The Honesty of Nas's Song "Daughter"

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Can Destiny be saved having two parents like Nas and Carmen?

I've always had a love and hate relationship with Nas as a rapper. Or should I say, like and disappointment. To me, Nas is one of the potentially stronger soldiers of this culture. Despite this he seems to go back and forth with the positivity and profoundness of his lyrics, which can have a confusing effect at the end of the day.

When I get really upset with his direction and who he collaborates with I call him a "Double Agent". I call him this because like many rappers he battles wanting to gain fans through them being able to relate to him and sending a message that can help them out of their situation and get them to think in life. It's a dilemma with a lot of artist. Particularly rap artist who want to relate to their fans but do nothing to help them with the chaos and "bondage by impulse" of their lives.

Many might say, that's not their job, it's not, but they wind up making things worst. "Double Agents" make things worst because once their fans can relate to their negativity because they do it too, they feel empowered by it because they feel they're just like the celebrity who seems dominate.

So that brings me to Nas's song "Daughter". I like it, I like how he comes clean by revealing his own mistakes in life. And I want to analyze the song from the perspective of being his Daughter and being one of his male fans who has a daughters.