Bridging The Gap (feat. Olu Dara)

The light is there
 You see I come from Mississippi
 I was young and runnin' wild
 Ended up in New York City, where I had my first child
 I named the boy Nasir, all the boys call him Nas
 I told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man alive
 Let's go!
 Hey Hey Hey Hey
 Tribrary of these rap skits, styles I mastered
 Many brothers snatched it up and tried to match it
 But I'm still number one, everyday real
 Speak what I want, I don't care what y'all feel
 'Cause I'm my own master, my Pop told me be your own boss
 Keep integrity at every cost, and his home was Natchez Mississippi
 Did it like Miles and Dizzy, now we gettin' busy
 Bridging The Gap from the blues, to jazz, to rap
 The history of music on this track
 Born in the game, discovered my father's music
 Like Prince searchin' through boxes of Purple Rain
 But my Minneapolis was The Bridge, home of the Superkids
 Some are well-known, some doin' bids
 I mighta ended up on the wrong side of the tracks
 If Pops wouldn't've pulled me back an said yo
 See I come from Mississippi
 I was young and runnin' wild
 Ended up in New York City, where I had my first child
 I named the boy Nasir, all the boys call him Nas
 I told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man alive
 Greatest man alive (Yeah, turn it up!)
 Gre-Gre-Gre-Gre-Greatest man alive!
 The blues came from gospel, gospel from blues
 Slaves are harmonizin' them ah's and ooh's
 Old school, new school, know school rules
 All these years I been voicin' my blues
 I'm a artist from the start, Hip-Hop guided my heart
 Graffiti on the wall, coulda ended in Spoffard, juvenile delinquent
 But Pops gave me the right type'a tools to think with
 Books to read, like X and stuff
 'Cause the schools said the kids had dyslexia
 In art class I was a compulsive sketcher of
 Teachers in my homeroom, I drew pix to mess them up
 'Cause none'a them would like my style
 Read more books than the curriculum profile
 Said, "Mr. Jones please come get your child
 'Cause he's writin' mad poems and his verses are wild"
 I was born in Mississippi
 I was young and runnin' wild
 Moved New York City, where I had my first child
 I named the boy Nasir, all the boys call him Nas
 I told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man alive
 Greatest man, The great-greatest man alive
 Hey-Hey-Hey
 My Poppa was not a Rollin' Stone
 He been around the world blowin' his horn, still he came home
 Then he got grown, changed his name to Olu
 Come on, tell 'em 'bout the places you gone to
 I been to Saudi Arabia, Mozambique
 Madagascar, Paris, Greece
 The Middle Africa is where we lived
 Better known as Queenbridge
 Nas, Nas you don't stop
 Olu Dara in the house, you don't stop
 Muddy Waters' Howling Wolf you don't stop
 From the Blues to Street Hop you don't stop
 Tell 'em Pop
 See I come from Mississippi (Let 'em know)
 I was young and runnin' wild (Runnin' wild)
 Ended up in New York City (Yeah!)
 Where I had my first child (That's me)
 I named the boy Nasir (Yeah, Daddy!)
 All the boys call him Nas (Luh ya, boy)
 I told him as a youngster
 He'll be the greatest man alive (You the greatest, Pop)
 Greatest man alive (You the greatest, Pop)
 Gre-Gre-Gre-Gre-Greatest man alive!
 Rest In Peace Ray Charles