Bridging The Gap Lyrics

Song	Bridging The Gap
Artist	Nas
Artist	Olu Dara
Album	CREED: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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[00:00.00]	作词 : Nasir Jones/Olu Dara/Salaam Remi
[00:00.00]	作曲 : Nasir Jones/Olu Dara/Salaam Remi
[00:00.00]	The light is there, yeah yeah
[00:10.50]	See I come from
[00:11.37]	Mississippi
[00:13.56]	I was young and runnin' wild
[00:16.89]	Ended up in
[00:17.46]	New York City, where
[00:20.13]	I had my first child
[00:23.19]	I named the boy
[00:24.09]	Nasir, all the boys call him
[00:27.51]	NasI told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man alive
[00:35.13]	Let's go, hey hey hey hey
[00:45.72]	Tribrary of these rap skits, styles
[00:47.79]	I mastered
[00:48.51]	Many brothers snatched it up and tried to match it
[00:51.06]	But I'm still number one, everyday real
[00:53.61]	Speak what
[00:54.21]	I want, I don't care what y'all feel'
[00:55.80]	Cause I'm my own master
[00:57.66]	My Pop told me, "Be your own boss keep integrity at every cost"
[01:01.17]	And his home was
[01:02.04]	Natchez Mississippi
[01:03.93]	Did it like
[01:04.56]	Miles and
[01:05.07]	Dizzy, now we gettin' busy
[01:06.63]	Bridging The
[01:07.14]	Gap from the blues, to jazz, to rap
[01:09.54]	The history of music on this track
[01:11.91]	Born in the game, discovered my father's music
[01:14.61]	Like Prince searchin' through boxes of
[01:16.20]	Purple Rain
[01:17.10]	But my Minneapolis was
[01:18.45]	The Bridge, home of the
[01:19.32]	SuperkidsSome are well-known, some doin' bids
[01:21.84]	I mighta ended up on the wrong side of the tracks
[01:24.36]	If Pops wouldn't've pulled me back an said yo
[01:27.51]	See I come from
[01:28.14]	Mississippi
[01:30.12]	I was young and runnin' wild
[01:32.70]	Ended up in
[01:33.21]	New York City, where
[01:35.43]	I had my first child
[01:37.68]	I named the boy
[01:38.67]	Nasir, all the boys call him
[01:41.28]	NasI told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man alive
[01:48.03]	Greatest man alive, gre- gre-gre-gre-greatest man alive
[01:52.77]	The blues came from gospel, gospel from blues
[01:55.23]	Slaves are harmonizin' them ah's and ooh's
[01:57.81]	Old school, new school, know school rules
[02:00.69]	All these years
[02:01.44]	I been voicin' my blues
[02:02.70]	I'm a artist from the start, hip-hop guided my heart
[02:05.40]	Graffiti on the wall, coulda ended in
[02:07.41]	Spoffard, juvenile delinquent
[02:10.44]	But Pops gave me the right type'a tools to think with
[02:13.23]	Books to read, like
[02:14.58]	X and stuff'
[02:15.51]	Cause the schools said the kids had dyslexia
[02:17.94]	In art class
[02:18.75]	I was a compulsive sketcher of
[02:20.76]	Teachers in my homeroom,
[02:22.11]	I drew pix to mess them up'
[02:23.94]	Cause none'a them would like my style
[02:25.80]	Read more books than the curriculum profile
[02:28.29]	Said, " Mr. Jones please come get your child'Cause he's writin' mad poems and his verses are wild"
[02:34.17]	I was born in
[02:34.95]	Mississippi
[02:36.84]	I was young and runnin' wild
[02:39.24]	Moved to New
[02:40.08]	York City, where
[02:42.27]	I had my first child
[02:44.49]	I named the boy
[02:45.39]	Nasir, all the boys call him
[02:48.00]	NasI told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man alive
