Beginning And End chords by Nas

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Intro 1

Verse 1
B 
Yeah  (B major) 
Em 
 (E minor) I want all my niggas to come
B 
 (B major) journey with me
My name is Nas,
Em 
B 
and the  (E minor) year is  (B major) 1973
Beginning of me,
Em 
B 
 (E minor) therefore I could see  (B major) 
Through my belly button
Em 
window who I am  (E minor) 

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

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