[Chorus: Jill Scott]
Can you speak your words of bedtime
I was just saying to myself the other day
Most of believing the magician
But you`re bewitching
Because of this I must say
I (I)
I (oh I)
I
Appreciate what you give to me
Yeah (I)
I (oh I)
I
Appreciate what you give to me
[Verse 1: Common]
People say I got soul look at all the records I hold
The lives I`ve affected, connect and control
With me in your basement, your mama got blown
I provide the vibe to keep the strippers on poles
Through me the black experience is glorious told
From a school that`s old bold, so I rock gold
And platinum, so cats I hold notes and cash for them
On streets I rap for them, in ghettos I blast for them
Mash with them, at the party and all
Peep the universal language that`s embodying all
Put the Billie Holiday, Bob Marley in y`all
Y`all feel most high when I be in y`all
System, with the rhythm I up jump the boogie
Shame I rely on record labels to push me
Since the bush, I been y`all way to escape
Through eight-tracks wax CDs and tapes
I am music
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
You can feel me all over alive, I help culture survive, I opened the eyes of many
Styles y`all wrote in the skies, with your lows and highs, open your mind to hear me
In the streets I beat cops and obsolete
On every station it`s hot you can`t stop my heat
I taught J and Dre how to rock the beat
On what`s going on today yo, I gots to speak
I take the stand, yo you could feel me bam
Whether in Larry Graham or Steely Dan
Live I be killing it man
For how long I survived yo I`m realer than man
Got a soft side but I`m still a man
For me women cry and children dance, I`m trying to eat
I could`a got a mil and ran
But like Sly for the fam still I stand
I am music
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
I been here since the beginning
Beginning of time yo beginning of time
Deep in the mind of the ancient ones
Everybody love me like they do the sun
I shine at times yo at times I`m dark
You can`t categorize me, my mind`s a art
Inside my heart, it ain`t about climbing charts
I`m the one you roll with when your ride is smart
The change that came, the change that comes
I change with chords and I kick it with drums
Get blow with horns and did it on the one
Riffed for guitars, for the Lord I sung
Spun around the world at parties and weddings
Wherever I go I create the setting
You know me from lessons or your pops collections
Whether whole or half stepping I`m a blessing
Yo I am music
[Chorus 2X]
