Cadillac Records movie

Cadillac Records movie - Bridging The Gap lyrics

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[Intro: Olu Dara singing]<br>

See I come from Mississippi<br>

I was young and runnin' wild<br>

Ended up in New York City, where I had my first child<br>

I named the boy Nasir, all the boys call him Nas<br>

I told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man alive<br>

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[Verse 1: Nas]<br>

Let's go!... Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey --<br>

Tribrary of these rap skits, styles I mastered<br>

Many brothers snatched it up and tried to match it<br>

But I'm still number one, everyday real<br>

Speak what I want, I don't care what y'all feel<br>

'Cause I'm my own master, my Pop told me be your own boss<br>

Keep integrity at every cost, and his home was Natchez Mississippi<br>

Did it like Miles and Dizzy, now we gettin' busy<br>

Bridging The Gap from the blues, to jazz, to rap<br>

The history of music on this track<br>

Born in the game, discovered my father's music<br>

Like Prince searchin' through boxes of Purple Rain<br>

But my Minneapolis was The Bridge, home of the Superkids<br>

Some are well-known, some doin' bids<br>

I mighta ended up on the wrong side of the tracks<br>

If Pops wouldn't've pulled me back an said yo<br>

[Olu Dara singing]<br>

Greatest man alive (Nas: Yeah, turn it up!)<br>

Gre-Gre-Gre-Gre-Greatest man alive!<br>

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[Verse 2: Nas]<br>

The blues came from gospel, gospel from blues<br>

Slaves are harmonizin' them ah's and ooh's<br>

Old school, new school, know school rules<br>

All these years I been voicin' my blues<br>

I'm a artist from the start, Hip-Hop guided my heart<br>

Graffiti on the wall, coulda ended in Spoffard, juvenile delinquent<br>

But Pops gave me the right type'a tools to think with<br>

Books to read, like X and stuff<br>

'Cause the schools said the kids had dyslexia<br>

In art class I was a compulsive sketcher of<br>

Teachers in my homeroom, I drew pix to mess them up<br>

'Cause none'a them would like my style<br>

Read more books than the curriculum profile<br>

Said, "Mr. Jones please come get your child<br>

'Cause he's writin' mad poems and his verses are wild"<br>

[Olu Dara singing]<br>

Greatest man -- The great-greatest man alive<br>

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[Verse 3: Nas]<br>

Hey-Hey-Hey -- My Poppa was not a Rollin' Stone<br>

He been around the world blowin' his horn, still he came home<br>

Then he got grown, changed his name to Olu<br>

Come on, tell 'em 'bout the places you gone to<br>

[Olu Dara singing]<br>

I been to Saudi Arabia, Mozambique<br>

Madagascar, Paris, Greece<br>

The Middle Africa is where we lived<br>

Better known as Queenbridge<br>

[Nas]<br>

Nas, Nas you don't stop<br>

Olu Dara in the house, you don't stop<br>

Muddy Waters' Howling Wolf you don't stop<br>

From the Blues to Street Hop you don't stop<br>

Tell 'em Pop<br>

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[Outro: Olu Dara singing / Nas adlibbing]<br>

See I come from Mississippi (Let 'em know)<br>

I was young and runnin' wild (Runnin' wild)<br>

Ended up in New York City (Yeah!)<br>

Where I had my first child (That's me)<br>

I named the boy Nasir (Yeah, Daddy!)<br>

All the boys call him Nas (Luh ya, boy)<br>

I told him as a youngster<br>

He'll be the greatest man alive (You the greatest, Pop)<br>

Greatest man alive (You the greatest, Pop)Gre-Gre-Gre-Gre-Greatest man alive!<br>

Rest In Peace Ray Charles <br>

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