[02:54.45]	Greatest man, the great -greatest man alive
[02:57.90]	Hey hey hey, my
[02:59.25]	Poppa was not a
[03:00.09]	Rollin' Stone
[03:01.20]	He been around the world blowin' his horn, still he came home
[03:04.56]	Then he got grown, changed his name to
[03:06.24]	OluCome on, tell 'em 'bout all the places you gone to
[03:09.24]	I been to
[03:09.57]	Saudi Arabia,
[03:10.86]	Mozambique
[03:12.21]	Madagascar,
[03:13.32]	Paris, Greece
[03:14.70]	The Middle
[03:15.21]	Africa is where we lived
[03:17.43]	Better known as
[03:18.84]	Queenbridge
[03:20.28]	Nas, Nas you don't stop
[03:22.14]	Olu Dara in the house, you don't stop
[03:24.72]	Muddy Waters'
[03:25.47]	Howling Wolf you don't stop
[03:27.30]	From the Blues to
[03:28.02]	Street Hop you don't stop
[03:29.58]	Tell 'em Pop
[03:30.69]	See I come from
[03:31.35]	Mississippi
[03:33.27]	I was young and runnin' wild
[03:35.91]	Ended up in
[03:36.42]	New York City, where
[03:38.64]	I had my first child
[03:40.95]	I named the boy
[03:41.85]	Nasir, all the boys call him
[03:44.49]	NasI told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man alive
[03:50.40]	Greatest man alive, gre -gre-gre -gre-greatest man alive
[03:57.27]	Rest in peace
[03:58.32]	Ray Charles

[00:00.00]	zuo ci : Nasir Jones Olu Dara Salaam Remi
[00:00.00]	zuo qu : Nasir Jones Olu Dara Salaam Remi
[00:00.00]	The light is there, yeah yeah
[00:10.50]	See I come from
[00:11.37]	Mississippi
[00:13.56]	I was young and runnin' wild
[00:16.89]	Ended up in
[00:17.46]	New York City, where
[00:20.13]	I had my first child
[00:23.19]	I named the boy
[00:24.09]	Nasir, all the boys call him
[00:27.51]	NasI told him as a youngster, he' ll be the greatest man alive
[00:35.13]	Let' s go, hey hey hey hey
[00:45.72]	Tribrary of these rap skits, styles
[00:47.79]	I mastered
[00:48.51]	Many brothers snatched it up and tried to match it
[00:51.06]	But I' m still number one, everyday real
[00:53.61]	Speak what
[00:54.21]	I want, I don' t care what y' all feel'
[00:55.80]	Cause I' m my own master
[00:57.66]	My Pop told me, " Be your own boss keep integrity at every cost"
[01:01.17]	And his home was
[01:02.04]	Natchez Mississippi
[01:03.93]	Did it like
[01:04.56]	Miles and
[01:05.07]	Dizzy, now we gettin' busy
[01:06.63]	Bridging The
[01:07.14]	Gap from the blues, to jazz, to rap
[01:09.54]	The history of music on this track
[01:11.91]	Born in the game, discovered my father' s music
[01:14.61]	Like Prince searchin' through boxes of
[01:16.20]	Purple Rain
[01:17.10]	But my Minneapolis was
[01:18.45]	The Bridge, home of the
[01:19.32]	SuperkidsSome are wellknown, some doin' bids
[01:21.84]	I mighta ended up on the wrong side of the tracks
[01:24.36]	If Pops wouldn' t' ve pulled me back an said yo
[01:27.51]	See I come from
[01:28.14]	Mississippi
[01:30.12]	I was young and runnin' wild
[01:32.70]	Ended up in
[01:33.21]	New York City, where
[01:35.43]	I had my first child
[01:37.68]	I named the boy
[01:38.67]	Nasir, all the boys call him
[01:41.28]	NasI told him as a youngster, he' ll be the greatest man alive
[01:48.03]	Greatest man alive, gre gregregregreatest man alive
[01:52.77]	The blues came from gospel, gospel from blues
[01:55.23]	Slaves are harmonizin' them ah' s and ooh' s
[01:57.81]	Old school, new school, know school rules
[02:00.69]	All these years
