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.
NASI’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
More Nas Quotes
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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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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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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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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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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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I think I’m that guy. I’m still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, ‘Life is good,’ to the world.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new – that’s what New York is about… New.
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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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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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Some people say I’m conscious, some say I’m a gangsta rapper – it’s just me doing me. I’m stomping in my own lane. I’m doing what I do.
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I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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