[00:02.670]The light is there.
[00:09.540]See I come from Mississippi
[00:12.170]I was young and runnin' wild
[00:15.420]Ended up in New York City, where I had my first child
[00:21.860]I named the boy Nasir, all the boys call him Nas
[00:28.240]I told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man alive
[00:33.240]Let's go!... Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey --
[00:44.730]Tribrary of these rap skits, styles I mastered
[00:46.990]Many brothers snatched it up and tried to match it
[00:49.550]But I'm still number one, everyday real
[00:51.300]Speak what I want, I don't care what y'all feel
[00:54.550]Cause I'm my own master, my Pop told me be your own boss
[00:57.990]Keep integrity at every cost, and his home was Natchez Mississippi
[01:02.300]Did it like Miles and Dizzy, now we gettin' busy
[01:05.170]Bridging The Gap from the blues, to jazz, to rap
[01:07.920]The history of music on this track
[01:10.300]Born in the game, discovered my father's music
[01:12.300]Like Prince searchin' through boxes of Purple Rain
[01:15.110]But my Minneapolis was The Bridge, home of the Superkids
[01:18.420]Some are well-known, some doin' bids
[01:20.110]I mighta ended up on the wrong side of the tracks
[01:22.610]If Pops wouldn't've pulled me back an said yo
[01:25.300]Greatest man alive （Nas Yeah, turn it up!）
[01:50.460]Gre-Gre-Gre-Gre-Greatest man alive!
[01:51.520]The blues came from gospel, gospel from blues
[01:53.140]Slaves are harmonizin' them ah's and ooh's
[01:55.890]Old school, new school, know school rules
[01:58.020]All these years I been voicin' my blues
[02:01.200]I'm a artist from the start, Hip-Hop guided my heart
[02:03.700]Graffiti on the wall, coulda ended in Spoffard, juvenile delinquent
[02:07.830]But Pops gave me the right type'a tools to think with
[02:11.150]Books to read, like X and stuff
[02:13.900]Cause the schools said the kids had dyslexia
[02:16.460]In art class I was a compulsive sketcher of
[02:19.150]Teachers in my homeroom, I drew pix to mess them up
[02:22.210]Cause none'a them would like my style
[02:24.210]Read more books than the curriculum profile
[02:26.710]Said, Mr. Jones please come get your child
[02:29.330]Cause he's writin' mad poems and his s are wild
[02:32.190]
[02:53.190]Greatest man ? The great-greatest man alive
[02:56.000]Hey-Hey-Hey -- My Poppa was not a Rollin' Stone
[02:59.440]He been around the world blowin' his horn, still he came home
[03:02.820]Then he got grown, changed his name to Olu
[03:05.250]Come on, tell 'em 'bout the places you gone to
[03:07.760]I been to Saudi Arabia, Mozambique
[03:10.500]Madagascar, Paris, Greece
[03:12.940]The Middle Africa is where we lived
[03:15.750]Better known as Queenbridge
[03:18.690]Nas, Nas you don't stop
[03:20.570]Olu Dara in the house, you don't stop
[03:23.130]Muddy Waters' Howling Wolf you don't stop
[03:25.750]From the Blues to Street Hop you don't stop
[03:28.320]Tell 'em Pop
[03:29.130]See I come from Mississippi （Let 'em know）
[03:32.190]I was young and runnin' wild （Runnin' wild）
[03:34.500]Ended up in New York City （Yeah!）
[03:37.000]Where I had my first child （That's me）
[03:39.880]I named the boy Nasir （Yeah, Daddy!）
[03:42.440]All the boys call him Nas （Luh ya, boy）
[03:45.250]I told him as a youngster
[03:46.570]He'll be the greatest man alive （You the greatest, Pop）
[03:50.320]Greatest man alive （You the greatest, Pop）
[03:52.110]Gre-Gre-Gre-Gre-Greatest man alive!
[03:54.740]Rest In Peace Ray Charles