Bridging The Gap （小差距）-Nas The light is there 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 （Nas 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 s are wild 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 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
[00:00.00]Bridging The Gap （小差距）-Nas [00:02.550]The light is there [00:09.50]See I come from Mississippi [00:11.939]I was young and runnin'wild [00:14.979]Ended up in New York City where I had my first child [00:21.209]I named the boy Nasir all the boys call him Nas [00:27.709]I told him as a youngster he'll be the greatest man alive [00:33.469]Let's go Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey [00:44.199]Tribrary of these rap skits styles I mastered [00:46.438]Many brothers snatched it up and tried to match it [00:49.247]But I'm still number one everyday real [00:51.777]Speak what I want I don't care what y'all feel [00:54.187]Cause I'm my own master my Pop told me be your own boss [00:57.756]Keep integrity at every cost and his home was Natchez Mississippi [01:02.96]Did it like Miles and Dizzy now we gettin'busy [01:04.726]Bridging The Gap from the blues to jazz to rap [01:07.515]The history of music on this track [01:10.414]Born in the game discovered my father's music [01:12.994]Like Prince searchin'through boxes of Purple Rain [01:15.514]But my Minneapolis was The Bridge home of the Superkids [01:18.383]Some are well-known some doin'bids [01:20.213]I mighta ended up on the wrong side of the tracks [01:22.473]If Pops wouldn't've pulled me back an said yo [01:25.511]See I come from Mississippi [01:28.71]I was young and runnin'wild [01:30.631]Ended up in New York City where I had my first child [01:36.90]I named the boy Nasir all the boys call him Nas [01:41.10]I told him as a youngster he'll be the greatest man alive [01:46.480]Greatest man alive （Nas Yeah turn it up ） [01:50.130]Gre-Gre-Gre-Gre-Greatest man alive [01:50.900]The blues came from gospel gospel from blues [01:53.750]Slaves are harmonizin'them ah's and ooh's [01:55.890]Old school new school know school rules [01:58.990]All these years I been voicin'my blues [02:00.989]I'm a artist from the start Hip-Hop guided my heart [02:03.659]Graffiti on the wall coulda ended in Spoffard juvenile delinquent [02:08.748]But Pops gave me the right type'a tools to think with [02:11.628]Books to read like X and stuff [02:13.847]Cause the schools said the kids had dyslexia [02:16.317]In art class I was a compulsive sketcher of [02:18.987]Teachers in my homeroom I drew pix to mess them up [02:21.976]Cause none'a them would like my style [02:24.56]Read more books than the curriculum profile [02:26.596]Said Mr Jones please come get your child [02:29.145]Cause he's writin'mad poems and his s are wild [02:32.714]See I come from Mississippi [02:34.874]I was young and runnin'wild [02:37.354]Ended up in New York City where I had my first child [02:42.604]I named the boy Nasir all the boys call him Nas [02:47.704]I told him as a youngster he'll be the greatest man alive [02:52.934]Greatest man The great-greatest man alive [02:56.333]Hey-Hey-Hey --My Poppa was not a Rollin'Stone [02:59.571]He been around the world blowin'his horn still he came home [03:02.301]Then he got grown changed his name to Olu [03:05.251]Come on tell 'em 'bout the places you gone to [03:07.741]I been to Saudi Arabia Mozambique [03:10.430]Madagascar Paris Greece [03:13.60]The Middle Africa is where we lived [03:15.810]Better known as Queenbridge [03:18.569]Nas Nas you don't stop [03:20.559]Olu Dara in the house you don't stop [03:23.109]Muddy Waters'Howling Wolf you don't stop [03:25.677]From the Blues to Street Hop you don't stop [03:28.17]Tell 'em Pop [03:28.757]See I come from Mississippi （Let 'em know） [03:31.447]I was young and runnin'wild （Runnin'wild） [03:34.167]Ended up in New York City （Yeah ） [03:36.437]Where I had my first child （That's me） [03:39.57]I named the boy Nasir （Yeah Daddy ） [03:41.846]All the boys call him Nas （Luh ya boy） [03:44.376]I told him as a youngster [03:46.605]He'll be the greatest man alive （You the greatest Pop） [03:49.105]Greatest man alive （You the greatest Pop） [03:51.893]Gre-Gre-Gre-Gre-Greatest man alive
