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Sometimes I feel I'm the luckiest rapper in the world.
Rakim
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Rakim
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 28
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William Michael Griffin
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I start to think, and then I sink Into the paper like I was ink When I'm writing, I'm trapped in between the lines I escape when I finish the rhyme.
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I came in the door, I said it before I never let the mic magnetize me no more. But it's biting me, fighting me, inviting me to rhyme, I can't hold it back...I'm looking for the line. Taking off my coat, clearing my throat, My rhyme will be kicking until I hit my last note.
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I don't want to put nobody on blast but in the beginning it's like somebody telling you somebody looks like you and you've been looking in the mirror your whole life and nobody looks like you. Same thing with me.
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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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I've always been a fan of hip hop and there are cats out there that I admire.
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The older I get the wiser and more skillful I get.
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It's a bold statement but I think people need to read between the lines.
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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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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.
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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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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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So I start my mission- leave my residence Thinkin how could I get some dead presidents
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I had a little more freedom when I started sampling because you could actually do what you wanted to do.
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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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When I hear my first album today I hear myself reading my rhymes but I'm my worst critic.
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There is still consciousness in hip hop.
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Not follow me but follow the lyrics.
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