"Muse Flavor" is a song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco and MIT List Visual Arts Center, released from their joint musical art project Ghotiing MIT: Public Art (2025). It was written and recorded at MIT Fall 2022 and Winter 2024. Fiasco was inspired by Jacques Lipchitz's 1944-50 bronze sculpture, Birth of the Muses.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
Yeah
As we observe the birth for what you heard
What if the Kentucky dove was merged with other birds
In the service of giving purpose to the workings you splurge
All your battles that treat you like saddles and sit on your nerves
Let it empty you gently
Let it fill you with urge
Let it center you mentally
Then let it give you a curve
Muse is only producive
If you render useless your nooses
And let it all just a curve
[Hook]
This one takes one
You inspire me
You inspire me
This one takes one
You inspire me
This one take one
You inspire me
[Verse 2]
They say the same
And they say, and they say, and they say, and they say
Pegasus 4 feet fell upon helicon
And there were spawned four springs
From forth came the nine
The horse was the source of creative force
Which in due course become divine
And behind most artistic design
If inspiration declines
You can pay a visit to the shrine
You'll be fine
Safe haven for poets
Stimulation for stanzas
Motivation for makers
Great agent for actors
It's that
[Chorus]
This one takes one
You inspire me
Inspire me
This one takes one
You inspire me
This one takes one
You inspire me
This one takes one
You inspire me