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 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
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 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"
Greatest man ? The great-greatest man alive
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
this song is about his relationship with his father: "I got to know my father more in that whole period, I got to learn more about him and his life and his career and why he made certain decisions, things that I never asked before. It brought me closer to him, and also just made me look at life different, just watching him and how he'd come up, and the musical decisions that he chose to be where he is. (songfacts)
bridgingThe Gap" with his father
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