--- title: "20 Knows Quotes By Nas" description: "20 Knows quotes by Nas. Plus more from Nas and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/nas-650_claim_sientist-claim-but-only-god-knows-155953_1559534.png" --- > [Sientist claim but only god knows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/sientist-claim-but-only-god-knows/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/nas-650_claim_sientist-claim-but-only-god-knows-155953_1559534.png) > [You ni\*\*az get me sick, wannabe soundin like you know my arithmetic... but we don't sound alike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/you-ni-az-get-me-sick-wannabe-soundin-like-you-know-my-arithmetic-but/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c0/nas-650_arithmetic_you-ni-az-get-me-sick-wannabe-soundin-li_3033472.png) > [I know you think my life is good 'cause my diamond piece, But my life been good since I started finding peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-know-you-think-my-life-is-good-cause-my-diamond-piece-but-my-life/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cb/nas-650_causes_i-know-you-think-my-life-is-good-cause-m_307562.png) > [On the reals, all these crab niggaz know the deal, When we start the revolution, all they'll probably do is squeal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/on-the-reals-all-these-crab-niggaz-know-the-deal-when-we-start-the/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c37/nas-650_crabs_on-the-reals-all-these-crab-niggaz-know_2224013.png) > [I know i can, be what i wanna be, if i work hard at it, I'll be where i wanna be](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-know-i-can-be-what-i-wanna-be-if-i-work-hard-at-it-i-ll-be-where-i/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5f/nas-650_funny_i-know-i-can-be-what-i-wanna-be-if-i-wor_1729344.png) > [You know the block was ill as a youngster Every night it was like a, cop would get killed body found in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/you-know-the-block-was-ill-as-a-youngster-every-night-it-was-like-a/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/nas-650_block_you-know-the-block-was-ill-as-a-youngste_2539521.png) > [People afraid of criticism but I always put myself in a sacrificial position,they been know I ain't just rappin for fame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/people-afraid-of-criticism-but-i-always-put-myself-in-a-sacrificial/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/nas-650_afraid_people-afraid-of-criticism-but-i-always_2635127.png) > [To me, hip-hop's been dead for years. We all should know that. With that being said, then, the object of the game…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/to-me-hip-hop-s-been-dead-for-years-we-all-should-know-that-with-that/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9f/nas-650_exploiting_to-me-hip-hop-s-been-dead-for-years-we-a_1047896.jpg) > [I used to carry a notebook to the studio. I don't do that no more 'cause I don't have the time to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-used-to-carry-a-notebook-to-the-studio-i-don-t-do-that-no-more/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/nas-650_causes_i-used-to-carry-a-notebook-to-the-studio_392274.png) > [I'm proud to be an American, no matter what. But Amercian culture is stale, you know wha I'm saying ? We keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-m-proud-to-be-an-american-no-matter-what-but-amercian-culture-is/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/nas-650_culture_i-m-proud-to-be-an-american-no-matter-wh_3188818.png) > [When I write a story, I just wanna tell you what's in my head. It can come from real life and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/when-i-write-a-story-i-just-wanna-tell-you-what-s-in-my-head-it-can/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/nas-650_fantasy_when-i-write-a-story-i-just-wanna-tell-y_1740210.png) > [I'm inspired by people like Nelson Mandela. Can you imagine - you know how racist America was back then - imagine how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-m-inspired-by-people-like-nelson-mandela-can-you-imagine-you-know/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/nas-650_america_i-m-inspired-by-people-like-nelson-mande_148074.png) > [I've been lucky enough to reach a place where I can speak what's in my heart, and people know that it comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-ve-been-lucky-enough-to-reach-a-place-where-i-can-speak-what-s-in/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/416/nas-650_can-do_i-ve-been-lucky-enough-to-reach-a-place_718379.png) > [I think a lot of us know when it's our time. No matter what profession you're in, you get a feeling. