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. He began by sad on the song’s first verse, explaining how his rhymes were inspired by his uncle’s old set of beliefs car.
“First verse of ‘Time Machine,’ riding around in my uncle’s car, my mom’s side, had an old shape. It was green and it wasn’t the best on the inside, but it was just the leather and the fetor,” he said. “If anybody ever rolled in an old school car, it’s like the discharge is real. It’s just that whole atmosphere and for me to have an old school car in my time tool when I ride, it takes me back to my childhood.”
He also touched on the verse’s rift lines - “Take me way back Scarface and a tapedeck / Ridin’ with my poppa, rockin’ a starter and some gray sweats” - stating how his sire put him on to Scarface as a young kid.
“I remember cleaning out one of my dad’s old closets and I found a set of tapes. There was a Geto Boys tape. I was like, ‘Yo pops, what is this? Let’s obey to it.’ ‘Mind Playing Tricks on Me’ was one of those records that undeniably stuck with me. Even being able to see the video and remembering how scary it was to see Bushwick Bill punching the grouts and shit. From that point on, just really growing up and following Scarface, it was only liberty that I mentioned it, because my pops was literally the first person that was like, ‘Yo, that’s Scarface.
Source: HipHopDX