Freedom or jail, clip's inserted, a baby's being born Same time a man is murdered, the beginning and end As far as rap go, it's only natural I explain My plateau, and also, what defines my name First it was Nasty, but times have changed Ask me now, I'm

It's the beginning It's the beginning Lines drawn in the sand Keep the sun at your back Keep your feet firmly planted in the sky You're God in my eyes Let the church say Amen Release all my sins at the pulpit

Goodbye for now Let's say goodbye for now It hurts down to my soul Watching us go But we'll hurt more if we stay Goodbye for now Doesn't mean you lose my security Doesn't mean we will never speak And that's the beginning of the end

Burn me alive Set me on fire And watch me die Watch me resurrect Right before your eyes And watch me burn And watch me I feel this is the beginning The beginning through the end

I feel like history on the turntables Old school to new school Like nothing ever been realer On the history of the turntables I'm the mystery of what's inside the speaker cables I'm Nina Simone in the park, and Harlem in the dark I'm the musical to the

eat the weak! Fuck the flesh! Slit the throat! Consume the dead! lead: Nergal The all prophetic incantation I was here before the beginning came And I am the one to come after all myths and gods

I'm not waiting, I'm coming for you my love All this waiting is taking its toll This is beginning, we realize We're celebrating the modest life A chance at your wishes, a wish for more Everyone's waiting at an open door A sneaking suspicion is in your

This is survival of the fittest This is do or die This is the winner takes it all So take it all Wasn't ready to be no millionaire, I was ill-prepared I was prepared to be ill though, the skill was there From the beginning, it wasn't 'bout the ends It

I can see the future I can feel your heart stop I can change the whole world I'll rewrite the scripture I'm a beacon of light I'll erase the old ways Like a new beginning In the dark of winter I'm the dark of winter

But now that you left me 'Till your well runs dry I keep missing my water And I want my water And I'm little thirsty, now In the beginning You really loved me, oh I was too blind I could not see, now