Luyện nghe bài hát Bridging The Gap

The light is there, yeah
See I come from
I was young and wild
up in New York City, where I had my first child
I the boy Nasir, all the boys call him Nas
I him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man alive

go, hey hey hey hey
Tribrary of rap skits, styles I mastered
Many brothers snatched it up and to match it
But I'm still number one, real
Speak what I want, I don't care what feel
'Cause I'm my own
My Pop me, "Be your own boss keep integrity at every cost"
And his home was Natchez
Did it like Miles and Dizzy, now we gettin'

The Gap from the blues, to jazz, to rap
The history of on this track
Born in the game, discovered my music
Like Prince searchin' through of Purple Rain
But my Minneapolis was The Bridge, home of the
are well-known, some doin' bids
I mighta ended up on the wrong side of the
If wouldn't've pulled me back an said yo

See I come Mississippi
I was and runnin' wild
up in New York City, where I had my first child
I the boy Nasir, all the boys call him Nas
I told him as a youngster, he'll be the man alive
Greatest man alive, man alive

The blues came from gospel, gospel from
are harmonizin' them ah's and ooh's
Old school, new school, school rules
All these I been voicin' my blues
I'm a artist from the start, guided my heart
Graffiti on the wall, coulda ended in Spoffard, delinquent
But Pops gave me the right type'a tools to with

Books to read, X and stuff
the schools said the kids had dyslexia
In art class I was a compulsive of
Teachers in my homeroom, I pix to mess them up
'Cause none'a them like my style
Read books than the curriculum profile
Said, "Mr. Jones please come get child
he's writin' mad poems and his verses are wild"

I was in Mississippi
I was young and runnin'
Moved to New York City, I had my first child
I the boy Nasir, all the boys call him Nas
I told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man
man, the great-greatest man alive

Hey hey hey, my Poppa was not a Stone
He been around the world blowin' his horn, he came home
he got grown, changed his name to Olu
Come on, 'em 'bout all the places you gone to

I been to Saudi Arabia,
Madagascar, Paris,
The Middle Africa is we lived
Better as Queenbridge

Nas, Nas you stop
Olu Dara in the house, you stop
Muddy Waters' Howling Wolf you don't
the Blues to Street Hop you don't stop
'em Pop

See I from Mississippi
I was young and wild
Ended up in New York City, where I had my child
I named the boy Nasir, all the call him Nas
I told him as a youngster, he'll be the man alive
Greatest man alive, gre-gre-gre-gre-greatest man
Rest in Ray Charles