Torae - Panorama lyrics

[Verse]: Bull rhythm Raw livin' Came up hard with no pot I could piss in Came up smart with no pot in my system At the beginning, then I went in I asked moms about pops, why he missin' I asked about the crack viles in the kitchen Before I knew being an addict was addiction Then it kicked in, then I pitched in That was when the cla**mates used to diss then What happened to your eye? They never listened They never wanted to know in the instance You wake up out of your sleep half of your vision n***a I just couldn't see sh** Used to feel like I was never gon' be sh** Patch on my eye, I couldn't be Rick You wanna hear T-Pain can you believe it? My outlet was the music Was either that or hoop dreams was the cool sh** I remember video music Box was the for new sh** Reading the back of the flap to see who produced it Used to write raps on scraps like I could do this We used to scrap those raps like, "Are you foolish?" You ever heard of Rakim, Kane, Cool Chip? Well maybe not the last, them other two...sh** You better find you a gig You never gon' make it happen how they rappin' my nig That was fuel to the fire that they light in the kid That's why I chose to inspire and enlighten the kids I was moved even higher by the writing of B.I.G Before that was Illmatic every night in the crib Tribe Called Quest, the Gang Starr, too many to list So when I get to work with Preme man it's really a gift When I get to work with Pete man it's really the sh** And new legends, 9th Wonder, Khrysis, and Fatin And everybody on the album that decided to pitch in Marco you my brother till they bury my skin Large Pro you a legend, don't know where to begin Buckwild, Diamond, Diggin' In The Crates to the end And my n***a Eric G., you remembering when You first hit me on Myspace, tryin' to be friends? Told you, you was the truth way back then Want 7 for the soul, now salute that man It's an army over here, y'all recruit that man Come up on a ill sample go and loop that man Really been the issues and journey since it began Couldn't tell you where I'm headed, how to get there fam But if you in it for the ride put your seat back then Ayo 'Tin put the beat back in