Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
NASI have no tattoos that I regret – I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
More Nas Quotes
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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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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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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You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It’s really competitive and it’s really about who’s number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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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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DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing… At the end of the day, it’s up to us to control and to own hip-hop.
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Stillmatic’ is the rebirth of ‘Illmatic,’ my first debut album to come out in 1994. ‘Stillmatic’ is me coming full circle in my career and with everything, and just bringing pure hip-hop back.
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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 want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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