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.
NASSome 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.
More Nas Quotes
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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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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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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing… At the end of the day, it’s up to us to control and to own hip-hop.
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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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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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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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When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I’ve seen out there, you know, the things that’s out there that ain’t good for her. It’s a crazy world we live in.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I’ve had, they’d look like they were through. Done. But there’s something about me.
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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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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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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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