black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.

Nas

I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
NAS

Country Life Make Music Style Talk Universal
Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
NAS

Associate Every Fulfill Generation People Power Prophecy Try Witness
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.
NAS

Best Firsthand Friend Kill Other Plenty Relate Seen Somebody
DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
NAS

Challenge Much Need Power Rapper
I don’t want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I’m not perfect, and I’m just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?
NAS

Any Dollar Get Hopefully Little Make Man Perfect Say Somebody Time Try
I don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
NAS

Doing Nothing Quality Time Unless Work
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.
NAS

Hear Know Like Rap Right Slave Sort Talk
No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
NAS

Ask Black Green Matter Mean Thing Way White
I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
NAS

Enjoy Just Life Morning Now Up Wake
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.
NAS

Call Conscious Everything Gangsta Rap
To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
NAS

Challenge Creativity Myself Net Own Version
I’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.
NAS

Big Common Fan Music People Respect Scarface
All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
NAS

Daughter Fatherhood Help Important Mother Raise Single Son Very
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.
NAS

All Criticize Hip Hop How Just Pursuit Think Through Us
I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
NAS

Beautiful Marriage Supporter Thing
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.
NAS

Change Country Life never Person President Stood Vote

I’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Nas Quotes