Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
NASI just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
More Nas Quotes
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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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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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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I just talk about what’s going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down.
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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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I think I’m that guy. I’m still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, ‘Life is good,’ to the world.
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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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I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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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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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?
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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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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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