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.
NASThere 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.
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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Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.
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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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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 what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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Calling Michelle ‘Obama Barack’s baby mama?’ Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren’t the only targets. Fox’s pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people.
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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate… I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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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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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
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I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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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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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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