There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn’t know how many people would respect it.
NASI don’t want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I’m not perfect, and I’m just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?
More Nas Quotes
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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It speaks to your livelihood and it’s not compromised. It’s blunt. It’s raw, straight off the street – from the beat to the voice to the words.
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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it’s time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
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I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop… We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We’re warriors. Soldiers.
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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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I just talk about what’s going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down.
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Marley is someone before his time, man. He’s – he’s almost – he’s like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean?
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I don’t want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I’m not perfect, and I’m just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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