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Thinkin' of a master plan Cause ain't nothin' but sweat inside my hand.
Rakim
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Rakim
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 28
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William Michael Griffin
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It is what it is but I do me and I think people respect that. They see me out in the hood by myself or with wifey and I don't have no bodyguards.
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Even when I was out on tour I used to fly home on the weekends to be with my girl and be with my family to see my kids grow up and just be there for them. When they started going to school it was like that too whether it was homework or if I have to go up to the school I was there.
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I always had deep respect for my peoples 'cause of the love they gave me and the know how that they showed me through the years.
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I go to Queens for queens to get the crew from Brooklyn, Make money in Manhattan and never been tooken. Go Uptown and the Bronx to boogie down, Get strong on the Island, recoup, and lay around.
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When you come in the building with your guns don't take them off.
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I always had an intelligence with me, I was always in the streets, I was always trying to do good. I was always looking for something to guide me. In the beginning church wasn't it.
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Sometimes I feel I'm the luckiest rapper in the world.
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I'm everlastin, I can go on for days and days With rhyme displays that engrave deep as X-rays I can take a phrase that's rarely heard, FLIP IT Now it's a daily word
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I just try to do me and stay out of harms way.
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When I hear my first album today I hear myself reading my rhymes but I'm my worst critic.
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