Rakim Quotes

With me, Im a big fan of brothers like Slick Rick and Rakim and [Big Daddy] Kane and Biz [Markie] and all them cats. Them was the dudes that I really followed outside of us; us meaning the Clan. These are the dudes that basically influenced me and I just feel like Im a melting pot of all those elements. - Raekwon

Where the poison wind blows a deadly plague spreading negativity, viciously unto every city. - Rakim

What was once easy became confused and hard, which brings us back to the mystic question, who is God? - Rakim

We make cash on the street called Straight Path. - Rakim

To be truthful, being that the game has changed so much, you come hoping for the best and expecting the worst. To my surprise, there's a lot of love out here for me. It confirms everything that I thought that I started. It makes me feel a little better knowing that I still got an audience to return to, man. - Rakim

Timeless, so age don't count in the booth, when your flow stay submerged in the fountain of youth. - Rakim

This is the track that made Theodore wanna scratch. The track that caused the first kid to spin on his back. - Rakim

Then I explain verses, that remain on the surface. At times it get deep, but I never defeat the purpose. - Rakim

Teach the youth to speak the truth, show them what peace can do. - Rakim