Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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More Nas Quotes
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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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You can hear, like, you know, Africans and Jamaicans doing it just kind of as, like, a rhythmic, poetic conversation, you know, to a rhythm.
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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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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’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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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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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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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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It’s never been seen that a street artist go as far as I’ve gone – keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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Marley is someone before his time, man. He’s – he’s almost – he’s like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean?
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