Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
NASNo matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
More Nas Quotes
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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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I think I’m that guy. I’m still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, ‘Life is good,’ to the world.
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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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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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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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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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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 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 wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is.
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I had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
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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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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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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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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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