Inspiration-Classified

[00:00.00] I made this beat, 2003ish [00:25.05]Wrote to it but never got it completed [00:27.60]I love the fell love the vibe that [00:29.22]I acquired [00:30.09]Spit a couple lines but wasn't really inspired [00:33.00]See inspiration is the thing that keep my brain ticking [00:35.85]If you don't feel inspired, someting in my veins missing [00:38.58]I wasn't too strong [00:39.72]Quit that and moved on, never looked back [00:42.00]And started working on a new song [00:43.95]But as a beatmaker, you never know [00:46.38]A track that [00:46.92]I ain't feeling might inspire someone else's flow [00:49.47]I sell beats, internet and in the streets [00:51.66]Helping poets paint pictures, [00:53.04]I'm the canvas so to speak [00:54.87]I sold this beat to a guy named [00:56.70]PhilHe reached out as a fan, hit me on my email [00:59.76]Told me I inspired him, he loved what [01:01.92]I was doing [01:02.70]He said I motivated him to start pursuing music [01:05.70]Gave him the intrumental, call me when you done writing [01:08.43]But I never heard back and really never thought twice [01:11.25]It happens often, rappers never finish nothing [01:13.59]So it didn't seem strange he didn't hit me back with something [01:16.71]A couple months passed, that was fine [01:19.02]Then I got another message with [01:20.55]Phil's name in the subject line"Class, I'm a friend of Phil's from back in the dayAnd the music you made, inspired him in many waysHe changed his life around, got it on trackI want you to know, cause last week Phil died in a car crash" [01:33.60]What? you serious? [01:35.52]I barely knew the guy but **** it hit me fairly quick [01:38.46]We all forget how much life should be admired [01:40.83]Sometimes we all forget how our music does inspire [01:43.92]Inspired Phil? nah, [01:45.06]Phil inspired me [01:46.32]To finish up my song over top of [01:48.15]Phillip's beat