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-think-a-lot-of-us-know-when-it-s-our-time-no-matter-what-profession/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6be/nas-650_enough_i-think-a-lot-of-us-know-when-it-s-our-t_2377523.png) > [Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/unfortunately-man-a-lot-of-places-in-america-have-to-deal-with/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b0/nas-650_america_unfortunately-man-a-lot-of-places-in-ame_1883398.jpg) > [I want you to know who I am: what the streets taste like, feel like, smell like. What the cops talk like,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-want-you-to-know-who-i-am-what-the-streets-taste-like-feel-like/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d76/nas-650_cop_i-want-you-to-know-who-i-am-what-the-str_1239122.jpg) > [I got the opportunity to meet people all over the world. Brilliant women, tall women, short women, slim women, thick women, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-got-the-opportunity-to-meet-people-all-over-the-world-brilliant/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/nas-650_bits_i-got-the-opportunity-to-meet-people-all_115510.png) > [Anything that's really good, everybody wants to put their hands on. The multimedia puts their hands on it and everything happens that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/anything-that-s-really-good-everybody-wants-to-put-their-hands-on-the/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/nas-650_art_anything-that-s-really-good-everybody-wa_766953.jpg) > [ I think you gotta always do things that keep you excited in an \[rap music\] industry that's so bullshit. When you know… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-think-you-gotta-always-do-things-that-keep-you-excited-in-an-rap/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/nas-650_bullshit_i-think-you-gotta-always-do-things-that_1957227.jpg) > [I wanted to say what wasn't being said. I wanted to give people a real story. I wanted people to know people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-wanted-to-say-what-wasn-t-being-said-i-wanted-to-give-people-a-real/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/nas-650_giving_i-wanted-to-say-what-wasn-t-being-said-i_896370.png) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by Nas > [I need the best things in life, that's women, thats cars. Cigars in Venice, bottle on ice, thats priceless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-need-the-best-things-in-life-that-s-women-thats-cars-cigars-in/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-think-i-ve-had-the-longest-career-of-strength-focus-and-still-being/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-had-a-pretty-public-divorce-they-re-not-easy-divorces-and-it-took/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [If you scared to take chances, you'll never have the answers...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/if-you-scared-to-take-chances-you-ll-never-have-the-answers/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [Read more learn more, change the globe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/read-more-learn-more-change-the-globe/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [I think hip hop allows us to talk about everything, and Africa is what I choose to talk about now. If people are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-think-hip-hop-allows-us-to-talk-about-everything-and-africa-is-what/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [Life is short is what some n\* said, not if you measure life - by how one lives and what he did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/life-is-short-is-what-some-n-said-not-if-you-measure-life-by-how-one/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [Calling Michelle 'Obama Barack's baby mama?' Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren't the only targets. Fox's pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/calling-michelle-obama-barack-s-baby-mama-tell-me-is-that-acceptable/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [With age comes common sense and wisdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/with-age-comes-common-sense-and-wisdom/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [It's foul what this money could do, cash corrupts the loyal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/it-s-foul-what-this-money-could-do-cash-corrupts-the-loyal/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [This morning I got a call, nearly split my wig. This social network said Nas go and get your kid. She's on Twitter, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/this-morning-i-got-a-call-nearly-split-my-wig-this-social-network/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat. I go with the rhythm of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-want-to-sound-like-an-instrument-i-want-my-voice-and-my-words-to/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [There needs to be structures in place to do something about misrepresentation about hip hop. When awards are given out and the media talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/there-needs-to-be-structures-in-place-to-do-something-about/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [I've learned not to be surprised by what people do no more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-ve-learned-not-to-be-surprised-by-what-people-do-no-more/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [Nasty Nas Enterprises, mastermind, made men. My success symbolizes loyalty, great friends. Dedication, hard work, routine builds character. In a world full of snakes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/nasty-nas-enterprises-mastermind-made-men-my-success-symbolizes/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/nas/#itemlist", "name": "20 Knows Quotes By Nas", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sientist claim but only god knows", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/sientist-claim-but-only-god-knows/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/nas-650_claim_sientist-claim-but-only-god-knows-155953_1559534.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/nas-650_claim_sientist-claim-but-only-god-knows-155953_1559534.png", "url": 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