Song | Bridging The Gap |
Artist | YoungStar |
Album | Cadillac Records (Music from the Motion Picture) |
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[00:04.47] | The light is there. |
[00:11.34] | See I come from Mississippi |
[00:13.97] | I was young and runnin' wild |
[00:17.22] | Ended up in New York City, where I had my first child |
[00:23.66] | I named the boy Nasir, all the boys call him Nas |
[00:30.04] | I told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man alive |
[00:35.04] | Let's go!... Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey -- |
[00:46.53] | Tribrary of these rap skits, styles I mastered |
[00:48.79] | Many brothers snatched it up and tried to match it |
[00:51.35] | But I'm still number one, everyday real |
[00:53.10] | Speak what I want, I don't care what y'all feel |
[00:56.35] | Cause I'm my own master, my Pop told me be your own boss |
[00:59.79] | Keep integrity at every cost, and his home was Natchez Mississippi |
[01:04.10] | Did it like Miles and Dizzy, now we gettin' busy |
[01:06.97] | Bridging The Gap from the blues, to jazz, to rap |
[01:09.72] | The history of music on this track |
[01:12.10] | Born in the game, discovered my father's music |
[01:14.10] | Like Prince searchin' through boxes of Purple Rain |
[01:16.91] | But my Minneapolis was The Bridge, home of the Superkids |
[01:20.22] | Some are well-known, some doin' bids |
[01:21.91] | I mighta ended up on the wrong side of the tracks |
[01:24.41] | If Pops wouldn't've pulled me back an said yo |
[01:27.10] | Greatest man alive (Nas Yeah, turn it up!) |
[01:52.26] | Gre-Gre-Gre-Gre-Greatest man alive! |
[01:53.32] | The blues came from gospel, gospel from blues |
[01:54.94] | Slaves are harmonizin' them ah's and ooh's |
[01:57.69] | Old school, new school, know school rules |
[01:59.82] | All these years I been voicin' my blues |
[02:03.00] | I'm a artist from the start, Hip-Hop guided my heart |
[02:05.50] | Graffiti on the wall, coulda ended in Spoffard, juvenile delinquent |
[02:09.63] | But Pops gave me the right type'a tools to think with |
[02:12.95] | Books to read, like X and stuff |
[02:15.70] | Cause the schools said the kids had dyslexia |
[02:18.26] | In art class I was a compulsive sketcher of |
[02:20.95] | Teachers in my homeroom, I drew pix to mess them up |
[02:24.01] | Cause none'a them would like my style |
[02:26.01] | Read more books than the curriculum profile |
[02:28.51] | Said, Mr. Jones please come get your child |
[02:31.13] | Cause he's writin' mad poems and his s are wild |
[02:33.99] | |
[02:54.99] | Greatest man ? The great-greatest man alive |
[02:57.80] | Hey-Hey-Hey -- My Poppa was not a Rollin' Stone |
[03:01.24] | He been around the world blowin' his horn, still he came home |
[03:04.62] | Then he got grown, changed his name to Olu |
[03:07.05] | Come on, tell 'em 'bout the places you gone to |
[03:09.56] | I been to Saudi Arabia, Mozambique |
[03:12.30] | Madagascar, Paris, Greece |
[03:14.74] | The Middle Africa is where we lived |
[03:17.55] | Better known as Queenbridge |
[03:20.49] | Nas, Nas you don't stop |
[03:22.37] | Olu Dara in the house, you don't stop |
[03:24.93] | Muddy Waters' Howling Wolf you don't stop |
[03:27.55] | From the Blues to Street Hop you don't stop |
[03:30.12] | Tell 'em Pop |
[03:30.93] | See I come from Mississippi (Let 'em know) |
[03:33.99] | I was young and runnin' wild (Runnin' wild) |
[03:36.30] | Ended up in New York City (Yeah!) |
[03:38.80] | Where I had my first child (That's me) |
[03:41.68] | I named the boy Nasir (Yeah, Daddy!) |
[03:44.24] | All the boys call him Nas (Luh ya, boy) |
[03:47.05] | I told him as a youngster |
[03:48.37] | He'll be the greatest man alive (You the greatest, Pop) |
[03:52.12] | Greatest man alive (You the greatest, Pop) |
