The light is there, yeah yeahSee I come from MississippiI was young and runnin' wildEnded up in New York City, where I had my first childI named the boy Nasir, all the boys call him NasI told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man aliveLet's go, hey hey hey heyTribrary of these rap skits, styles I masteredMany brothers snatched it up and tried to match itBut I'm still number one, everyday realSpeak what I want, I don't care what y'all feel'Cause I'm my own masterMy Pop told me, Be your own boss keep integrity at every costAnd his home was Natchez MississippiDid it like Miles and Dizzy, now we gettin' busyBridging The Gap from the blues, to jazz, to rapThe history of music on this trackBorn in the game, discovered my father's musicLike Prince searchin' through boxes of Purple RainBut my Minneapolis was The Bridge, home of the SuperkidsSome are well-known, some doin' bidsI mighta ended up on the wrong side of the tracksIf Pops wouldn't've pulled me back an said yoSee I come from MississippiI was young and runnin' wildEnded up in New York City, where I had my first childI named the boy Nasir, all the boys call him NasI told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man aliveGreatest man alive, gre-gre-gre-gre-greatest man aliveThe blues came from gospel, gospel from bluesSlaves are harmonizin' them ah's and ooh'sOld school, new school, know school rulesAll these years I been voicin' my bluesI'm a artist from the start, hip-hop guided my heartGraffiti on the wall, coulda ended in Spoffard, juvenile delinquentBut Pops gave me the right type'a tools to think withBooks to read, like X and stuff'Cause the schools said the kids had dyslexiaIn art class I was a compulsive sketcher ofTeachers in my homeroom, I drew pix to mess them up'Cause none'a them would like my styleRead more books than the curriculum profileSaid, Mr. Jones please come get your child'Cause he's writin' mad poems and his verses are wildI was born in MississippiI was young and runnin' wildMoved to New York City, where I had my first childI named the boy Nasir, all the boys call him NasI told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man aliveGreatest man, the great-greatest man aliveHey hey hey, my Poppa was not a Rollin' StoneHe been around the world blowin' his horn, still he came homeThen he got grown, changed his name to OluCome on, tell 'em 'bout all the places you gone toI been to Saudi Arabia, MozambiqueMadagascar, Paris, GreeceThe Middle Africa is where we livedBetter known as QueenbridgeNas, Nas you don't stopOlu Dara in the house, you don't stopMuddy Waters' Howling Wolf you don't stopFrom the Blues to Street Hop you don't stopTell 'em PopSee I come from MississippiI was young and runnin' wildEnded up in New York City, where I had my first childI named the boy Nasir, all the boys call him NasI told him as a youngster, he'll be the greatest man aliveGreatest man alive, gre-gre-gre-gre-greatest man aliveRest in peace Ray Charles
Lyrics by Redman
1, 2, 1, 2 2 Tears in a Bucket 2 Tears in a Bucket 4 Seasons 4, 3, 2, 1 5 Boroughs A Day of Sooperman Lover A Lil Bit A Million and 1 Buddah Spots A Special Joint (Intro) A-Yo A-Yo All I Do Anything and Everything Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Bak Inda Buildin Basically Beasts from the East Beet Drop Big Dogs Big Dogs [*] Blackout Blow Treez Blow Your Mind Blow Your Mind (Remix) BO2 BO2 (Intro) Bobyahed2Dis Boodah Break Boodah Session Breaker 1, Breaker 2 Brick City Mashin' Brick City Mashin'! Brick Intentions Bricks Two Buck 50 Can't Wait Can't Wait (clean) Case Closed Cereal Killer Cheerz Cheka Chicken Head Convention (Skit) City Lights City Lights Close Ya Doorz Cloze Ya Doorz Coc Back Coffee Shoppe Come and Get It Come and Get It Cosmic