When 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.
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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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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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she’s fearless and she’s ahead of the game. She’s ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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I’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.
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I’ve been called everything. Gangsta rap. I’ve been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that’s on them.
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It speaks to your livelihood and it’s not compromised. It’s blunt. It’s raw, straight off the street – from the beat to the voice to the words.
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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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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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You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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Calling Michelle ‘Obama Barack’s baby mama?’ Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren’t the only targets. Fox’s pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people.
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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 think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop… We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We’re warriors. Soldiers.
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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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