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It's a bold statement but I think people need to read between the lines.
Rakim
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Rakim
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 28
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William Michael Griffin
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Do what you do don't let the label tell you to do something else.
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Sometimes I feel I'm the luckiest rapper in the world.
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I used to roll up: this is a hold up, ain't nuthin funny. Stop smiling, be still, don't nuthin move but the money.
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When I go out I get so much love I gotta change my way of thinking.
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Before I started rapping and touring I weighed about 160. But by going on the road every night eating fast food, performing every night, partying and drinking I started gaining weight immediately.
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I just try to do me and stay out of harms way.
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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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When you're trying to please both sides of the fence at the same time you really can't do that.
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When I hear my first album today I hear myself reading my rhymes but I'm my worst critic.
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Even when I was out on tour I used to fly home on the weekends to be with my girl and be with my family to see my kids grow up and just be there for them. When they started going to school it was like that too whether it was homework or if I have to go up to the school I was there.
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When you come in the building with your guns don't take them off.
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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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Tried to put shame in my game to make a name, I'mma put it on a bullet...put it in your brain.
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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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Take 7 emcees put em in a line And add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme It'll take 7 more before I go for mine And that's 21 emcees ate up at the same time.
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I always wanted to kind of make the listener feel like it was them that I was talking about, or to the point that I could say the rhyme, and feel like it's them saying it.
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I can take a phrase that's rarely heard/Flip it - now it's a daily word
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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.
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Feed me hip-hop and I start tremblin'
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I get a craving like I fiend for nicotine. But I don't need a cigarette, know what I mean?
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