[bad word]  
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 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  [bad word] ) 
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 
 [bad word]  
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  [bad word] 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 
 [bad word]  
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, [bad word] 
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 
 [bad word] 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