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I love to see when people are real passionate about what they feel and what they say.
Rakim
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Rakim
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 28
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William Michael Griffin
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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.
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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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Keep your guns on and don't let anybody tell you how to load your guns or bust ya guns.
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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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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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Stay wise and the mind is untouchable.
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My son plays football so I coach a couple of his teams. My youngest son just started playing last year and I assistant coached for one of his teams. I try to be there as much as I can. I also want to kill the stereotype. I want them to respect me as a man and a father first and then if you like hip hop go buy my album.
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My moms is strictly Christian but once I got knowledge of self and started reading she used to love when I would sit there and tell her some of the things that I learned. It gave her an open mind to where she started believing in the most high.
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When I hear my first album today I hear myself reading my rhymes but I'm my worst critic.
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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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When you come in the building with your guns don't take them off.
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