I Am Music

[Hook: Jill Scott]

Candy sweet, your words of bedtime

I was just saying to myself the other day

Most don't believe in 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, yeah

[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 blowed

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, some cats I hold notes and cash for them

On streets I rap with them, in ghettos I blast for them

Mash with them, at the party and all

Be 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, CD's and tapes

I am music

[Hook: Jill Scott]

Candy sweet, your words of bedtime

I was just saying to myself the other day

Most don't believe in 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, yeah

[Verse 2: Common]

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 that's hot, you can't stop my heat

I taught Jay 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 tryna eat, I coulda got a meal and ran

But like Sly for the fam, still I stand

I am music

[Hook: Jill Scott]

Candy sweet, your words of bedtime

I was just saying to myself the other day

Most don't believe in 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, yeah

[Verse 3: Common]

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 you're riding smart

The change that came, the change that comes

I change with chords and I kick it with drums

Get blown 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 pop's collection

Whether whole or half stepping, I'm a blessing

Yo, I am music

[Hook: Jill Scott]

Candy sweet, your words of bedtime

I was just saying to myself the other day

Most don't believe in 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, yeah

[Outro: Jill Scott]

(I) I (oh I)

I, appreciate what you give to me, yeah

(I) I (oh I)

I, appreciate what you give to me, yeah