The Craft-Blackalicious

[ti:The Craft] [ar:Blackalicious] [al:The Craft] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Craft - Blackalicious [00:09.75]This Craft this beat this rhyme this vibe [00:12.87]This style they say music gives new life [00:15.37]From a source inside that is forever flowin' [00:18.87]This stage this mic this crowd this show [00:21.75]This life I've been given a gift tonight [00:24.62]And for that I vow to be a vessel [00:26.93]I didn't have to be given the gift to rip [00:29.12]I'll never master me I know that it's from him [00:31.49]Or her or it dimensions that sit waitin' to sift through me [00:34.48]I fall short still it hits me swift [00:36.05]I didn't have to see I coulda hit the lick [00:38.11]I coulda drifted it quick I coulda quit so quick [00:40.24]It's really a trip I guess I was picked [00:42.19]I don't know what I did to deserve a ride like this damn [00:44.77]I didn't have to eat I coulda been so thin [00:46.89]I didn't have to be quoting these sentences [00:49.09]I didn't have to reap the work put in but then [00:51.46]Even the work in itself was such a blessin' [00:53.53]I didn't have to see the planet tip to tip [00:55.85]I didn't have to make a livin' writ to writ [00:58.03]I didn't have to dream and then begin to live it [01:00.29]And for that I vow to be a vessel [01:02.85]This Craft this beat this rhyme this vibe [01:06.17]This style they say music gives new life [01:08.73]From a source inside that is forever flowin' [01:11.40]This stage this mic this crowd this show [01:15.09]This life I've been given a gift tonight [01:17.77]And for that I vow to be a vessel [01:20.46]I give thanks for my rhymin' ability [01:22.15]I don't front like it's not a responsibility [01:24.53]I can open a mind if the youth will listen to me [01:26.90]I'm not goin' to front like I'm on some killin' spree [01:29.09]And as hard as the times are God is livin' through beats [01:31.40]That come not from minds but that travel through spiritual reasons [01:33.47]Some of the time I feel like it's not even me [01:35.91]No money can buy gateways to infinity [01:37.52]Still I'm hungry to shine when I know I should let it be [01:40.21]And I want but I have every single thing that I need [01:42.40]So help me align self with soul and then I'll be free [01:44.52]To sculpt and design verbal styles and experience freedom [01:46.73] [01:47.53]This Craft this beat this rhyme this vibe [01:50.67]This style they say music gives new life [01:53.12]From a source inside that is forever flowin' [01:55.87]This stage this mic this crowd this show [01:59.45]This life I've been given a gift tonight [02:01.89]And for that I vow to be a vessel [02:04.83]Let go do what's in front of you [02:08.34] [02:08.84]Then let go then do what's in front of you [02:12.91] [02:13.53]This ain't leisure although it feels [02:15.53]It is a duty a way to live another way to give [02:18.03]Another way to just have communion with the source [02:20.75]Of the sun and moon and a way to pay the bills [02:23.00]Displayin' skills I take it real serious [02:24.56]The vibe's so mysterious not just one more day to kill [02:27.23]And I could lose my connection [02:28.97]If I do not respect it enough fade away it will [02:32.21]Day to day it gives energies [02:33.59]That replenish me if I believe and I say it will [02:35.97]And act on it 'cause action is the key to freedom [02:38.10]Only way to be a leader lead by the way you live [02:40.59]This Craft this beat this rhyme this vibe [02:43.96]This style they say music gives new life [02:46.59]From a source inside that is forever flowin' [02:49.46]This stage this mic this crowd this show [02:52.97]This life I've been given a gift tonight [02:55.53]And for that I vow to be a vessel [02:58.60]This Craft this beat this rhyme this vibe [03:01.78]This style they say music gives new life [03:04.35]From a source inside that is forever flowin' [03:06.91]This stage this mic this crowd this show [03:10.78]This life I've been given a gift tonight [03:13.28]And for that I vow to be a vessel [03:15.90]This Craft this beat this rhyme this vibe [03:19.59]This style they say music gives new life [03:22.09]From a source inside that is forever flowin' [03:24.59]This stage this mic this crowd this show [03:28.40]This life I've been given a gift tonight [03:31.15]And for that I vow to be a vessel