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NAS( Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones )



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NAS( Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones )

Bridging The Gap (Album Version)

NaS Feat. Olu Dara
The light is there

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 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 Super kids
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 yo

Greatest man alive
(Yeah, turn it up)
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
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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 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 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

See I come from Mississippi
(Let 'em know)
I was young and runnin' wild
(Runnin' wild)
Ended up in New York City
(Yeah)
Where I had my first child
(That's me)

I named the boy Nasir
(Yeah, Daddy!)
All the boys call him Nas
(Luh ya, boy)
I told him as a youngster
He'll be the greatest man alive
(You the greatest, Pop)
Greatest man alive, gre-gre-gre-gre-greatest man alive
(You the greatest, Pop)
Rest In Peace, Ray Charles





NAS( Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones )
Miscellaneous
Album songs
1.Just A Moment (Featuring Quan)
2.Nastradamus (Clean Version)
3.Street Glory
4.Among Kings
5.Proclamation
6.Money
7.Kids In Da PJ's
8.Da Bridge 2001
9.Wanna Play Ruff
10.Hardest Thing To Do Is Stay...
11.Flyest Angel
12.More Than I Can Say
13.Nature Shines
14.You Gotta Love It
15.Tribal War
16.The Promised Land
17.In Public
18.Oochie Wally (Remix)
19.Made You Look (Remix)
20.Im Gunna Be Alright
21.Teenage Thug
22.Less Than An Hour
23.Bridging The Gap (Album Version) (Modify)
24.Quick To Back Down
25.Remember The Times - Explicit Album Version
26.The Makings Of A Perfect Bitch - Clean Album Version
27.Getting Married - Explicit Album Version
28.The Makings Of A Perfect Bitch - Explicit Album Version
29.America - Album Version (Edited)
30.Sly Fox - Album Version (Edited)
31.N.I.*.*.E.R. (The Slave and the Master) - Album Version (Edited)
32.Y'all My Ni**as - Album Version (Edited)
33.Black President - Album Version (Edited)
34.No Introduction - Album Version (Edited)
35.A Queens Story - Album Version (Edited)
36.Daughters - Album Version (Edited)
37.The Don - Album Version (Edited)
38.Bye Baby - Album Version (Edited)
39.Nasty - Album Version (Edited)
40.The Black Bond - Album Version (Edited)
41.Roses - Album Version (Edited)
42.Nasty - Explicit Version
43.I'm a Villain (Instrumental)
44.Life's A Bitch - Explicit Remix
45.Star Wars - Explicit Album Version
46.I Can (The Juliano Creator Remix)
47.Rule (Radio Edit)
48.First Day Out
49.Zone Out (The Bravehearts)
50.Made Nas Proud
51.Life's a B****
52.The Don (album version) (explicit)
53.Life's a Bitch (radio)
54.It Ain't Hard to Tell (with Nas Is Like beat)
55.Foul Breeze
56.Ny State of Mind 2
57.Sweet Dreams
58.Intro (Illmatic Release Party)
59.The Season
60.The King
61.Find Ya Wealth (Instrumental)
62.Blood Diamonds Are Forever
63.Villian
64.Gangster Tears
65.If I Ruled the World (main mix)
66.Street Dreams (R. Kelly Remix)
67.Death Anniversary
68.Good Life
69.Nas
70.Flyest
71.Affirmative Action 2005
72.Understanding
73.The Rise and Fall (dirty version)
74.Mo Money Mo Murder
75.On the Road Again
76.Purple (clean)
77.Choir Song
78.Less Than an Hour (Theme from Rush Hour 3)
79.Secret Agent Man
80.Hero (clean) (Promo Only clean edit)
81.Hero - Album Version (Edited)
82.Thief's Theme (clean album version)
83.Good Morning
84.Salute Me
85.Nas' Angels...The Flyest
86.Talk of New York
87.Life's a Bitch (Live)
88.Nah Mean (Intanatty Remix)