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].
RakimI 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.
RakimSometimes I see where I want to take the song and wind up at the end and come back to the beginning. I don't miss nothing and everything is good. Everything I thought of is incorporated in it.
Rakim