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All I did was take my time, figure out where I made a lot of mistakes and try not to make them no more.

Raekwon

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Raekwon
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 12
Musician
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Brooklyn
New York
Corey Woods
Corey Todd Woods
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You know, I'm a product of my environment, gettin' into everything you know a kid my age would get into, a lot of negativity was surroundin' me. And we came, sat up and had a discussion about makin' a record, I think I was more or less overwhelmed with just that fact.
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When you devote yourself to being an artist, you have to stay on your craft and always try to get better and better.
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I think that's a weak excuse, to say because a rapper's getting older that he ain't got it no more. Nah. Don't go by that philosophy. Let's just recognize that talent is within.
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You know the things I went through as a youngster, coming into the business, all the good, the bad and the ugly that came. I'd had a rough life. I grew up single parent. My mom, she was like a father to me.
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The most important thing is just to be recognised as a legend, like the people call me. To have that title attached to your name, you've got to be a bad man. It's an honour to have that role.
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I never been a hater of these other cats, who never really had nothing, being successful. That's not my problem.
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I love the energy that comes when I get on the mic. It keeps me creative and I love to hear what the fans want, what they love or hate about it.
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When I sit here and see that the eight brothers from the neighborhood that I grew up with still have success, it had to be magical.
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I got beef with commercial-ass niggas with gold teeth Lampin' in a Lexus eatin' beef.
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The better you get, the more your legacy shines. I always just try to go hard. If you don't want do it for real, don't do it at all.
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It's for real though, let's connect, politic...ditto! We could trade places, get lifted in the staircases, Word up, peace, incarcerated scarfaces.
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I consider myself a genius because, when you talk about anything and everything, you a genius to me. It's just about makin' it fire on top o' more fire.
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Soul music has so many great artists who put their thing down. That's important.
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It's important to have a spiritual side because tomorrow's no promise to us. We have to pay homage to our saviour and put him in our life more because, without him, you don't know where you're going to go.
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Growing up in music motivated me. I applied that to my education and it made me a better person.
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You know the steez you know my whole program. Brothers from the No-Lands, all we want is the G's guns and grams.
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