The Craft Songtext
von Blackalicious

This craft, this beat, this rhyme, this vibe, this style
They say music gives new life
From a source inside that is forever flowing
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 riff
I′ll never master me, I know that it's from him
Or her, or it, dimensions that sit waiting to sift through me
I'll fall short, still it hits me swift
I didn′t have to see, I could′ve hit the lick
I could've drifted quick, I could′ve 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 could′ve 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 is such a blessing
I didn′t have to see the planet tip to tip
I didn′t have to make a living writ to writ
I didn't have to dream and then begin to live it
And for that, I vow to be a vessel

I give thanks for my rhyming 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 gonna front like I'm on some killing spree
And as hard as at times are, God is living through beats
That come not from minds
But they travel through spiritual regions
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 what 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 free

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
Displaying skills, I take it real serious
The vibe 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