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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
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[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