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Rakim
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 28
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William Michael Griffin
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I started studying in '85 and got knowledge of self and started spitting. What was going on was taking the understanding of what I was reading and applying it with my life and applying it with my rhymes.
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You can hear the seven sins Blowin' through the ghetto wind.
Rakim
I don't work out too much and it's wild because it bugs me out.
Rakim
I've always been a picky eater but I'm not the healthiest eater.
Rakim
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.
Rakim
I never went to college. I think about it a lot. I can't watch a game without thinking where I would have been if I had ga head and went to college and pursued my career.
Rakim
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.
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So I start my mission- leave my residence Thinkin how could I get some dead presidents
Rakim
Teach the youth to speak the truth, show them what peace can do
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Stay wise and the mind is untouchable.
Rakim
Subconsciously, Islam took over me so it was like eighty or ninety percent of the fabric of the person I was.
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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 never really liked the idea of doing mixtapes but at the same time it was a big thing a lot of people were doing it and it almost got to the point where if you didn't touch the mixtape circuit it was like you didn't care.
Rakim
I can take a phrase that's rarely heard/Flip it - now it's a daily word
Rakim
Get your money and as long as nobody is stepping on my wad then we're good.
Rakim
Keep your guns on and don't let anybody tell you how to load your guns or bust ya guns.
Rakim
When I go out I get so much love I gotta change my way of thinking.
Rakim
Everything becomes too normal after a while.
Rakim
You can look in a book of wrong and learn more right. If you're reading a book that has all wrong in it , you're learning what not to do.
Rakim
Sometimes I feel I'm the luckiest rapper in the world.
Rakim