Nas - Bridging The Gap (Feat. Olu Dara) Lyrics
[Olu Dara]see i come from Missisippi,(Bam bam babam)I was young and running wild,(Bam bam babam)in and out of New York City(Bam bam babam)where i had my first child(Bam bam babam)I named the boy Nasir,(Bam bam babam)all the boys call him Nas(Bam bam babam)I told him as a youngster,(Bam bam babam)he'll be the greatest man alive(Bam bam babam)[Nas]Let's go.....heh heh heh heh,Tribrary of these rap skits, styles I masteredmany brothers smashed it up'n tried to match itbut i'm still number one everyday realspeak what i want i don't care what they feelcoz i'm my ownnn mastermy pop told me be your own bosskeep integrity at every costand his home was Natches Missisippi,get it like "Miles" and "Dizzy"now we gettin' buzy - Bridging the gapfrom the blues to Jazz to Rapthe history of music on this trackborn in the gamediscovered my father's musiclike Prince searches thru Rock in the 'Purple Rain'but Minneapolis was the bridgehome to the "Super Kid" some were well knownsome doing bids,I might of ended up on the wrong side of the tracksIf pops wouldn't of pulled me back and said Yo!(Greatest man alive .. Great-Great-Great-Great-Greatest man alive!)Blues came from Gospel, Gospel from BluesSlaves were harmonizin' them ah's and ooh'sold skool new skool no skool rulesall these years i've been voicin' my bluesI'm an artist from the start, Hiphop got in my heart,Graffiti on the wall, coulda ended in (laughs)Juvenile Delinquentbut pops gave me the right type of tools to think withbooks to read like 'S' n' stuffcoz the skool's said the kids had Dislexiain art class i was a compulsive sketcher of.. teachersin my homeroom i drew pictures to mess 'em upcoz none of them would like my styleread more books than a curriculum profilesaying "Mr Jones please come get your child""Coz he's writing mad poems and his verses are wild"(haha)(Greatest man great great greatest man alive....)Heh heh heh,My Pop was not a Rollin' StoneHe been around the world blowin' his horn, still he came homeThen he got grown, changed his name to OluCome on, tell 'em 'bout the places you gone to[Olu Dara]Saudi Arabia, Mozambeke, Madagascar, Paris, Greece,(Uh huh)The Middle Africa is where we livedbetter known as "Queensbridge"Nas, Nas, you don't stop'Olu Dara' in the house, you don't stop,'Muddy Waters,' 'Howlin' Wolf,' you don't stop,from the Blues to street hop, you don't stopTell 'em Pa,[Olu Dara]see i come from Missisippi,(Bam bam babam)I was young and running wild,(Running wild!)(Bam bam babam)in and out of New York City(Bam bam babam)where i had my first child(Bam bam babam)I named the boy Nasir,(Bam bam babam)all the boys call him Nas(Bam bam babam)I told him as a youngster,(Bam bam babam)he'll be the greatest man alive(Bam bam babam)(You're the greatest pop,)Greatest man alive(You're the greatest pop,)Great great great great greatest man alive(Rest In Peace 'Ray Charles')
