The Craft

[Hook] 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 [Gift of Gab - Verse One] 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 liq 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 (Damn!) 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 [Hook] 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 [Verse Two] 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 regions 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 [Hook] 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 [Chief Xcel samples] "Let go, do what's in front of you" "Then, let go, then do what's in front of you" [Verse Three] This ain't leisure, although it feels It is a duty, a way to live, another way to give Another way to just, have communion With the source of the sun and moon and, a way to pay the bills Displayin' skills, I take it REAL serious The vibe's so mysterious, not just one more day to kill ..and I could lose my connection If I do not respect it enough, fffade away it will Day to day it gives energies That replenish me, if I believe and I say it will And act on it, cause action is the key to freedom Only way to be a leader, lead by the way you live [Hook 3X] 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