[00:00:01] Bridging The Gap - Nas [00:00:02] The light is there [00:00:09] See I come from Mississippi [00:00:11] I was young and runnin' wild [00:00:14] Ended up in New York City where I had my first child [00:00:21] I named the boy Nasir all the boys call him Nas [00:00:27] I told him as a youngster he'll be the greatest man alive [00:00:33] Let's go Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey [00:00:44] Tribrary of these rap skits styles I mastered [00:00:46] Many brothers snatched it up and tried to match it [00:00:49] But I'm still number one everyday real [00:00:51] Speak what I want I don't care what y'all feel [00:00:54] Cause I'm my own master my Pop told me be your own boss [00:00:57] Keep integrity at every cost and his home was Natchez Mississippi [00:01:02] Did it like Miles and Dizzy now we gettin' busy [00:01:04] Bridging The Gap from the blues to jazz to rap [00:01:07] The history of music on this track [00:01:10] Born in the game discovered my father's music [00:01:12] Like Prince searchin' through boxes of Purple Rain [00:01:15] But my Minneapolis was The Bridge home of the Superkids [00:01:18] Some are well-known some doin' bids [00:01:20] I mighta ended up on the wrong side of the tracks [00:01:22] If Pops wouldn't've pulled me back an said yo [00:01:25] See I come from Mississippi [00:01:28] I was young and runnin' wild [00:01:30] Ended up in New York City where I had my first child [00:01:36] I named the boy Nasir all the boys call him Nas [00:01:41] I told him as a youngster he'll be the greatest man alive [00:01:46] Greatest man alive (Nas Yeah turn it up ) [00:01:50] Gre-Gre-Gre-Gre-Greatest man alive [00:01:50] The blues came from gospel gospel from blues [00:01:53] Slaves are harmonizin' them ah's and ooh's [00:01:55] Old school new school know school rules [00:01:58] All these years I been voicin' my blues [00:02:00] I'm a artist from the start Hip-Hop guided my heart [00:02:03] Graffiti on the wall coulda ended in Spoffard juvenile delinquent [00:02:08] But Pops gave me the right type'a tools to think with [00:02:11] Books to read like X and stuff [00:02:13] Cause the schools said the kids had dyslexia [00:02:16] In art class I was a compulsive sketcher of [00:02:18] Teachers in my homeroom I drew pix to mess them up [00:02:21] Cause none'a them would like my style [00:02:24] Read more books than the curriculum profile [00:02:26] Said Mr Jones please come get your child [00:02:29] Cause he's writin' mad poems and his s are wild [00:02:32] See I come from Mississippi [00:02:34] I was young and runnin' wild [00:02:37] Ended up in New York City where I had my first child [00:02:42] I named the boy Nasir all the boys call him Nas [00:02:47] I told him as a youngster he'll be the greatest man alive [00:02:52] Greatest man The great-greatest man alive [00:02:56] Hey-Hey-Hey -- My Poppa was not a Rollin' Stone [00:02:59] He been around the world blowin' his horn still he came home [00:03:02] Then he got grown changed his name to Olu [00:03:05] Come on tell 'em 'bout the places you gone to [00:03:07] I been to Saudi Arabia Mozambique [00:03:10] Madagascar Paris Greece [00:03:13] The Middle Africa is where we lived [00:03:15] Better known as Queenbridge [00:03:18] Nas Nas you don't stop [00:03:20] Olu Dara in the house you don't stop [00:03:23] Muddy Waters' Howling Wolf you don't stop [00:03:25] From the Blues to Street Hop you don't stop [00:03:28] Tell 'em Pop [00:03:28] See I come from Mississippi (Let 'em know) [00:03:31] I was young and runnin' wild (Runnin' wild) [00:03:34] Ended up in New York City (Yeah ) [00:03:36] Where I had my first child (That's me) [00:03:39] I named the boy Nasir (Yeah Daddy ) [00:03:41] All the boys call him Nas (Luh ya boy) [00:03:44] I told him as a youngster [00:03:46] He'll be the greatest man alive (You the greatest Pop) [00:03:49] Greatest man alive (You the greatest Pop)