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Dabbling in music and being in music when I was young I had my own view of what I thought music was whether it was jazz, r&b, or hip hop.
Rakim
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Rakim
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 28
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William Michael Griffin
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Thinkin' of a master plan Cause ain't nothin' but sweat inside my hand.
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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 think rap was a better move for me but football's been my love since I learned how to walk. I was gonna be a running back or quarterback. That was my life. That was it but things happen for a reason. I wouldn't trade this in for nothing.
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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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So I start my mission- leave my residence Thinkin how could I get some dead presidents
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I don't try to go to the studio and make a single. I just do whatever I feel.
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It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at.
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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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I can take a phrase that's rarely heard/Flip it - now it's a daily word
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Things happen for a reason.
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Feed me hip-hop and I start tremblin'
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