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.
NASI’m a big fan of Common. I’m a big fan of Scarface; I’m a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to… well, there are a lot of people’s music that I respect.
More Nas Quotes
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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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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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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 go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that’s been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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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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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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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 want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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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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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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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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I don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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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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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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