"Ma Dukes Closing Words" lyrics

When I hear good shit, it makes me wanna go make something
But not make something like what I just heard
That's the only difference
It's like, they take the inspiration (And copy you)
Yeah, and then go and do the exact same thing
I don't, I don't understand that, you know what I'm saying?
Where, what I feel when I make music is like energy
But it's, it's not like— I'm not thinking about Premier when I make beats (Nah, nah, that's dope)
I'm not thinking about Pete Rock
I love their work
I love Dre, I love Timbaland
You got any inspiration source? Just, like, old records or something?
What is all old records, um, you know
How I feel for the day, you know what I'm saying?
It's like, I don't understand, like, um, how, how this shit comes to me
Or when I feel the urge to work, you know, it just happens

I know, Dilla, if he was here, he'd be in a studio right now
And that's what I loved about it
I didn't care, he didn't care about monetary amounts
He didn't care about any of that
That's why he had chosen people like you
To make sure that they received lessons in a, in a request to do certain projects
And it made him happy, it made him so happy
To even in his sick bed, he had hope
And, and he kept doing it until the night before he passed away
He was still at that table on the machine because he knew it was worth it
It was his purpose and he accepted it
He loved it with his entire heart (His entire heart)