It might sound crazy but you put your money up and take out a little every week. You put yourself on a salary instead of getting $7,000 this week, $2…

- Rakim

Thinkin' of a master plan Cause ain't nothin' but sweat inside my hand.

- Rakim

I loved the hood and still love the hood but I had to realize like Ra you a rapper now you're in the public eye.

- Rakim

Stay wise and the mind is untouchable.

- Rakim

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.

- Rakim

It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at.

- Rakim

I try to keep myself out of the unnecessary bullshit.

- Rakim

The physical was never the best part of the body.

- Rakim

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 rhym…

- Rakim