I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
NASEvery generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
More Nas Quotes
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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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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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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You know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it’s like you can hear, you know, the slaves doing it.
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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she’s fearless and she’s ahead of the game. She’s ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
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Some people say I’m conscious, some say I’m a gangsta rapper – it’s just me doing me. I’m stomping in my own lane. I’m doing what I do.
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It’s never been seen that a street artist go as far as I’ve gone – keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
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You can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
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Calling Michelle ‘Obama Barack’s baby mama?’ Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren’t the only targets. Fox’s pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people.
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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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I’m smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I’m smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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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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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It’s really competitive and it’s really about who’s number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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I see N.Y. hip-hop like I see N.Y. streets. N.Y. streets are grimy; it’s a grind. N.Y. rappers are hustlers – whatever sound is in, we can adapt to that; there’s nothing wrong with that.
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Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.
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The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those – those are growing pains.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it’s not up to people’s expectations anymore, its still here, and that’s says a lot.
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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that’s what it’s all about in the end – everybody being happy and working it out.
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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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