Fetus (Belly Button Window)

[Intro]

Yeah

I want all my niggas to come journey with me

My name is Nas

And the year is 1973

Beginning of me

Therefore I could see

Through my belly button window

Who I am...

[Verse 1]

I existed in the womb, just like an abyss

Came straight from spirit-land, my hands balled in a fist

Punching my mom's stomach, kicking on her cervix

Twitching 'cause I'm nervous, though my intended purpose

Was to be born to reign, not in scorn or vain

But to take on the name that my pops chose for me

Bloodstream full of indo, developing eyes

Looking out my belly button window, my father sighs

On his face he wears a frown

And I'm wondering if they even want me around

'Cause I'll go back to Spirit-Town

So I could rest longer before I come back down

The chute again, in the near future when

Mom and Pops can agree on this

Was here before but my moms saw her gynocologist

He dumped me off

First they want me, then turn around and they don't

You got 120 days, y'all do what you want

But as for me coming back this be my last time

Abort me, keep me, give me away, make up your minds

[Chorus: Sample]

"I shot my way out my mom dukes"

[Verse 2]

Yo, hey must wanna keep me, 'cause four months past, I'm still alive

Guess I got what you call ill will to survive

When I look hard the lights is killing my eyes

I know when moms is laying down 'cause I get bored, start to get live

Move side to side hear loud music and vibe

All black babies are born with rhythm, that's no lie

Solar energize, mineralize food flowing through my mothers tube

I'm covered in this thick layer of goo

Month two was the least most comfortable

My umbilical cord choking me, but month three was closer, see

Thats when pops took moms to see the doc at the clinic

But I was saved, he changed his mind in the last minute

Watching 'em yell, heard my mom's voice well

Feared fist fights, so terrified when we fell

While they broke up furniture and smashed plates on the wall

I wondered, "If I am born, will I be safe at all?"

This place they call the world, through my view, was so large

Couldn't wait to get up, grow up and take charge

Month 5, month 6 went by, hoping I'm born in July

But the Lord already figured out a date and time

Septemeber 14th, '73

Get ready, world, doctor's in the front waiting for me

Arms open 'cause they know when I drop, a lot of shit's gonna stop

See how the goverment will start retraining cops

Month 9, I'm a week overdue, the labor induced

Pops told my moms push and take deep breaths, too

Said stay calm, holding her arm, I'm trying to hold on

Surgical gloves touching my scalp, my head pops out

Everything is blurry, my first breath screams out

Tears pouring down my pop's face, he's so proud

Wanted to hold me, but I was so bloody

They washed me off and he say, "At least that nigga ain't ugly"

Placed me in his arms, snuggly, laid me on my mother

Finally, I got to see who held me in her body

She loved me

And, yo, I plan to overthrow the devil

And y'all 'bout to see this world in trouble, motherfuckers