I loved the hood and still love the hood but I had to realize like Ra you a rapper now you're in the public eye.
RakimNow I got kids and I'm more wise now. Life means more to me than having fun. I'm more calm, more wise, and more cautious.
RakimSometimes you start flowing and shits starts adding on to whatever cipher you're dealing with. Meanwhile you got all of these thoughts in your head and you don't get enough time to put them down. That's another reason I started writing from the last word to the front word. It's methods to the madness. Sometimes I can't understand it or explain it but it is what it is.
Rakim