There are certain things that I wish people knew - certain things that I feel I started and certain things that I'm… — Rakim Copy Share Image
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… — Rakim Copy Share Image
People always tell me that they grew up with me - like I'm their brother or uncle or some other family member.… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Being in this game if you are gonna sell drugs and make records too then as many records you make is gonna… — Rakim Copy Share Image
We need a few more Kanyes, people that's really passionate about hip-hop and who keep it alive. — Rakim Copy Share Image
It might take a while but I think the rap game is the people that can do it. We're all role models… — Rakim Copy Share Image
I never really liked the idea of doing mixtapes but at the same time it was a big thing a lot of… — Rakim Copy Share Image
I never sold drugs. A lot of people used to think I was that dude but I never sold a crumb. I… — Rakim Copy Share Image
I never wanted to do the mixtape circuit and 300,000 people hear it and that's a chapter of my life and when… — Rakim Copy Share Image
I was an athlete in college - a quarterback, a leader - so people telling me what to do doesn't work. — Rakim Copy Share Image
I go up in the supermarkets and people always go what are you doing here and I go I'm hungry in a… — Rakim Copy Share Image
I'm you and you are me. I'm a man and you're a man. When people understand the more they know Self, the… — Rakim Copy Share Image
People think the older you get, the wacker you get. I think the older I get, the better I get. — Rakim Copy Share Image
I never tried to crossover or be in the public's eye everyday. I'm laid back with it and at times I wondered… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm too sensitive to the struggle, but I think a lot of people that listen to music are trying to escape. — Rakim Copy Share Image
Back in the day, music imitated life. Now it's the opposite way around: life is imitating music. It's like whatever the rappers… — Rakim Copy Share Image
A lot of reasons I didn't do records with people is because I never wanted their light to reflect on me. — Rakim Copy Share Image
Now it seems like hip hop belongs to the people you see in the videos and radios. So I want to give… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Everything derives from the mind. From sex to the way you want people to perceive you to anything in life, it all… — Rakim Copy Share Image
A lot of times when people listen to music it's because they feel down, and that's when serious hip-hop comes into play.… — Rakim Copy Share Image
I love to see when people are real passionate about what they feel and what they say. — Rakim Copy Share Image
Sometimes people say yo do you think rap changed you. No doubt it changed me. If I wasn't making records I'd still… — Rakim Copy Share Image
I love what I live, and I live Islam, so I applied it to everything I do. I applied it to my… — Rakim Copy Share Image
It is what it is but I do me and I think people respect that. They see me out in the hood… — Rakim Copy Share Image
I love Jay-Z, I love Kanye, and I praise the way he's been able to bring more business out of the jungle. — Rakim Copy Share Image
Elements burst, gave birth the the verse, get the pen from the nurse, but hook the mic up first. — Rakim Copy Share Image
I think rap was a better move for me but football's been my love since I learned how to walk. I was gonna be… — Rakim Copy Share Image
There are certain things that I wish people knew - certain things that I feel I started and certain things that I'm responsible for.… — Rakim Copy Share Image
So I start my mission- leave my residence Thinkin how could I get some dead presidents — Rakim Copy Share Image
My approach to writing rhymes went hand in hand with the music. I'd try to make different rhythms with my rhymes on the track… — Rakim Copy Share Image
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… — Rakim Copy Share Image
