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Once I finish one album I know where to begin again.

Rakim

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Rakim
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 28
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New York City
New York
William Michael Griffin
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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 always wanted to kind of make the listener feel like it was them that I was talking about, or to the point that I could say the rhyme, and feel like it's them saying it.
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There's things in the Bible when you read the Quran there different wordings. The Quran is dealing with the Most High and the Bible is dealing with God. If they read them both and put it together they'll know what the true culture is.
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When you're trying to please both sides of the fence at the same time you really can't do that.
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Feed me hip-hop and I start tremblin'
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It's a bold statement but I think people need to read between the lines.
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Thinkin' of a master plan Cause ain't nothin' but sweat inside my hand.
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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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You can hear the seven sins Blowin' through the ghetto wind.
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I don't work out too much and it's wild because it bugs me out.
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Everything becomes too normal after a while.
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I always had deep respect for my peoples 'cause of the love they gave me and the know how that they showed me through the years.
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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'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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There is still consciousness in hip hop.
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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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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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