[Olu Dara] see i come from Missisippi, (Bam bam babam) I was young and running wild, (Bam bam babam) in and out of New York City (Bam bam babam) where i had my first child (Bam bam babam) I named the boy Nasir, (Bam bam babam) all the boys call him Nas (Bam bam babam) I told him as a youngster, (Bam bam babam) he'll be the greatest man alive (Bam bam babam) [Nas] Let's go.....
heh heh heh heh, Tribrary of these rap skits, styles I mastered many brothers smashed it up 'n tried to match it but i'm still number one everyday real speak what i want i don't care what they feel coz i'm my ownnn master my pop told me be your own boss keep integrity at every cost and his home was Natches Missisippi, get it like "Miles" and "Dizzy" now we gettin' buzy - 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 searches thru Rock in the 'Purple Rain' but Minneapolis was the bridge home to the "Super Kid" some were well known some doing bids, I might of ended up on the wrong side of the tracks If pops wouldn't of pulled me back and said Yo! (Greatest man alive ..
Great-Great-Great-Great-Greatest man alive!) Blues came from Gospel, Gospel from Blues Slaves were harmonizin' them ah's and ooh's old skool new skool no skool rules all these years i've been voicin' my blues I'm an artist from the start, Hiphop got in my heart, Graffiti on the wall, coulda ended in (laughs) Juvenile Delinquent but pops gave me the right type of tools to think with books to read like 'S' n' stuff coz the skool's said the kids had Dislexia in art class i was a compulsive sketcher of..
teachers in my homeroom i drew pictures to mess 'em up coz none of them would like my style read more books than a curriculum profile saying "Mr Jones please come get your child" "Coz he's writing mad poems and his verses are wild" (haha) (Greatest man great great greatest man alive....) Heh heh heh, My Pop 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] Saudi Arabia, Mozambeke, Madagascar, Paris, Greece, (Uh huh) The Middle Africa is where we lived better known as "Queensbridge" Nas, Nas, you don't stop 'Olu Dara' in the house, you don't stop, 'Muddy Waters,' 'Howlin' Wolf,' you don't stop, from the Blues to street hop, you don't stop Tell 'em Pa, [Olu Dara] see i come from Missisippi, (Bam bam babam) I was young and running wild, (Running wild!) (Bam bam babam) in and out of New York City (Bam bam babam) where i had my first child (Bam bam babam) I named the boy Nasir, (Bam bam babam) all the boys call him Nas (Bam bam babam) I told him as a youngster, (Bam bam babam) he'll be the greatest man alive (Bam bam babam) (You're the greatest pop,) Greatest man alive (You're the greatest pop,) Great great great great greatest man alive (Rest In Peace 'Ray Charles')
Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, known mononymously as Nas, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and record producer. Rooted in East Coast hip-hop, he is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, Nas began his musical career in 1989 under the moniker "Nasty Nas", and recorded demos under the wing of fellow East Coast rapper Large Professor. Nas made his recording debut on Professor's group, Main Source's 1991 song "Live at the Barbeque".
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