Songs To Make You Feel Badass

Songs from Nas, Rage Against The Machine, and more to make you feel like you can take on anyone.

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Don't be ashamed to admit that even you experience some off days. Your ex-girl is all on some guy and your car is in the shop so you have to pull up in that Honda Accord. Just because things are not going your way, you have to remind yourself that you're a badass. And badasses just don't give a fuck.

Whether you're a gangsta badass, intellectual badass, or a badass connoisseur, you got your shit on lock so shake off those insecurities. Badasses don't second guess themselves.

Take pride in that Honda rental and cruise down the boulevard to the soundtrack of Songs To Make You Feel Badass. The open road never felt so sweet. Your badassness has now resurfaced and you're good to go. Grab some 40's and text back your side chick that's been blowing up your phone. When you are a badass, life is good.

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Nas f/ Puff Daddy "Hate Me Now" (1998)

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Nas eating haters for breakfast.

Lil Scrappy "No Problem" (2004)

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You don't want no problems.

Mystikal "Ain't No Limit" (1997)

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The sky is the limit.

Waka Flocka Flame f/ RA Diggs & Uncle Murda "Live By the Gun" (2010)

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Let this shit bang at a house party and watch the badassness ensue.

Danny Brown "Die Like a Rockstar" (2011)

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Bitch, I wanna party like Chris Farley.

Rage Against the Machine "Killing in the Name" (1992)

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Now you do what they told ya? smh.

Lil Jon "I Don't Give A Fuck" (2002)

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Nobody got time for that.

Dead Kennedys "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" (1981)

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Faith No More "Surprise! You're Dead!" (1989)

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You don't want to fuck with these guys at the club.

Nirvana "Territorial Pissings" (1991)

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Look up badass in the dictionary and find Kurt Cobain.

Guns N Roses "It's So Easy" (1987)

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Don't hate the player, hate the game. It's too easy.

Misfits "Where Eagles Dare" (1986)

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I ain't no goddamn son of a bitch. You heard 'em.

Silkk The Shocker f/ Master P, C-Murder, Fiend, Mystikal, Mac, Skull Duggery, Big Ed, Lil' Gotti, & Mia X "I'm a Soldier" (1998)

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Time to go to war.

Monster Magnet "Negasonic Teenage Warhead" (1995)

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We see you rocking out with an air guitar to this track.

Iron Maiden "Run to the Hills" (1982)

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They made long hair and bangs on dudes badass. Long hair and bangs.

Eminem "Just Don't Give a Fuck" (1997)

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Zero fucks were given.

Scarface "Born Killer" (2010)

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It don't go much harder than this track.

Public Enemy "Fight the Power" (1989)

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You can't control us. We control you.

NWA "Fuck Tha Police" (1988)

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The first verse starts off with, "Fuck the police coming straight from the underground." What is more badass than that?

Jay Z "Takeover" (2001)

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We running this rap shit.

The Game f/ 50 Cent "Westside Story" (2004)

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Rep your clique.

Jim Jones f/ Cam'ron and Jay Bezel "Certified Gangstas" (2004)

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We certified. How you?

50 Cent "Heat" (2003)

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If you can't stand the heat get the fuck out the kitchen.

2Pac "Can't C Me" (1996)

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Level up. You can't see me.

George Thorogood And The Destroyers "Bad to the Bone" (1982)

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The go to badass song for generations.

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