[02:01.44]	I been voicin' my blues
[02:02.70]	I' m a artist from the start, hiphop guided my heart
[02:05.40]	Graffiti on the wall, coulda ended in
[02:07.41]	Spoffard, juvenile delinquent
[02:10.44]	But Pops gave me the right type' a tools to think with
[02:13.23]	Books to read, like
[02:14.58]	X and stuff'
[02:15.51]	Cause the schools said the kids had dyslexia
[02:17.94]	In art class
[02:18.75]	I was a compulsive sketcher of
[02:20.76]	Teachers in my homeroom,
[02:22.11]	I drew pix to mess them up'
[02:23.94]	Cause none' a them would like my style
[02:25.80]	Read more books than the curriculum profile
[02:28.29]	Said, " Mr. Jones please come get your child' Cause he' s writin' mad poems and his verses are wild"
[02:34.17]	I was born in
[02:34.95]	Mississippi
[02:36.84]	I was young and runnin' wild
[02:39.24]	Moved to New
[02:40.08]	York City, where
[02:42.27]	I had my first child
[02:44.49]	I named the boy
[02:45.39]	Nasir, all the boys call him
[02:48.00]	NasI told him as a youngster, he' ll be the greatest man alive
[02:54.45]	Greatest man, the great greatest man alive
[02:57.90]	Hey hey hey, my
[02:59.25]	Poppa was not a
[03:00.09]	Rollin' Stone
[03:01.20]	He been around the world blowin' his horn, still he came home
[03:04.56]	Then he got grown, changed his name to
[03:06.24]	OluCome on, tell ' em ' bout all the places you gone to
[03:09.24]	I been to
[03:09.57]	Saudi Arabia,
[03:10.86]	Mozambique
[03:12.21]	Madagascar,
[03:13.32]	Paris, Greece
[03:14.70]	The Middle
[03:15.21]	Africa is where we lived
[03:17.43]	Better known as
[03:18.84]	Queenbridge
[03:20.28]	Nas, Nas you don' t stop
[03:22.14]	Olu Dara in the house, you don' t stop
[03:24.72]	Muddy Waters'
[03:25.47]	Howling Wolf you don' t stop
[03:27.30]	From the Blues to
[03:28.02]	Street Hop you don' t stop
[03:29.58]	Tell ' em Pop
[03:30.69]	See I come from
[03:31.35]	Mississippi
[03:33.27]	I was young and runnin' wild
[03:35.91]	Ended up in
[03:36.42]	New York City, where
[03:38.64]	I had my first child
[03:40.95]	I named the boy
[03:41.85]	Nasir, all the boys call him
[03:44.49]	NasI told him as a youngster, he' ll be the greatest man alive
[03:50.40]	Greatest man alive, gre gregre gregreatest man alive
[03:57.27]	Rest in peace
[03:58.32]	Ray Charles

[00:00.00]	zuò cí : Nasir Jones Olu Dara Salaam Remi
[00:00.00]	zuò qǔ : Nasir Jones Olu Dara Salaam Remi
[00:00.00]	The light is there, yeah yeah
[00:10.50]	See I come from
[00:11.37]	Mississippi
[00:13.56]	I was young and runnin' wild
[00:16.89]	Ended up in
[00:17.46]	New York City, where
[00:20.13]	I had my first child
[00:23.19]	I named the boy
[00:24.09]	Nasir, all the boys call him
[00:27.51]	NasI told him as a youngster, he' ll be the greatest man alive
[00:35.13]	Let' s go, hey hey hey hey
[00:45.72]	Tribrary of these rap skits, styles
[00:47.79]	I mastered
[00:48.51]	Many brothers snatched it up and tried to match it
[00:51.06]	But I' m still number one, everyday real
[00:53.61]	Speak what
[00:54.21]	I want, I don' t care what y' all feel'
[00:55.80]	Cause I' m my own master
[00:57.66]	My Pop told me, " Be your own boss keep integrity at every cost"
[01:01.17]	And his home was
[01:02.04]	Natchez Mississippi
[01:03.93]	Did it like
[01:04.56]	Miles and
[01:05.07]	Dizzy, now we gettin' busy
[01:06.63]	Bridging The
[01:07.14]	Gap from the blues, to jazz, to rap
