Rap Quotes by Rakim

To me, sometimes things outside of rap inspire me to rap.

— Rakim

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

— Rakim

Feed me hip-hop and I start tremblin'

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My kids listen to rap, so I try to keep up with as much as I can.

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

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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…

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I used to roll up: this is a hold up, ain't nuthin funny. Stop smiling, be still, don't nuthin move but the…

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It's been a long time...I shouldn't have left you Without a strong rhyme to step to.

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I wake you up and as I stare in your face, you seem stunned. Remember me? The one you got your idea…

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I get a craving like I fiend for nicotine. But I don't need a cigarette, know what I mean?

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I think rap was a better move for me but football's been my love since I learned how to walk. I was…

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I came in the door, I said it before I never let the mic magnetize me no more. But it's biting me,…

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I'm everlastin, I can go on for days and days With rhyme displays that engrave deep as X-rays I can take a…

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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…

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Take 7 emcees put em in a line And add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme It'll take 7 more…

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I had a lot of respect for Prodigy. He brought the hood to the booth. When we were trying to shape this…

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I seen her in the subway, on my way to Brooklyn. "Hello, good lookin, is this seat tooken?" On the A Train,…

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It might take a while but I think the rap game is the people that can do it. We're all role models…

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Let's travel at magnificent speeds around the universe What could you say as the Earth gets further and further away Planets are…

— Rakim

You can hear the seven sins Blowin' through the ghetto wind...

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Tried to put shame in my game to make a name, I'mma put it on a bullet...put it in your brain.

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I ain't no joke, I used to let the mic smoke, Now I slam it when I'm done and make sure it's…

— Rakim

As a young artist, especially in rap and at that time that I came out, originality was big.

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I'm just an addict, addicted to music Maybe it's a habit...I gotta use it.

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Sometimes people say yo do you think rap changed you. No doubt it changed me. If I wasn't making records I'd still…

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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…

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Some of you been trying to write rhymes for years, But weak ideas irritate my ears. Is this the best that you…

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I can't look at TV without seeing something that's been influenced by rap. Even commercials for cereal. When I was small, I…

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I was an underground artist, but the underground status was successful. Coming from where I came from to see where rap is…

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Before I started rapping and touring I weighed about 160. But by going on the road every night eating fast food, performing…

— Rakim

Maino is an artist that I feel walks what he talks - you can tell what he raps about and what he's…

— Rakim