Panorama-Torae/Mela Machinko

[ti:Panorama] [ar:Torae] [al:For the Record] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Panorama - Torae/Mela Machinko [00:03.43]Bull rhythm [00:04.07] [00:04.64]Raw livin' [00:05.77]Came up hard with no pot I could piss in [00:08.31]Came up smart with no pot in my system [00:11.07]At the beginning then I went in [00:13.56]I asked moms about pops why he missin' [00:16.35]I asked about the crack viles in the kitchen [00:18.99]Before I knew being an addict was addiction [00:21.25] [00:21.76]Then it kicked in then I pitched in [00:23.86] [00:24.47]That was when the classmates used to diss then [00:26.93]What happened to your eye They never listened [00:29.50]They never wanted to know in the instance [00:32.01]You wake up out of your sleep half of your vision [00:34.48] [00:35.29]Ni**a I just couldn't see sh*t [00:37.50]Used to feel like I was never gon' be sh*t [00:40.14]Patch on my eye I couldn't be Rick [00:42.81]You wanna hear T-Pain can you believe it [00:45.01] [00:46.07]My outlet was the music [00:48.04]Was either that or hoop dreams was the cool sh*t [00:50.64]I remember video music Box was for the new sh*t [00:53.23]Reading the back of the flap to see who produced it [00:55.98]Used to write raps on scraps like I could do this [00:58.58]We used to scrap those raps like Are you foolish [01:01.28]You ever heard of Rakim Kane Cool Chip [01:03.86]Well maybe not the last them other two sh*t [01:06.12] [01:07.11]You better find you a gig [01:08.65]You never gon' make it happen how they rappin' my nig [01:11.27]That was fuel to the fire that they light in the kid [01:13.85]That's why I chose to inspire and enlighten the kids [01:16.49]I was moved even higher by the writing of B I G [01:19.08]Before that was Illmatic every night in the crib [01:21.74]Tribe Called Quest the Gang Starr too many to list [01:24.33]So when I get to work with Preme man it's really a gift [01:27.10]When I get to work with Pete man it's really the sh*t [01:29.67]And new legends 9th Wonder Khrysis and Fatin [01:32.28]And everybody on the album that decided to pitch in [01:35.01]Marco you my brother till they bury my skin [01:37.58]Large Pro you a legend don't know where to begin [01:40.20]Buckwild Diamond Diggin' In The Crates to the end [01:42.88]And my ni**a Eric G you remembering when [01:45.42]You first hit me on Myspace tryin' to be friends [01:48.28]Told you you was the truth way back then [01:50.82]Want 7 for the soul now salute that man [01:53.49]It's an army over here y'all recruit that man [01:56.11]Come up on a ill sample go and loop that man [01:58.66]Really been the issues and journey since it began [02:01.28]Couldn't tell you where I'm headed how to get there fam [02:03.94]But if you in it for the ride put your seat back then [02:06.59]Ayo Tin put the beat back in