[01:09.54]	The history of music on this track
[01:11.91]	Born in the game, discovered my father' s music
[01:14.61]	Like Prince searchin' through boxes of
[01:16.20]	Purple Rain
[01:17.10]	But my Minneapolis was
[01:18.45]	The Bridge, home of the
[01:19.32]	SuperkidsSome are wellknown, some doin' bids
[01:21.84]	I mighta ended up on the wrong side of the tracks
[01:24.36]	If Pops wouldn' t' ve pulled me back an said yo
[01:27.51]	See I come from
[01:28.14]	Mississippi
[01:30.12]	I was young and runnin' wild
[01:32.70]	Ended up in
[01:33.21]	New York City, where
[01:35.43]	I had my first child
[01:37.68]	I named the boy
[01:38.67]	Nasir, all the boys call him
[01:41.28]	NasI told him as a youngster, he' ll be the greatest man alive
[01:48.03]	Greatest man alive, gre gregregregreatest man alive
[01:52.77]	The blues came from gospel, gospel from blues
[01:55.23]	Slaves are harmonizin' them ah' s and ooh' s
[01:57.81]	Old school, new school, know school rules
[02:00.69]	All these years
[02:01.44]	I been voicin' my blues
[02:02.70]	I' m a artist from the start, hiphop guided my heart
[02:05.40]	Graffiti on the wall, coulda ended in
[02:07.41]	Spoffard, juvenile delinquent
[02:10.44]	But Pops gave me the right type' a tools to think with
[02:13.23]	Books to read, like
[02:14.58]	X and stuff'
[02:15.51]	Cause the schools said the kids had dyslexia
[02:17.94]	In art class
[02:18.75]	I was a compulsive sketcher of
[02:20.76]	Teachers in my homeroom,
[02:22.11]	I drew pix to mess them up'
[02:23.94]	Cause none' a them would like my style
[02:25.80]	Read more books than the curriculum profile
[02:28.29]	Said, " Mr. Jones please come get your child' Cause he' s writin' mad poems and his verses are wild"
[02:34.17]	I was born in
[02:34.95]	Mississippi
[02:36.84]	I was young and runnin' wild
[02:39.24]	Moved to New
[02:40.08]	York City, where
[02:42.27]	I had my first child
[02:44.49]	I named the boy
[02:45.39]	Nasir, all the boys call him
[02:48.00]	NasI told him as a youngster, he' ll be the greatest man alive
[02:54.45]	Greatest man, the great greatest man alive
[02:57.90]	Hey hey hey, my
[02:59.25]	Poppa was not a
[03:00.09]	Rollin' Stone
[03:01.20]	He been around the world blowin' his horn, still he came home
[03:04.56]	Then he got grown, changed his name to
[03:06.24]	OluCome on, tell ' em ' bout all the places you gone to
[03:09.24]	I been to
[03:09.57]	Saudi Arabia,
[03:10.86]	Mozambique
[03:12.21]	Madagascar,
[03:13.32]	Paris, Greece
[03:14.70]	The Middle
[03:15.21]	Africa is where we lived
[03:17.43]	Better known as
[03:18.84]	Queenbridge
[03:20.28]	Nas, Nas you don' t stop
[03:22.14]	Olu Dara in the house, you don' t stop
[03:24.72]	Muddy Waters'
[03:25.47]	Howling Wolf you don' t stop
[03:27.30]	From the Blues to
[03:28.02]	Street Hop you don' t stop
[03:29.58]	Tell ' em Pop
[03:30.69]	See I come from
[03:31.35]	Mississippi
[03:33.27]	I was young and runnin' wild
[03:35.91]	Ended up in
[03:36.42]	New York City, where
[03:38.64]	I had my first child
[03:40.95]	I named the boy
[03:41.85]	Nasir, all the boys call him
[03:44.49]	NasI told him as a youngster, he' ll be the greatest man alive
[03:50.40]	Greatest man alive, gre gregre gregreatest man alive
[03:57.27]	Rest in peace
[03:58.32]	Ray Charles

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