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].
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
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
Thinkin' of a master plan Cause ain't nothin' but sweat inside my hand.
Stay wise and the mind is untouchable. - Rakim
Stay wise and the mind is untouchable.
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
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.
The physical was never the best part of the body. - Rakim
The physical was never the best part of the body.
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
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.
It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at. - Rakim
It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at.
I try to keep myself out of the unnecessary bullshit. - Rakim
I try to keep myself out of the unnecessary bullshit.
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
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…
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