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Playing the sax and then enjoying jazz music man. It's like I learned how to find words inside of the beat.
Rakim
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Rakim
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 28
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When I go out I get so much love I gotta change my way of thinking.
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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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You can hear the seven sins Blowin' through the ghetto wind.
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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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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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What I want to do right now is give hip hop back to the hood. Before it was a neighborhood thing where it belonged to the hood and the rappers were reporting and there were rules and parameters. Now it seems like the artist's game.
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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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Feed me hip-hop and I start tremblin'
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I'm one dude and when I make my bed I lay in it but don't stereotype me. Never sold a crumb to this day and I don't do nothing on the side.
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I've always been a fan of hip hop and there are cats out there that I admire.
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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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Timeless, so age don't count in the booth When your flow stay submerged in the fountain of youth
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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 love to see when people are real passionate about what they feel and what they say.
Rakim
Once I finish one album I know where to begin again.
Rakim
I've been writing for so long I got a lot of different ways to write.
Rakim
Every time someone come out with an album don't change the whole style up but don't do what they are expecting. Surprise them.
Rakim
I kinda write in sequences that I live through.
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I always tried to manage my money smart.
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The older I get the wiser and more skillful I get.
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