I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They’re here to criticize all of us. That’s just how it is. We as MC’s criticize each other. That’s the nature of hip-hop.
NASAfrica has been going through so much for so many years; it’s time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
More Nas Quotes
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I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can’t ask for more than that.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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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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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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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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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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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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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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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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Even if you make mistakes, I go back to those things, my not-so-great moments because those are my truest moments; those are my human moments. I’m not even mad at the things I said that were a little dicey.
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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 want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get 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 sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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