Inspiration

I made this beat, 2003ish
 Wrote to it but never got it completed
 I love the fell love the vibe that I acquired
 Spit a couple lines but wasn't really inspired
 See inspiration is the thing that keep my brain ticking
 If you don't feel inspired, someting in my veins missing
 I wasn't too strong
 Quit that and moved on, never looked back
 And started working on a new song
 But as a beatmaker, you never know
 A track that I ain't feeling might inspire someone else's flow
 I sell beats, internet and in the streets
 Helping poets paint pictures, I'm the canvas so to speak
 I sold this beat to a guy named Phil
 He reached out as a fan, hit me on my email
 Told me I inspired him, he loved what I was doing
 He said I motivated him to start pursuing music
 Gave him the intrumental, call me when you done writing
 But I never heard back and really never thought twice
 It happens often, rappers never finish nothing
 So it didn't seem strange he didn't hit me back with something
 A couple months passed, that was fine
 Then I got another message with Phil's name in the subject line
 "Class, I'm a friend of Phil's from back in the day
 And the music you made, inspired him in many ways
 He changed his life around, got it on track
 I want you to know, cause last week Phil died in a car crash"
 What??? you serious?
 I barely knew the guy but shit it hit me fairly quick
 We all forget how much life should be admired
 Sometimes we all forget how our music does inspire
 Inspired Phil? nah, Phil inspired me
 To finish up my song over top of Phillip's beat