I just talk about what’s going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down.
NASWhen 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.
More Nas Quotes
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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’m smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I’m smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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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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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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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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I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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I’m not talking about Russia in my music. I’ve never been to Russia. I’m not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China.
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Anybody I’m dating, I don’t want them to talk about my music. I don’t talk about my music to them.
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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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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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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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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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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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