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It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at.

Rakim

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Rakim
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 28
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Rapper
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New York City
New York
William Michael Griffin
Rap

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I just try to do me and stay out of harms way.
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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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I always tried to manage my money smart.
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When you come in the building with your guns don't take them off.
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I love listening to old records to keep nostalgic feeling it allows me to not lose the love for hip-hop.
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I love to see when people are real passionate about what they feel and what they say.
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Hopefully the rappers can start to open the eyes in the neighborhoods and communities.
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And I'll break, when I'm through breakin, I'll leave you broke, Drop the mic when I'm finished, and watch it smoke
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It's been a long time...I shouldn't have left you Without a strong rhyme to step to.
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There's things in the Bible when you read the Quran there different wordings. The Quran is dealing with the Most High and the Bible is dealing with God. If they read them both and put it together they'll know what the true culture is.
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My son plays football so I coach a couple of his teams. My youngest son just started playing last year and I assistant coached for one of his teams. I try to be there as much as I can. I also want to kill the stereotype. I want them to respect me as a man and a father first and then if you like hip hop go buy my album.
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I had a little more freedom when I started sampling because you could actually do what you wanted to do.
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I kinda write in sequences that I live through.
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Rappers are separated.
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Whenever I write a song I see the whole song anyway.
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Whenever I sat down to write something it was never anything I took lightly. It was something that I'd want you, somebody in Japan, and somebody [over there to hear it].
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Not follow me but follow the lyrics.
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Being in this game if you are gonna sell drugs and make records too then as many records you make is gonna be as many people that know you sell drugs. We got the hip hop cops listening now.
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You can't win for losing.
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Everything becomes too normal after a while.
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