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When I hear my first album today I hear myself reading my rhymes but I'm my worst critic.
Rakim
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Rakim
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 28
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William Michael Griffin
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Whenever I sat down to write something it was never anything I took lightly. It was something that I'd want you, somebody in Japan, and somebody [over there to hear it].
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Everything derives from the mind. From sex to the way you want people to perceive you to anything in life, it all derives from the mind. If people start realizing this and get deeper into themselves they'll realize there's nothing that they can't do.
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There's so many different ways to write a rhyme its stupid man. I don't understand why the majority of the rap game sounds the same.
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When I go out I get so much love I gotta change my way of thinking.
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Stay wise and the mind is untouchable.
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The older I get the wiser and more skillful I get.
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Everything becomes too normal after a while.
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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 go up in the supermarkets and people always go what are you doing here and I go I'm hungry in a sarcastic but nice way just to let them know yo I'm human too man.
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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 love listening to old records to keep nostalgic feeling it allows me to not lose the love for hip-hop.
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I love to see when people are real passionate about what they feel and what they say.
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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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I don't work out too much and it's wild because it bugs me out.
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Now life is imitating art.
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It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at.
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Do what you do don't let the label tell you to do something else.
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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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You can hear the seven sins Blowin' through the ghetto wind.
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