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Yeah I want all my to |
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Come journey with me |
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My name is Nas and the year is 1973 |
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Beginning of me therefore I could see |
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Through my belly button window who I am |
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I existed in a womb just like an Abyss |
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Came from behind the sun my hands balled in a fist |
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Punching on my moms stomach |
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Kicking on her cervix |
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Twitching 'cause I'm nervous |
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Thought my intended purpose |
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Was to be born to reign not in scorn or vain |
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But to take on a name that my pops chose for me |
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Bloodstream full of indo developing eyes |
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Nine month process infant size |
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A prophet in his early stage |
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His mother in the early 30s |
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Was married to pops wishin' |
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What she carried would drop |
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I'm not worthy to come |
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From a women so pure Ann Jones |
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Flesh of her flesh blood of her blood |
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Her blood and bones |
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Hearin' prayers she askin' for my good health |
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That I become a man |
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And learn to make a way for myself |
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Nervous she was and her paranoia got in my blood |
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Mixed from my daddy's genes |
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Lotta screams I'm hearin' it's crazy |
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Both parents is scrappin' |
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I'm not even a baby |
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A miscarriage can happen |
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I shot my way out my mom dukes |
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I shot my way out my mom dukes |
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I shot my way out my mom dukes |
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I shot my way out my mom dukes |
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They must wanna keep me |
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'Cause 4 months pass I'm still alive |
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Guess I got what they call a I'll Will to survive |
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When I look hard the lights is killin' my eyes |
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I know when moms is layin' down |
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I get bored start to get live |
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Move side to side hear loud music and vibe |
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All black babies are born with rhythm |
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That's no lie |
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Solar energize |
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Mineralize food flowin' through my mothers tube |
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I'm covered in this thick layer of goo |
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Month two was the least most comfortable |
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My umbilical cord choking me |
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But month 3 was closer see |
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That's when pops took moms |
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To see the doc at the clinic |
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But I was saved |
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He changed his mind in the last minute |
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Watchin' 'em yell heard my moms voice well |
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Feared fist fights so terrified when we fell |
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While they broke up furniture |
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And smashed plates on the wall |
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I wondered if I am born will I be safe at all |
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This place they call the world |
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Though my view was so large |
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Couldn't wait to get out |
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And grow up and take charge |
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Month 5 Month 6 went by |
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Hopin' I'm born in July |
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But the Lord already figured out a date and time |
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Septemeber 14th '73 |
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Get ready world doctors in the front waitin' for me |
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Arms open 'cause they know when I drop |
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A lot of gon' stop |
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See how the goverment will start re-training cops |
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Month 9 I'm a week over due the labor induced |
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Pops told my moms "Push and take deep breaths too |
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Stay calm" holdin' her arm I'm trying to hold on |
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Surgical gloves touching my scalp my head pops out |
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Everything is blurry my first breath screams out |
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Tears pouring down my pops face he's so proud |
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Wantin' to hold me but I was so bloody |
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They washed me off and he said |
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"At least ain't ugly" |
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Placed me in his arms snuggly laid me on my mother |
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Finally I got to see who held me in her body |
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She love me and yo I plan to overthrow the devil |
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Y'all about to see this world in trouble |
