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Keep your guns on and don't let anybody tell you how to load your guns or bust ya guns.
Rakim
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Rakim
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 28
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William Michael Griffin
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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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Everything becomes too normal after a while.
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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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I never tried to crossover or be in the public's eye everyday. I'm laid back with it and at times I wondered if I was doing the right thing promoting myself staying back a little bit and coming out when I felt that I had too. But when I get all the accolades and hear the things people say it just puts it all together for me man. It's a blessing.
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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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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 love to see when people are real passionate about what they feel and what they say.
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Everything derives from the mind. From sex to the way you want people to perceive you to anything in life, it all derives from the mind. If people start realizing this and get deeper into themselves they'll realize there's nothing that they can't do.
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