Whether in Larry Graham or Steely Dan
On what's going on today yo, I gots to speak
Beginnin' a time yo, beginnin' a time
But you're bewitching
Most of believing the magician
From a school that's old bold, so I rock gold
The change that came, the change that comes
But like sly for the fam still I stand, I am music
Get blow with horns and did it on the one
Riffed for guitars, for the Lord I sung
The lives I've affected, connect and control
You can't categorize me, my mind's a art
Because of this I must say
I, I, I appreciate what you give to me
I, I, I appreciate what you give to me
Since the bush, I been y'all way to escape
I opened the eyes of many
Yeah I, I, appreciate what you give to me
You can feel me all over alive, I help culture survive
Most of believing the magician
Put the Billie holiday, Bob Marley in y'all
Open your mind to hear me
And platinum, so cats I hold notes and cash for them
Live I be killing it man
Got a soft side but I'm still a man
Styles y'all wrote in the skies, with your lows and highs
I was just saying to myself the other day
Peep the universal language that's embodying all
I taught J and Dre how to rock the beat
Can you speak your words of bedtime
In the streets I beat cops and obsolete
I, I, I appreciate what you give to me
On every station it's hot you can't stop my heat
Wherever I go I create the setting
I provide the vibe to keep the strippers on poles
I, I, I appreciate what you give to me
I, I, I appreciate what you give to me
Yeah, I, I appreciate what you give to me, yeah
Mash with them, at the party and all
For how long I survived yo I'm realer than man
I been here since the beginning
Whether whole or half stepping I'm a blessing, yo I am music
People say I got soul look at all the records I hold
Because of this I must say
On streets I rap for them, in ghettos I blast for them
Shame I rely on record labels to push me
Inside my heart, it ain't about climbing charts
But you're bewitching
I could'a got a mil and ran
I take the stand, yo you could feel me bam
Most of believing the magician
For me women cry and children dance, I'm trying to eat
You know me from lessons or your pops collections
Because of this I must say
But you're bewitching
System, with the rhythm I up jump the boogie
Spun around the world at parties and weddings
Yeah, I, I appreciate what you give to me
I shine at times yo, at times I'm dark
Through eight tracks wax CDs and tapes, I am music
I was just saying to myself the other day
Yeah I, I, appreciate what you give to me
Y'all feel most high when I be in y'all
Can you speak your words of bedtime
Deep in the mind of the ancient ones
But you're bewitching
Everybody love me like they do the sun
Because of this I must say
Most of believing the magician
I was just saying to myself the other day
Through me the black experience is glorious told
I change with chords and I kick it with drums
I'm the one you roll with when your ride is smart
Can you speak your words of bedtime
With me in your basement, your mama got blown
