I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
NASI’m not talking about Russia in my music. I’ve never been to Russia. I’m not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China.
More Nas Quotes
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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 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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No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that’s been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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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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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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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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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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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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Stillmatic’ is the rebirth of ‘Illmatic,’ my first debut album to come out in 1994. ‘Stillmatic’ is me coming full circle in my career and with everything, and just bringing pure hip-hop back.
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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 see N.Y. hip-hop like I see N.Y. streets. N.Y. streets are grimy; it’s a grind. N.Y. rappers are hustlers – whatever sound is in, we can adapt to that; there’s nothing wrong with that.
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