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So all hail the honorable, microphone phenomenal Persona is unbombable? Trust me son, I continue like a saga do, bringin' you the drama to allow you that the chronicle has just begun.
Rakim
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Rakim
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 28
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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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Tried to put shame in my game to make a name, I'mma put it on a bullet...put it in your brain.
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