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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More Nas Quotes
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Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days… that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you.
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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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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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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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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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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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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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I don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It’s grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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It speaks to your livelihood and it’s not compromised. It’s blunt. It’s raw, straight off the street – from the beat to the voice to the words.
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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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I’m not talking about Russia in my music. I’ve never been to Russia. I’m not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China.
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