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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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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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When I hear my first album today I hear myself reading my rhymes but I'm my worst critic.
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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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Do what you do don't let the label tell you to do something else.
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Once I finish one album I know where to begin again.
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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.
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I just try to do me and stay out of harms way.
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