Its for me, myself, my life/ my perspective/
for the need of expression/ for the life lessons/
for the hard questions/ when no one was hearing it/
For my embarrassment of America's arrogance/
It's for the homeless/ trailer trash and lower class/
The college grads/ republicans and the democrats/
transients/ nay Sayers/ and the vagabonds/
For the wisdom I found when they let me tag along/
For the bandwagons/ the outcast/ and the has-beens/
It's for wise words to out last and understand them/
It's for that half smile/the frown or last tear/
And it for the last mile/ I hoped too of finished last year/
Its my opinion I followed when no one couldn’t swallow it/
Its my heart beat/ my religion/ and its my politics/
And its my write of passage/ I earned from the start/
I cut off my hands and write straight from the heart/
It's for those starving artist/ wallflowers black sheep/
It's for the napkins I write on when I lack sleep/
It those tattered notebooks/ and pens with black ink/
Its life forcing music to take a back seat/
It’s for the broken doctrine/ It’s the letters with dear johns/
Its for the hope in the hardships/ that seem to last all year long/
Its for the family of the military/ and the fallen soldiers/
Its for those who still fight let’s call them all homeward/
It's for the journey the struggle/ the times when you stumble/
It's my own rebuttal it's for all the things that we juggle/
its for the introverts and it’s for the silver spoons/
its the purpose of artist/its for life’s bitter tune/
its for the blue collared workers/its for the facades/
for the tear jerkers/ its the way I worship my god/
It fear of love and its my tears of blood left on the paper/
Its how I romance my music when others will rape her/
I WRITE to bring my art/ to speak my heart/
Give me a pen and pad and I’ll leave my mark/
I WRITE to speak my mind/ to seek and find/
Give me a mic and I’ll keep the dreams alive/
I WRITE to teach the lesson/ keep em guessing
Give me a soapbox and I’ll bring perspective/
I WRITE to change a life/ with strength to fight/
To lead a revolution with the words that we write/ X2
credits
from Labor of Love,
released September 14, 2012
scott allen, additional vocals by Jordan Santana
Songwriter and producer CRFT celebrates his spirituality and family on this thoughtful debut LP, featuring Blu, nobigdyl, and more. Bandcamp New & Notable May 10, 2022