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There's not one person in the world that's not a living, walking contradiction.
Nas
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Nas
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: September 14
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In hip hop no one cares. No one stands up for it and it's a mess. We need order so we can all follow the tradition of where we came from. We need to keep referring to the pioneers.
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Africa has been going through so much for so many years it's time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
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People have stopped battling in hip hop, in the primitive sense, and the focus of the competitive element has shifted to the music. It's less about bragging and more about being the best lyrically and poetically.
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I'm a reader, so when I go to bookstores I need (stuff) that's going to help me. There a big emptiness there and I want to help fill that through song.
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I didn't really do many business ventures throughout my career because I would have an idea and then before I'd have a chance to make something of it, I'd see someone else do it. I just liked to watch my fellow artists become entrepreneurs and be people who can inspire the next generation. I did that more with my songs.
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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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Аll I need is one life, one try, one breath, I'm one man. What I stand for speaks for itself...they don't understand.
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I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop... We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We're warriors. Soldiers.
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When your so focused on what people say, how can your really be focused on the music? If you're concerned with what someone says, you aren't working on a real record. You're working on something that's just for now, to please people this very second... because you don't believe in yourself.
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I lay puzzle as I backtrack to earlier times, Nothing's equivalent to the New York state of mind
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Props is a true thug's wife.
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I'm over dey heads like a bulemic on a seesaw
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Whose world is this? The world is yours.
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I think most albums deserve a documentary because [an album] is a visual book. You don't have to read up on it because you can listen and watch the whole story. I would love to see lots of albums [become films.]
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There was a lot of negative that was put on rappers for using the word, and I feel like we're just misunderstood. Most of us are some of us is just plain wack.
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I don't kill soloists only kill squads
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When you're a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls - you want to get the most girls. You don't know anything about respect you don't know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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I live in L.A. because my kids do. Home is where my kids are for me.
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And the stuff that I write, is even tougher than dykes.
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Just do as much as you can.
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