this is a pete rock instrumental called Smooth Sailin'. we just added some vocals...

lyrics

craze:
i am this (felt in your soul one time)
i gotcha (reelin with just one line)
playin' (with words)
and minds (this is what it feels like to be alive)

chorus I:
this is what it feels like to be alive x4

kaus:
this is what it feels like, rhythm set the scene
and it's taking even less than a dollar and a dream

craze:
a dollar and a scheme just to make one more
rich work too hard to see the smiles on the poor

kaus:
dial on the floor, take it to a new dimensional
rhyme dial flow patterned incomprehensible
brush of the pencil will take you to another world
livin like a god, i'm creatin' life - no epidural
and i explain it thoroughly so you might ever get it
hip hop lives, and yo, for those who don't - i'm takin' credit
i'm out to get and i'll edit a mind that ever lack
expressin life through a sound, just kickin back...

craze:
to be in her presence
is life in it's essence
her endless blessings
she is beauty in quintessence
the setting sun sinkin' 'neat a scarlet ocean,
she's the, sensation of emotion,
elation - she is agitation
relation - of the population
layin' in bed, it's the image in your head
keepin' you from sleepin'
wish you're dreamin instead

chorus II:
this is what it feels like, one mic, i'm prevailin,
we rocking Smooth Sailin'
on a Pete beat, we discreetly complete any feat,
and leave your mind inhalin'
x2

kaus:
but take the good and the bad
and appreciate the concept
sick and ordinary, psychobabble nonsense
get with the mindset, open up your eyes
even you, your self image, like your ego is a lie

craze:
we oh so alive like we
on somethin - bumpin'
hits of percussion thumpin'
passion - for the syllable slashin'
intelligible mashin', one helluva fashion

kaus:
incredible rations, yo - i spit it for days
and never runnin' outta ammo
when we're hittin' the stage
so the record will play,
and we'll remember a time
when two thrillin' mc's
saw chaos by design

craze:
sweet like candy to your mind
seen life standing beside time
you love, then you lose and again you try
this is what it feels like to be alive

chorus I:
this is what it feels like to be alive x4

chorus II:
this is what it feels like, one mic, i'm prevailin,
we rocking Smooth Sailin'
on a Pete beat, we discreetly complete any feat,
and leave your mind inhalin'
x2

outro


credits

released 31 October 2010