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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun. My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what's me.
Nas
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Nas
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: September 14
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When I write a story, I just wanna tell you what's in my head. It can come from real life and then turn into fantasy, stuff just rhyming. And write about what you know. I just like to tell stories that have not been told or [told] from my perspective.
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Born alone, die alone, no crew to keep my crown or throne
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And the stuff that I write, is even tougher than dykes.
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New York city is full of great spaces. The best spaces of the world are here. This is the new Europe, where the settlers came and busted out their ideas and put it down so there's nothing but great space in this great city.
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Never stop. Never settle. I believe in this message.
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No matter where you're from - you can be Native American, Italian, Jewish, Latino, African-American - whatever you are, we're all distant relatives.
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I'm inspired by people like Nelson Mandela. Can you imagine - you know how racist America was back then - imagine how racism was in South Africa when he had to stand up and say what he had to say. That's bravery beyond comprehension.
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I think it's harder to make a classic now, not because of what people say, but because artists now are so concerned with what people say.
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I'm a storyteller and the Bible is a bunch of stories about life and things that took place here on planet earth. It's a great example to use and a great reason to be happy about being a storyteller because the lessons of the land are always in stories.
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Rule No. 1 is you can't be fake. If you're fake, you become a gimmick and you're selling a gimmick a little gimmick is cool, this is entertainment. But when you base your stuff on mostly real stuff, you never run out of it because every day is a different adventure.
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I know you think my life is good 'cause my diamond piece, But my life been good since I started finding peace.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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I rap for listeners, blunt heads, fly ladies and prisoners
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I sip the Dom P watching Gandhi til I'm charged - writing in my book of rhymes, all the words past the margin
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Mind's in another world thinking how can we exist through the facts
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