The Craft Lyrics - Blackalicious

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, 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 tip to tip 

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 money can buy gateways to infinity 

Still I'm hungry to shine when I know I should let it be 

And I want but I have every single thing that I 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, do what's in front of you 

Then, let go, then do what's in front of you 

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, fade 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 

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 

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 

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