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You are who you associate with. Look around at your five closest friends and that's who you are. If you don't want to be that person, you know what you gotta do.
Nas
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Nas
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: September 14
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Whose world is this? The world is yours.
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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'm not talking about Russia in my music. I've never been to Russia. I'm not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China. I'm talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.
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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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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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A lot of times it seems like, you ain't gon' make it where you wanna be in life. But, yo if you got a plan, believe me you gon' get there. You gon' get everything you ever wanted
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Just do as much as you can.
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People afraid of criticism but I always put myself in a sacrificial position,they been know I ain't just rappin for fame
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