[interviewerpossibly harry allen]

What isthe onemain thing that you have

That you would want people to remember you by? 

Or not one but thethose things that are dear to you

That you wouldwant to be remembered as



[rakim]

I guess I guess it's my words manyaknahmean? 

Just my wordsandif people remember my words they'll remember me forever

Y'know?  God by nature mind raised in asiay'know? 

But umm... it's like y'know to live forever you you you gotta

Set y'knownot not set trends but you gotta

Apply yourself a certain way and you gotta do certain things y'know? 

Maybemaybe when I'm gone twenty years from now

Somebody might be tellintellin they little son

"oh yo you think shorty bad?  yo I 'member this cat way back

In like nineteen-ninety. kid named rakimbananas."

Youknowhati'msayin?  if that can happen manI'm aight many'know? 

I got I got I got kids y'know?  they gonna ummfinish this for

Me anyway yknahmsayin so regardlessy'know the legacy lives

But umm as far as the masses just remember my words