help me please

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  1. missylooker said:

    Unhappy help me please

    theres this song a hip hop song thats got a bluesy bit in aswell two black men one raps then the other older man does his blues thing then goes back to a rap and its like that all the way through its really good not that old either can anyone help me
     
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    The song is "Bridging the Gap" by Nas and it features his father, a Mississippi jazz legend, Olu Dara.

    "*Nas talking*
    "The light is there."

    [Intro: Olu Dara singing]
    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

    [Verse 1: Nas]
    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 Superkids
    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
    [Olu Dara singing]
    Greatest man alive (Nas: Yeah, turn it up!)
    Gre-Gre-Gre-Gre-Greatest man alive!

    [Verse 2: Nas]
    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
    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"
    [Olu Dara singing]
    Greatest man ? The great-greatest man alive

    [Verse 3: Nas]
    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
    [Olu Dara singing]
    I been to Saudi Arabia, Mozambique
    Madagascar, Paris, Greece
    The Middle Africa is where we lived
    Better known as Queenbridge
    [Nas]
    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

    [Outro: Olu Dara singing / Nas adlibbing]
    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 (You the greatest, Pop)
    Gre-Gre-Gre-Gre-Greatest man alive!
    Rest In Peace Ray Charles"