbs. • 'President'.

• 'Dead Presidents'. • 'Dead Prez'. • 'Nikes On My Feet'.

• 'Dead Presidents III'. • 'The World Is Yours' by The Visioneers. • 'The World Is Yours' by • 'My World (Nas Salute)'. • 'The World Is Yours (Blazo Remix)' by Blazo. • 'The World Is Yours / Brooklyn Zoo'.

Jay-Z's sample on his song 'Dead Presidents', using one of Nas's lines ('I'm out for dead presidents to represent me') as the chorus, indirectly led to the Jay-Z vs. Nas feud, after Nas refused to re-record his vocals for the Jay-Z song, or to appear in the accompanying video.

Soundtrack appearances [ ] The song was featured in the video games and. It can also be heard in a scene in the film, and appears on the soundtrack for the film. The song is also played in the film. Other cultural references [ ] 'The World Is Yours' was mentioned by Nas in his later songs ' and '. Single track listing [ ] A-Side [ ] • 'The World Is Yours' (4:51) • 'The World Is Yours' (Instrumental) (4:51) B-Side [ ] • 'The World Is Yours' (Tip Mix) (4:29) • 'The World Is Yours' (Tip Mix Instrumental) (4:30) Charts [ ] Chart (1994) Peak position U.S. Billboard 14 U.S. Billboard 67 U.S.

Billboard 27 References [ ].

(Movie sound clip) if u don't listen, u gon be bleedin' red and if u don't follow orders, its a bullet in yo head. (Movie sound clip) Better take it seriously when u makin a deal, 'cause he has no time to waste, this shit's real. (Movie sound clip) u can be someone else, u can lie bout yoself, but in real life, lying ain't gon help. (Movie sound clip) he rose to the top, he ain't gon stop, it's not about life, it's all about pride, it's all bout brains, u won't feel pain, earning respect, it's something he expects, collecting briefcases full of money, after a long day, when it got bloody. (Movie sound clip).