Nas Quotes

born 1973 United States

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (born September 14, 1973), known as Nas and formerly as Nasty Nas, is an African-American rapper from Queens, New York. He's one of the most influential rappers of the 90's.

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Also known as: Nas (Nasir Jones), Nas (Rapper), Nas (rapper)

Random Nas quote

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Yo, if this piano's the cake then my words are the candles
Light it up, make a wish, and them angels will grant you

Nastradamus (1999)

I'm capable of anything, my imagination can give me wings

God's Son (2002)

Slave food turned to soul food, collards to neck bones

Untitled (2008)

Whatever you decide, be careful, some men be Rapists, so act your age, don't pretend to be Older than you are, give yourself time to grow You thinking he can give you wealth

God's Son (2002)

Inhale deep like the words of my breath,
I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death

I set it off with my own rhyme
cause I'm as ill as a convict who kills for phone time

Illmatic (1994)

It's suicidal, high smokin' so much la', I saw a dead bird flyin through a broken sky

Stillmatic (2001)

I've seen some cold nights and bloody days
They grabbed me bullets spray, they used me wrong so I sing this song 'til this day.

It Was Written (1996)

Live amongst no roses, only the drama, for real
A nickel-plate is my fate, my medicine is the ganja

Illmatic (1994)

And they're aware of us though
And we don't give a flyin' 747 fuck though
Stayin' on my hus-tle

Street's Disciple (2004)

Too many rappers, athletes and actors
But not enough nigga's in NASA

Untitled (2008)

"Fuck 'rap is real', watch the herbs stand still
never talkin' to snakes cause the words of man kill
true in the game, as long as blood is blue in my veins

Illmatic (1994)

Now all these new cats with they hats flipped backwards
fingers intertwined in sum gang sign madness
I got an exam lets if you pass it
Now who can quote a Daddy Kane line the fastest?

Hip Hop Is Dead (2006)

What really did I escape from, thought I saw Gods face on the design in my vintage Claiborne

Distant Relatives (2010)

How can you lose when you're doing you?

"I'm like the farmer, planting words, people are seeds/ My truth is the soil, help you grow like trees/ May the children come in all colors, change like leaves/ Behold before you, one of those prophetic MC's."

I Am (1999)

"U wet who I want wetted/I wet who u want wetted/any nigga can get it(a favour for a favour)

I Am (1999)

The hypocrisy is all I can see, White cop acquitted for murder, Black cop cop a plea, That type of shit make me stop and think

Untitled (2008)

You a slave to a page in my rhyme book

God's Son (2002)

When I was ten I was a hip-hop a shorty wop
known for rockin' microphones and twistin' of a forty top

Illmatic (1994)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nas (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.