I had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
NASEvery generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
More Nas Quotes
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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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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.
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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 talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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I’m a big fan of Common. I’m a big fan of Scarface; I’m a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to… well, there are a lot of people’s music that I respect.
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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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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 just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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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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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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that’s been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
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I’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.
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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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