I had a little more freedom when I started sampling because you could actually do what you wanted to do.
RakimI feel that when we leave here I think it's just another transition and whatever it is I hope I'm prepared for it.
RakimThere's so many different ways to write a rhyme its stupid man. I don't understand why the majority of the rap game sounds the same.
RakimIf something comes at me of course I'm gonna handle my business but I'm not the type to provoke the bullshit so I don't really get a lot of that.
RakimI'm you and you are me. I'm a man and you're a man. When people understand the more they know Self, the real Inner Self of themselves it's the same physical structure you've got. The same things you deal with I deal with. Everything derives from the mind. What's funny is the mind is the hardest question and I guess that's why I'm always writing about it.
Rakim