The Craft chords by Blackalicious

SimplifiedBm · C · G · Em

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Intro 1

This Craft, this beat,

Verse 1
C 
this rhyme, this vibe
Em 
This style, they say music gives new life
G 
From a source inside that
Em 
is forever flowin'
C 
This stage, this mic, this crowd, this show
Em 
This life, I've been given a gift tonight
C 
Em 
And for that, I vow to be a vessel
C 
I didn't have to be, given the gift to rip

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Verse 2
I'll never master me,
I know that it's from Him
Em 
or Her or It, dimensions that sit
C 
Waitin' to sift through me,
I fall short, still it hits me swift
Em 
I didn't have to see,
C 
I coulda hit the lick
I coulda drifted it quick,
Em 
I coulda quit so quick
It's really a trip, I guess I was picked
C 
I don't know what I did to deserve
Em 
a ride like this (Damn!)
I didn't have to eat, I coulda been so thin
C 
I  didn't have to be,
quoting these sentences
Em 
I   didn't have to reap,
Bm 
the work put in but then
C 
even the work in itself was such a blessin
Em 
I didn't have to see,
Bm 
C 
the planet lip to lip
I didn't have to make, a livin' writ to writ
Em 
I   didn't have to dream and
C 
then begin to live it
Em 
And for that, I vow to be a vessel

Verse 3
C 
This Craft, this beat,
this rhyme, this vibe
Em 
This style, they say music gives new life
G 
From a source inside that
Em 
is forever flowin'
C 
This stage, this mic, this crowd, this show
Em 
This life, I've been given a gift tonight
C 
Em 
And for that, I vow to be a vessel
Bm 
C 
I give thanks for my rhymin' ability I don't

Verse 4
front like it's not
Em 
a responsibility
I can open a mind,
C 
if the youth will listen to me
I'm not goin' to front,
Em 
like I'm on some killin' spree
Bm 
and as hard as the times are,
C 
God is livin' through beats
that come not from minds,
G 
but that travel through spiritual reasons
Em 
Bm 
Some of the time, I feel like,
Em 
it's not even me
C 
No mon- ey can buy gateways to infinity
Em 
Still I'm hun- gry to shine,
when I know I should let it be
C 
I want but I have,
every single thing that we need
Em 
So help me align self with soul
and then I'll be free
C 
To sculpt and design verbal styles
Em 
and experience freedom

Verse 5
C 
This Craft, this beat,
this rhyme, this vibe
Em 
This style, they say music gives new life
Bm 
G 
From a source inside that
C 
Em 
is forever flowin'
C 
This stage, this mic, this crowd, this show
Em 
This life, I've been given a gift tonight
G 
C 
And for that, I vow to be a vessel

Verse 6
Bm 
C 
G 
"Let go, do what's
in front of you"
C 
Em 
"Then, let go, then do  what's
G 
Em 
in front of you"
C 
This ain't leisure, although it feels It is

Verse 7
a duty, a way to live,
Em 
another way to give
C 
Another way to just, have communion
G 
With the source of the sun and moon and,
Em 
a way to pay the bills
Displayin' skills, I take it REAL serious
C 
The vibe's so mysterious,
Em 
not just one more day to kill
C 
..and I could lose my connection
if I do not respect it enough,
Em 
fffade away it will
C 
Day to day it gives energies
That replenish me, if
I believe and I say it will
Em 
and act on it, 'cause action
C 
is the key to freedom
Only way to be a leader,
Em 
lead by the way you live
Bm 
Em 
This Craft, this beat,

Verse 8
C 
this rhyme, this vibe
Em 
This style, they say music gives new life
G 
From a source inside that is forever
Em 
flowin'
Bm 
Em 
This stage, this mic,
C 
this crowd, this show
Em 
This life, I've been given a gift tonight
C 
G 
C 
Em 
And for that, I vow to be a vessel

Verse 9
C 
This Craft, this beat,
this rhyme, this vibe
G 
Em 
This style, they say music gives new life
C 
From a source inside that
Em 
is forever flowin'
C 
G 
This stage, this mic, this crowd, this show
Em 
This life, I've been given a gift tonight
C 
G 
Em 
And for that, I vow to be a vessel

Verse 10
C 
This Craft, this beat,
this rhyme, this vibe
Em 
This style, they say music gives new life
C 
From a source inside that is forever
Em 
flowin'
C 
This stage, this mic, this crowd, this show
Em 
This life, I've been given a gift tonight
C 
And for that, I vow to be a vessel