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Teach the youth to speak the truth, show them what peace can do
Rakim
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Rakim
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 28
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William Michael Griffin
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I just try to do me and stay out of harms way.
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What's powerful about the mind, the mind comes through every physical and when the physical goes the mind still exists.
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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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Thinkin' of a master plan Cause ain't nothin' but sweat inside my hand.
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Once I finish one album I know where to begin again.
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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 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 don't want to put nobody on blast but in the beginning it's like somebody telling you somebody looks like you and you've been looking in the mirror your whole life and nobody looks like you. Same thing with me.
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Get your money and as long as nobody is stepping on my wad then we're good.
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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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I never tried to crossover or be in the public's eye everyday. I'm laid back with it and at times I wondered if I was doing the right thing promoting myself staying back a little bit and coming out when I felt that I had too. But when I get all the accolades and hear the things people say it just puts it all together for me man. It's a blessing.
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