the craft

this craft

this beat

this rhyme

this vibe

this style

they say music gives new life

from a source inside that is forever flowin'

this stage

this mic

this crowd

this show

this life

i've been given a gift tonight

and for that

i vow to be a vessel

i didn't have to be

given the gift to rip

i'll never master me

i know that it's from him

or her or it

dimensions that sit

waitin' to sift through me

i fall short

still it hits me swift

i didn't have to see

i coulda hit the lick

i coulda drifted it quick

i coulda quit so quick

it's really a trip

i guess i was picked

i don't know what i did to deserve a ride like this

i didn't have to eat

i coulda been so thin

i didn't have to be

quoting these sentences

i didn't have to reap

the work put in but then

even the work in itself was such a blessin

i didn't have to see

the planet lip to lip

i didn't have to make

a livin' writ to writ

i didn't have to dream and then begin to live it

and for that

i vow to be a vessel

this craft

this beat

this rhyme

this vibe

this style

they say music gives new life

from a source inside that is forever flowin'

this stage

this mic

this crowd

this show

this life

i've been given a gift tonight

and for that

i vow to be a vessel

i give thanks for my rhymin' ability

i don't front like it's not a responsibility

i can open a mind

if the youth will listen to me

i'm not goin' to front

like i'm on some killin' spree

and as hard as the times are

god is livin' through beats

that come not from minds

but that travel through spiritual reasons

some of the time

i feel like

it's not even me

no mon-ey can buy gateways to infinity

still i'm hun-gry to shine

when i know i should let it be

i want but i have

every single thing that we need

so help me align self with soul and then i'll be free

to sculpt and design verbal styles and experience freedom

this craft

this beat

this rhyme

this vibe

this style

they say music gives new life

from a source inside that is forever flowin'

this stage

this mic

this crowd

this show

this life

i've been given a gift tonight

and for that

i vow to be a vessel

let go