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U.B.R. (Unauthorized Biography of Rakim)
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"The unauthorized copy
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Dedication to my children, my child Destiny Jones
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To my niece and nephews Suree, Malik, Jabari the world is yours
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Acknowledgments, first off, I wanna thank God
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And I wanna thank everybody for helping me out with this
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Couldn't do it without you
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Chapter 1, January 28, 1968
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Born into this world as William Griffin The Great
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Chapter 1, Wyandanch Long Island
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Scientific rhymin' invented a new sound when he met with
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Eric Barrier from East Sandhurst
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The melody they created was the first
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Burst on the scene, 1986 with Clap To This
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'87 dropped a classic disc
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The facts is the tracklist was like four
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The vocals, the beats according to Marly Marl
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Recorded in my hometown Queensbridge
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That's why it's so relative
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This biography was unauthorized
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I spit it how it was given to author Nas
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William changed his name at sixteen to Rakim Allah
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'Cause Clarence 13X had New York on lock
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Gods on every block, jams in every park
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I remember hearin' Curtis Blow saying
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"It can't get better than this"
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'Til Run DMC blew my brains to bits
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From leather coats to shell toes to the Stan Smiths
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To Dapper Dan kicks
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First million dollar deal ever in rap, 18th Letter did that
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From 4th & Broadway to Uni to MCA
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We followed the leader to Harlem's Apollo Theatre
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Supreme rapped and the 50 that don't rap
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Forte Green, Queens, Strong Island Wolfpack
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Paid In Full posse, hot they was on and Ra had his firstborn
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With the next line I'ma be easy, his wisdom's name is Fifi
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EPMD put a record out, was dope
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Tension spread, and I quote
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"Smack me and I smack you back"
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Sounded like the answer to the I Ain't No Joke track
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For a second it ain't look good
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Little tension buzzin' from Wyandanch to Brentwood
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Misunderstood, all forgot by sixteen when I met Freddy Foxx
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Totin' burners, the whole coast's most concern was
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How was Rakim's flow, made Christians convert with Islamic ways
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'Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em' was the third LP
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A sophisticated mean one, before similar voices were King Son
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A few others, but sooner or later, the game was Ra's kingdom
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At sixteen, son was watchin' him, mesmerized
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Respect, not jockin' him, was so amazin', besides
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He came on the stage with lasers in his eyes walk with me now
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"Unauthorized biography of Rakim
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Epilogue, mother was a jazz singer
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Nephew to R and B legend Ruth Brown
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Discography, Paid In Full, Follow The Leader
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Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em, Don't Sweat, The Technique
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That's the end of the group
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Went off to solo. Dropped the R
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Then the 18th Letter, and I think, somethin' The Master
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Was signed to Aftermath, scheduled to release an album
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Oh My God with Dr. Dre
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The album was dismantled because of creative differences
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The end to the new beginning, yeah, next book, KRS1, Peace"
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