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My moms is strictly Christian but once I got knowledge of self and started reading she used to love when I would sit there and tell her some of the things that I learned. It gave her an open mind to where she started believing in the most high.

Rakim

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Rakim
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 28
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