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.
NASYour look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
More Nas Quotes
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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 have no tattoos that I regret – I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
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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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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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You can hear, like, you know, Africans and Jamaicans doing it just kind of as, like, a rhythmic, poetic conversation, you know, to a rhythm.
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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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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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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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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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You can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
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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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It’s never been seen that a street artist go as far as I’ve gone – keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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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 don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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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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