[03:53.91] | Gre-Gre-Gre-Gre-Greatest man alive! |
[03:56.54] | Rest In Peace Ray Charles |
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[00:04.47] | The light is there. |
[00:11.34] | See I come from Mississippi |
[00:13.97] | I was young and runnin' wild |
[00:17.22] | Ended up in New York City, where I had my first child |
[00:23.66] | I named the boy Nasir, all the boys call him Nas |
[00:30.04] | I told him as a youngster, he' ll be the greatest man alive |
[00:35.04] | Let' s go!... HeyHeyHeyHey |
[00:46.53] | Tribrary of these rap skits, styles I mastered |
[00:48.79] | Many brothers snatched it up and tried to match it |
[00:51.35] | But I' m still number one, everyday real |
[00:53.10] | Speak what I want, I don' t care what y' all feel |
[00:56.35] | Cause I' m my own master, my Pop told me be your own boss |
[00:59.79] | Keep integrity at every cost, and his home was Natchez Mississippi |
[01:04.10] | Did it like Miles and Dizzy, now we gettin' busy |
[01:06.97] | Bridging The Gap from the blues, to jazz, to rap |
[01:09.72] | The history of music on this track |
[01:12.10] | Born in the game, discovered my father' s music |
[01:14.10] | Like Prince searchin' through boxes of Purple Rain |
[01:16.91] | But my Minneapolis was The Bridge, home of the Superkids |
[01:20.22] | Some are wellknown, some doin' bids |
[01:21.91] | I mighta ended up on the wrong side of the tracks |
[01:24.41] | If Pops wouldn' t' ve pulled me back an said yo |
[01:27.10] | Greatest man alive Nas Yeah, turn it up! |
[01:52.26] | GreGreGreGreGreatest man alive! |
[01:53.32] | The blues came from gospel, gospel from blues |
[01:54.94] | Slaves are harmonizin' them ah' s and ooh' s |
[01:57.69] | Old school, new school, know school rules |
[01:59.82] | All these years I been voicin' my blues |
[02:03.00] | I' m a artist from the start, HipHop guided my heart |
[02:05.50] | Graffiti on the wall, coulda ended in Spoffard, juvenile delinquent |
[02:09.63] | But Pops gave me the right type' a tools to think with |
[02:12.95] | Books to read, like X and stuff |
[02:15.70] | Cause the schools said the kids had dyslexia |
[02:18.26] | In art class I was a compulsive sketcher of |
[02:20.95] | Teachers in my homeroom, I drew pix to mess them up |
[02:24.01] | Cause none' a them would like my style |
[02:26.01] | Read more books than the curriculum profile |
[02:28.51] | Said, Mr. Jones please come get your child |
[02:31.13] | Cause he' s writin' mad poems and his s are wild |
[02:33.99] | |
[02:54.99] | Greatest man ? The greatgreatest man alive |
[02:57.80] | HeyHeyHey My Poppa was not a Rollin' Stone |
[03:01.24] | He been around the world blowin' his horn, still he came home |
[03:04.62] | Then he got grown, changed his name to Olu |
[03:07.05] | Come on, tell ' em ' bout the places you gone to |
[03:09.56] | I been to Saudi Arabia, Mozambique |
[03:12.30] | Madagascar, Paris, Greece |
[03:14.74] | The Middle Africa is where we lived |
[03:17.55] | Better known as Queenbridge |
[03:20.49] | Nas, Nas you don' t stop |
[03:22.37] | Olu Dara in the house, you don' t stop |
[03:24.93] | Muddy Waters' Howling Wolf you don' t stop |
[03:27.55] | From the Blues to Street Hop you don' t stop |
[03:30.12] | Tell ' em Pop |
[03:30.93] | See I come from Mississippi Let ' em know |
[03:33.99] | I was young and runnin' wild Runnin' wild |
[03:36.30] | Ended up in New York City Yeah! |
[03:38.80] | Where I had my first child That' s me |
[03:41.68] | I named the boy Nasir Yeah, Daddy! |
[03:44.24] | All the boys call him Nas Luh ya, boy |
[03:47.05] | I told him as a youngster |
[03:48.37] | He' ll be the greatest man alive You the greatest, Pop |
[03:52.12] | Greatest man alive You the greatest, Pop |
[03:53.91] | GreGreGreGreGreatest man alive! |
[03:56.54] | Rest In Peace Ray Charles |