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My whole thing is if it wasn't for people like ya'll and people like them I wouldn't be me. I love every minute of it.
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 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 go to Queens for queens to get the crew from Brooklyn, Make money in Manhattan and never been tooken. Go Uptown and the Bronx to boogie down, Get strong on the Island, recoup, and lay around.
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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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Whenever I write a song I see the whole song anyway.
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I always had an intelligence with me, I was always in the streets, I was always trying to do good. I was always looking for something to guide me. In the beginning church wasn't it.
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