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.
NASI never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
More Nas Quotes
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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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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it’s time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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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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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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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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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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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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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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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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