You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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More Nas Quotes
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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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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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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 like the way hip-hop is now. It’s grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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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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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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I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They’re here to criticize all of us. That’s just how it is. We as MC’s criticize each other. That’s the nature of hip-hop.
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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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The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those – those are growing pains.
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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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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.
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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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The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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