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When I go out I get so much love I gotta change my way of thinking.
Rakim
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Rakim
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 28
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William Michael Griffin
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If something comes at me of course I'm gonna handle my business but I'm not the type to provoke the bullshit so I don't really get a lot of that.
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I always tried to manage my money smart.
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I just try to do me and stay out of harms way.
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Once I finish one album I know where to begin again.
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Even when I was out on tour I used to fly home on the weekends to be with my girl and be with my family to see my kids grow up and just be there for them. When they started going to school it was like that too whether it was homework or if I have to go up to the school I was there.
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