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Life is short is what some niggaz said not if you measure life - by how one lives and what he did.
Nas
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Nas
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: September 14
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I don't respect killers, I respect O.G. knowledge, Codes of the streets got new rules, but no guidance. Lessons, detrimental to a young disciple Folks, take care of your brothers, niggas do as I do. Keep your enemies close, where they can see you. It's not your enemy who get you, it's always your own people.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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I don't have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future. 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. I don't know who I will collaborate with, but there's a great chance of something happening.
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I'm over dey heads like a bulemic on a seesaw
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Sunlight and seeing something that was a thought become a thing and materialize - that makes me come alive.
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If the truth is told, the youth can grow.
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We're all Africans, everyone - black, white, yellow.
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I've learned not to be surprised by what people do no more.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. 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 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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Failure is not an option, and I always felt like I'm a man who doesn't have regrets, and I don't live with excuses. I can't take excuses.
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