Poet With Soul - Extended

It's about that time and I'm all set
To get to business, so don't miss this
One time only opportunity
To witness this hip hop ingenuity

Most don't know it, I'm a poet
When they doubt it, that's when I show it
Giving 'em rhythm, plus some insight
From the heart, straight out of the windpipe
Since it's from the heart, it must be art
And I'm an artist that is not confessing
But expressing what is on my chest
Impressing, listen closely, I know you'll see

What I'm made of and what makes me
Go and grow and glow and grow so bold
I got the soul of a poet 'cause I'm a poet with soul

You know it, you know it
I'm a poet with soul
You know it, can you feel it?
I'm a poet with soul
You know it, you know it
I'm a poet with soul
You know it, can you feel it?

Born with tools for building
I'm an architect that's skilled in rhyming

Rhymes instilled and filled inside for years and here's
The perfect time for me to show with poetry
Each poem I give a little part of me
I guess I'm obsessed with the quest to do my best
And I rest assured 'cause mine and rhymes are strong
Try not to fake records, gotta make songs
The type of tips that I'm tripping on
Is keeping this form of art an art form
Express yourself and stretch your self-esteem

Realize we're on the same team
We'll grow together, be so together, I know
'Cause I got the soul of a poet 'cause I'm a poet with soul

You know it, you know it
You know it, can you feel it?
You know it, you know it
You know it, can you feel it?

I'd like to put you in the spirit
Need a mic to kick the lyric
Hands are twitching, brain is itching
Time to feed this need which
Inhibits me to exhibit a rhyme
Not all, but just a little bit at a time

I'll hold my strength to go the length
And yo, I know you know I gotta crank the
Drums up dumb to give up some

Soul to hold on to, take refuge

If you need lifting, just listen
Come on, get up on to this and
Take the first for what it's worth
It shows and proves I'm down to earth
That's the reason that I speak so bold
'Cause I got the soul of a poet 'cause I'm a poet with soul

You know it, you know it
I'm a poet with soul
You know it, can you feel it?
Straight up soul
You know it, you know it
I'm a poet with soul
You know it, can you feel it?

You know it, you know it
You know it, can you feel it?

My mother said that this would fade out
Others said it's on its way out
But I still write my heart out
Late at night with the light 'til I nod out
With the right to live, I live to write
Reciting, enlightening because I can
Take some lead or ink and link some
Words that chain obtain it
Verses synchronized and memorized
In depth concepts keep you in step

Yep, I've been told
I got the soul of a poet 'cause I'm a poet with soul

Yeah, just a poet with soul
I'm a poet with soul

Yeah, just a poet with soul
I'm a poet with soul

Yeah, you know you're the poet with soul
Just a poet with
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Just a poet
You got to, you got to be a poet with soul
Just a poet with soul
Oh yeah, yeah
Just a poet with soul
Just a poet with soul
Yeah