Slop Creepin' Curiosity [Marley Marl Remix][Instrumental] D.O.G.S. Da Bullshit Da Bump Da Countdown (Saga Continues) Da Da Dahhh Da Funk Da Goodness Da Ill Out Da Journee Da Rockwilder Dangerous MCees Dangerous MCees Dangerous Mouths Dat Bitch Dat's Dat S**t Def Jammable Def Jammable Def Jammable [Explicit Version] Diggy Doc Dirrty Dirrty [Cm] Dirrty [Full-Length Version] Dis Iz 4 All My Smokers Dis Iz Brick City Do What Ya Feel Dog in Heat Dog in Heat Doggz II Down South Funk Down Wit Us Dr. Trevis Dr. Trevis (Signs Off) DrTrevis (Signs Off) East Coast Enjoy Da Ride Errbody Scream Fake Thugs Dedication Father's Day Feel So Good Fire Fire Ina Hole Flipmode Squad Meets Def Squad Four Minutes to Lock Down Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle From Long Beach 2 Brick City Fuck You Fuhgidabowdit Full Nelson Funkorama Funkorama (Cookin Soul Remix) Future Sport Future Thug G.P.N. Get 'Em Get It Live Get the Party Started/Sweet Dreams Get Up Stand Up Ghetto Hymns (The Introduction) Gilla House Check Gimmie One Good Times [Remix] Gorillaz on My Mind Gorillaz on My Mind Got My Mind Made Up Got My Mind Made Up [DVD] Green Island Hardcore Hey Ladies Hey Zulu Hey Zulu Hold Dis Blaow! Hostility How Bout Dat How Deep Is Your Love How Deep Is Your Love How High How High (remix) How High [Instrumental] How to Roll a Blunt How U Like Dat Hurricane Sandy Relief Hypnotize I C Dead People I Don't Kare I Get It Started I Got a Secret I Know Sumptn I'll Be Dat I'll Bee Dat I'm a Bad I'll Bee Dat Ill Out Intro It's Like That (My Big Brother) Iz He 4 Real J.U.M.P. Jam 4 U Jerry Swinger Stickup (Skit) Jersey Yo! Journey Throo Da Darkside Keep It Real Keep It Real [Tell Me] Keep on '99 Left & Right Lemme Get 2 Let Da Monkey Out Let's Get Dirty Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get In Da Club) Lick a Shot Lift It Up Lite 1 Witcha Boi Love Me Now [Rockwilder Remix] Love Me Now [Rockwilder Remix] Lyrical .44 Maaad Crew Malpractice Intro Merry Jane Method Man Mi Casa Mic, Lights, Camera, Action Million Chicken March (2 Hot 4 TV) Mrs. International Mrs. International Muh- F***a Muh-F***a Muh-Fucka Music [Remix] Music [Remix] My Style, My Stelo My Zone My Zone! Neva Herd Dis B4 Noorotic Off the Wall Off the Wall Oh My On Fire One Shot Deal Oooh Pain In Da Ass Stewardess Pancake & Syrup Pick It Up Pimp Nutz Put It Down Put It Down Put It Down [Album Version (Edited)] Rap Phenomenon Rated 'R' React Real Niggaz Redbull Redman Meets Reggie Noble Redman vsReggie Noble Reggie Reggie (Intro) Ride Wit Us Rite Now Rock da Spot Rockafella Rockafella (R.I.P.) Rockin' Wit Da Best Rollin' Run 4 Cover Say Whaatt Show Yo True Crime Simon Says [Remix] Simon Says Remix Slide and Rock On Smash Sumthin Smash Sumthin [Roni Size Remix] Smash Sumthin' Smoke Buddha So Ruff Soopaman Lova IV Soopaman Luva 3 Soopaman Luva 5 (Part I) Soopaman Luva 5 (Part II) Soopaman Luva 6 (Part I) Soopaman Luva 6 (Part II) Sooper Luver Interview Sooperman Luva II State Vs Kirk Jones State Vs Kirk Jones Street Hop Suicide Sumtn 4 Urrbody Syrinx Tear It Off Tear It Off [Instrumental] That's Where I B The ? The Motto The Stick Up (Skit) The Weekend Tiger Style Crane Time 4 Sum Aksion Tonight's Da Night Tonight's Da Night (remix) Tonight's Da Nite (Remix) Tonight's The Night Tonight's The Night Turn It Up Uh-Huh Walk And Talk It Walk in Gutta Watch Yo Nuggets We Comin Straight Out Of Prison (Edited) We Run N.Y. We Some Dogs Welcome (Interlude) Welcome 2 da Bricks Welcome To Da Bricks Well All Rite Cha Well All Rite Cha [*] What U Lookin' 4 Whateva Man Where We At (Skit) Whn the Lights Go Off Whn The Lites Go Off Whut I'ma Do Now Winicumuhround Wkya (Drop) Wrong 4 Dat Wuditlooklike Wuditlookllike Wutchoogonnado Y.O.U. Y.O.U. Yeah Yesh Yesh Y'all