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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.

Nas

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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Any Dollar Get Hopefully Little Make Man Perfect Say Somebody Time Try
My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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Beg Company Filminm Music Project Record Stop Video
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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Come End Everybody Happy Out Thing Time Work
I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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Control Know People Think
Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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Anybody Artist Classical Rapper
Stillmatic’ is the rebirth of ‘Illmatic,’ my first debut album to come out in 1994. ‘Stillmatic’ is me coming full circle in my career and with everything, and just bringing pure hip-hop back.
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Album Bring Career Circle Come Debit Everything First Full Hip Hop Illmatic Out Rebirth Stillmatic
I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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Art Galleria Love Mean World
My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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Do Easy Fun Work
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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Country Grimy Grind Hustler Rapper See Sound Street
No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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Matter No Out Song
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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Crazy Everybody Out Please Some Take Thing Time Try Yourself
My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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Around Big Earliest Memories Mix Music Rap Reggae Sound Way
You can hear, like, you know, Africans and Jamaicans doing it just kind of as, like, a rhythmic, poetic conversation, you know, to a rhythm.
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Conversation Country Hear Kind Know Rhythm
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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Hear Know Like Rap Right Slave Sort Talk
Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you’re happy… Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.
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Beast Crazy Divorce Go Happy Hold Honest Love Man Prepare Way
I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Better Country Do Little See Want

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