Bridging the Gap

The light is there, yeah yeah
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
NasI told him as a youngster, hell be the greatest man alive
Lets go, hey hey hey hey
Tribrary of these rap skits , styles
I mastered
Many brothers snatched it up and tried to match it
But Im still number one, everyday real
Speak what
I want, I dont care what yall feel
Cause Im 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 fathers music
Like Prince searchin through boxes of
Purple Rain
But my Minneapolis was
The Bridge, home of the
SuperkidsSome are well-known, some doin bids
I mighta ended up on the wrong side of the tracks
If Pops wouldntve 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
NasI told him as a youngster, hell be the greatest man alive
Greatest man alive, gre-gre -gre-gre-greatest man alive
The blues came from gospel, gospel from blues
Slaves are harmonizin them ah's and oohs
Old school, new school, know school rules
All these years
I been voicin my blues
Im 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 typea 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 nonea them would like my style
Read more books than the curriculum profile
Said, 'Mr. Jones please come get your childCause hes writin mad poems and his verses are wild'
I was born in
Mississippi
I was young and runnin wild
Moved to New
York City, where
I had my first child
I named the boy
Nasir, all the boys call him
NasI told him as a youngster, hell 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
OluCome on, tell em bout all 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 dont stop
Olu Dara in the house, you dont stop
Muddy Waters
Howling Wolf you dont stop
From the Blues to
Street Hop you dont stop
Tell em Pop
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
NasI told him as a youngster, hell be the greatest man alive
Greatest man alive, gre-gre-gre-gre -greatest man alive
Rest in peace
Ray Charles