Beginning And End Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[B][Em][B]
[Em][B]

[Verse 1]
[B]Yeah
[Em]I want all my niggas to come
[B]journey with me
My name is Nas,
and the [Em]year [B]is 1973
Beginning of me,
[Em]therefore I co[B]uld see
Through my belly button
window who [Em]I am

[Verse 2]
I [B]existed in a womb, just like an abyss
Came [Em]straight from spirit land
My hands balled in a fist
Punch[B]ing on my moms stomach
[Em]Kicking on her [B]cervix
Twitching cause I'm [Em]nervous
Thought my intended [B]purpose
Was to be born to reign,
not in scorn or vain
But to [Em]take on a name,
my pops chose for me
[B]Bloodstream full of indo
Developing eyes [Em]looking out my
Belly button window
[B]My father's face wears a frown
And I'm wondering [Em]if
they even want me around
Cause I'll go back to spir[B]it town
So I could rest longer before
I come back down
The chute [Em]again, in the near future [B]when
My moms and pops can agree on this
Was here before but my
Moms saw [Em]her
gynocologist he dumped [G#m]me off
First [B]they want me then turn
Around and they don't
[Em]You got a 120 days do what you [B]want
But as for me coming back
This be my last time
Abort me, keep me, [Em]give me away
Make [B]up ya mind
I shot my way [Em]out[B]
my mom [Em]dukes

[Verse 3]
They must [B]wanna keep me
Cause 4 months past and I'm still alive
Guess I got [Em]what you call
An ill- will to sur[C]vive
When [B]I look hard the lights
Is killing [Em]my eyes
I know when [C]moms is laying [Em]down cause I
Get bored and start to get live
[B]Move side to side hear loud music and vibe
All black babies [Em]are born with
Rhythm thats [B]no lie solar
energize
Mineralize food through my
[C]mothers tube
[Em]I'm covered in this thick layer of goo
Month two was the least most [B]comfortable
My umbilical cord [Em]choking me
But month [C]3 was closer, see
[B]Thats when pops took moms to see
The doc at the clin[Em]ic
But I was saved cause he changed
His mind in the last minute
[B]Watching 'em yell,
heard my moms voice well
[Em]Feared fist fights, so terrified when we fell
[B]While they broke up furniture and
Smashed plates on the wall
I wondered [Em]if I am born
will I be safe at [B]all
This place they call the world though
My view was so large
Could[Em]n't wait to get up
Grow up and take [B]charge
Month 5, Month 6 went by
Hoping I'm born in July
[Em]But the Lord already figured out
A date [B]and time
septemeber 14th, 73
Get ready world
Doctor[Em]s in the front waiting for [B]me
Arms open cause [Em]they know when I drop
Alot of shit's gonna stop
[Em]See how the goverment will
Start re training cops
[B]Month 9, I'm a week over due
The labor induced pops told
my [Em]moms to push
And take deep [C]breaths too
[B]Said stay calm, holding her arm
I'm trying to hold on
[Em]Surgical gloves touching my scalp
My head pops [B]out everything blurry
My first breath screams out
Tears [Em]pouring down my pops
face [B]he's so proud
Wanted to hold me, but I was
so bloody
They washed me off and he said
"At least that nigga ain't ugly!"
Placed me in his arm[B]s snuggly
Laid me on my [B]mother
Finally, I got [Em]to see who held me in her body
She loved [B]me
And I plan to over through the devil
Y'all bout to see [Em]this world in trouble
Motherfuckers