--- title: "1 Slash Gangsta Quotes By Raekwon" description: "1 Slash Gangsta quotes by Raekwon. Plus more from Raekwon and more Slash Gangsta sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c88/raekwon-3709_music_i-came-from-a-long-struggle-i-talk-real_1365903.png" --- > [I came from a long struggle. I talk real-life music. I lived my shit. I roll with niggas that lived it, and that's all I can continue to give you is my side of where I come from. The way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raekwon/i-came-from-a-long-struggle-i-talk-real-life-music-i-lived-my-shit-i/) [Raekwon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raekwon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c88/raekwon-3709_music_i-came-from-a-long-struggle-i-talk-real_1365903.png) ## More by Raekwon > [Call me the rap assassinator / rhymes rugged and built like Schwarzenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raekwon/call-me-the-rap-assassinator-rhymes-rugged-and-built-like/) [Raekwon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raekwon/) > [I'm a storyteller - that's my chamber, that's my box. I'm always tryin' to give you the best story from our side of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raekwon/i-m-a-storyteller-that-s-my-chamber-that-s-my-box-i-m-always-tryin-to/) [Raekwon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raekwon/) > [If you gonna challenge my ways, know my history. Don't put nobody in my face that don't know about me, or they here to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raekwon/if-you-gonna-challenge-my-ways-know-my-history-don-t-put-nobody-in-my/) [Raekwon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raekwon/) > [I remember I heard it in an interview with Michael Jackson one day, saying the art is gone, everybody makes records just to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raekwon/i-remember-i-heard-it-in-an-interview-with-michael-jackson-one-day/) [Raekwon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raekwon/) > [Stop it, keep baking, see, the smell its a statement. One freeze of this shit, you wont feel your legs kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raekwon/stop-it-keep-baking-see-the-smell-its-a-statement-one-freeze-of-this/) [Raekwon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raekwon/) > [When you devote yourself to being an artist, you have to stay on your craft and always try to get better and better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raekwon/when-you-devote-yourself-to-being-an-artist-you-have-to-stay-on-your/) [Raekwon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raekwon/) > [Ay yo, ay yo, barbeque and blow in the back of the crib. Sittinand countin, smoking a spliff, this shits a gift.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raekwon/ay-yo-ay-yo-barbeque-and-blow-in-the-back-of-the-crib-sittinand/) [Raekwon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raekwon/) > [We was just young guys who wanted to change. We got tired of doin' this same everyday bullshit that we was doin', and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raekwon/we-was-just-young-guys-who-wanted-to-change-we-got-tired-of-doin-this/) [Raekwon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raekwon/) > [I always write to the moment. I've always been that kind of emcee. I don't wanna come in with all the paperwork and all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raekwon/i-always-write-to-the-moment-i-ve-always-been-that-kind-of-emcee-i/) [Raekwon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raekwon/) > [I just want to be remembered as a dope MC. As somebody who really covered a lot of ground and became internationally known.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raekwon/i-just-want-to-be-remembered-as-a-dope-mc-as-somebody-who-really/) [Raekwon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raekwon/) > [I love to get on tracks with brothers like Inspectah Deck, Masta Killa, the GZA. The whole crew is golden, man. When you think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raekwon/i-love-to-get-on-tracks-with-brothers-like-inspectah-deck-masta-killa/) [Raekwon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raekwon/) > [I like Ross' swag, I like his style.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raekwon/i-like-ross-swag-i-like-his-style/) [Raekwon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raekwon/) > [ With me, Im a big fan of brothers like Slick Rick and Rakim and \[Big Daddy\] Kane and Biz \[Markie\] and all them cats.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raekwon/with-me-im-a-big-fan-of-brothers-like-slick-rick-and-rakim-and-big/) [Raekwon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raekwon/) > [You know the steez; you know my whole program. Brothers from the No-Lands, all we want is the G's guns and grams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raekwon/you-know-the-steez-you-know-my-whole-program-brothers-from-the-no/) [Raekwon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raekwon/) > [N this business you got different types of artists who are trying to get to the level of success; everybody graduates to where they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raekwon/n-this-business-you-got-different-types-of-artists-who-are-trying-to/) [Raekwon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raekwon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/slash-gangsta/raekwon/#itemlist", "name": "1 Slash Gangsta Quotes By Raekwon", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I came from a long struggle. I talk real-life music. I lived my shit. 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