Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nas
Nas
Performer
Tara Watkins
Tara Watkins
Background Vocals
Candice Anderson
Candice Anderson
Background Vocals
Lenesha Randolph
Lenesha Randolph
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Nasir Jones
Nasir Jones
Composer
Leshawn Lewis
Leshawn Lewis
Lyrics
David Paich
David Paich
Composer
Jeff Porcan
Jeff Porcan
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Nas
Nas
Executive Producer
L.E.S. for Big Things Entertainment, Inc.
L.E.S. for Big Things Entertainment, Inc.
Producer
L.E.S.
L.E.S.
Mixing Engineer
Rich Travali
Rich Travali
Mixing Engineer
Chris Gehringer
Chris Gehringer
Mastering Engineer
Jason Goldstein
Jason Goldstein
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six
Five, four, three, two, one
Happy New Year
[Verse 2]
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, uh
[Verse 3]
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
[Verse 4]
Anything new can get old
Like dudes started rockin' platinum
Some stopped wearin' gold
Solar-energized rides
No steerin' wheel, tell it how to drive
No propellers in the sky
[Verse 5]
Airplanes like many rockets
Waitin' list for the rich
To get tickets to visit Mars
While the po' people starve
Computers takin' over they jobs
A man's forced to live off land
[Verse 6]
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
[Verse 7]
(New world, new world)
Yo, welcome to the new world, new beginnin'
A new way to play, a new way of livin'
(A new world, new world)
Cash is the past, a new way of spendin'
A new life for man, children, and women
[Verse 8]
(A new world, new world)
Welcome to the new world, new beginnin'
A new way to play, a new way of livin'
(A new world, new world)
Cash is the past, a new way of spendin'
A new life for man, children, and women
(A new world)
[Verse 9]
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
[Verse 10]
And cake mean his stock, net gross
Young kids step it up, go for the most
New cameras in police cars takin' pictures
New hustlers gettin' new street figures
[Verse 11]
And U.S. embassies overseas
Almost every foreign country's under siege
Covertly startin' wars, CIA, Navy SEALs
Commit larcenies that be worth over mils
[Verse 12]
Oil in the earth spills
Girls blow they body up, birth control pills
Africans pick diamonds outta dark caves
Then we wear it on our necks
Just so we can light up the stage
[Verse 13]
(New world, new world)
Yo, welcome to the new world, new beginnin'
A new way to play, a new way of livin'
(A new world, new world)
Cash is the past, a new way of spendin'
New life for man, children, and women
[Verse 14]
(A new world, new world)
Welcome to the new world, new beginnin'
A new way to play, a new way of livin'
(A new world, new world)
Cash is the past, a new way of spendin'
A new life for man, children, and women
(A new world)
[Verse 15]
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
[Verse 16]
Say hello to the one world
Say hello to the sky
Somethin's out there watchin' you and I
More enticin' than Star Trek, Startec phones
Your genes and DNA is used to make clones
[Verse 17]
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 contraire
[Verse 18]
Alexander Graham Bell made telephones, yes
But now we request for your email address
I might be old-fashioned, stuck in my ways
But nothin' make me more happier than seein' today
[Verse 19]
(New world, new world)
Yo, welcome to the new world, new beginnin'
A new way to play, a new way of livin'
(A new world, new world)
Cash is the past, a new way of spendin'
New life for man, children, and women
[Verse 20]
(A new world, new world)
Welcome to the new world, new beginnin'
A new way to play, a new way of livin'
(A new world, new world)
Cash is the past, a new way of spendin'
A new life for man, children, and women
[Verse 21]
(A new world, new world)
Welcome to the new world, new beginnin'
A new way to play, a new way of livin'
(A new world, new world)
Cash is the past, a new way of spendin'
New life for man, children, and women
[Verse 22]
(A new world, new world)
Welcome to the new world, new beginnin'
A new way to play, a new way of livin'
(A new world, new world)
Cash is the past, a new way of spendin'
A new life for man, children, and women
[Verse 23]
(New world, new world)
It's a new world, it's a new world
(A new world, a new world)
It's a new world, it's a new world
Written by: David Paich, Jeff Porcan, Leshawn Lewis, Nasir Jones
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