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.
NASI 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.
More Nas Quotes
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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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I’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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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 think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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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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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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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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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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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.
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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 don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I’d say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
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