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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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Keep your guns on and don't let anybody tell you how to load your guns or bust ya guns.
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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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