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feat. B.o.B & Mally Stakz
[Produced by The Heatmakerz]
[Intro]
[Verse 1: Joell Ortiz]
Early on I knew I was a fan
Hummed the ice cream truck beat holdin' mommas hand
Told âem to turn it up in the dollar van
Nobody moonwalked better in they pajama pants
I used to try to tap like Gregory Hines
Lean
On
Me word for word, I knew every line
My moms blasting Anita Baker
No wonder I can bake it with a piece of paper...
Looking back, daddy left bad
It was cool though, music was my step-dad
I was raised by Stevie Wonder
Lionel Richie, Luther and all the Jackson brothers
I used to close my eyes and see far away
On harder days I would chop it up with Marvin Gaye
It was just a matter of time
I took a crack at the rhyme and worked this magic of mine
[Hook: Mally Stakz]
So when I felt like doing wrong, you helped me get it right
And when I felt like giving up, you gave me one more try
And when I felt like it was over, you didnât let me die...
No, you didnât let me die, music saved my life
[Bridge: Joell Ortiz]
So many different artists I get soul from
Still I move to the beat of my own drum
Iâm an avenue and street away from where Hov from
Rest in piece, Biggie Smalls, baby baby
[Verse 2: B.o.B.]
Rock away, cats bumping gangster rap
I grew up in an era when it was a thing to trap
It was the world that I was always angry at, a maniac
Full of rage with nowhere to aim it at
We came up in the hood, but everybody ainât adapt
My parents did the best they could, I knew my best to pay them back
I pay âem back, but just let me take it back
With no fashion, just airbrushed shirts and faded slacks
If you could do it no better youâd rock a Coogie sweater
All we knew was the hustle, we never knew no better
Getting crumbles the phrase, everybody could relate
We thought itâd last forever, whoâd knew itâd be just a phase?
They labeled me a delinquent
Wasnât nothing a teacher could ever teach me
Itâs a miracle I ainât get caught in this street shit
If it wasnât for hip hop I wouldnât be breathing...
[Hook]
[Bridge]
[Verse 3: Joell Ortiz]
Somebody pinch me, this canât be life
All these big cameras and fancy lights
Man... this must be a mistake
Just yesterday my mother cutting the cake
On my 10th birthday she told me to make a wish
Here I am right now surrounded by all of this
All of this, man, what a crazy life
Music, you really save my life, you really saved my life
[Hook]
[Bridge]
- Album:
- Yaowanation
- Human
- House Slippers
- Music Saved My Life (Single)
- Die For A Deal 5.0
- Miscellaneous
- Free Agent
- Farewell Summer EP
- The Brick Bodega Chronicles
- Call Me (She Said)
- Brooklyns Finest
- Sound Clash
- The Science of Self: The Best of DJ Khalil
- Road Kill
- The Brick
- The Severed Heads Collection, Volume 2
- The Ortiz Manifesto
- Ride Out (Mixed by DJ Entyce & Doo Wop)
- DJ Premier Presents Year Round Records: Get Used to Us
- Free Agent (Deluxe Edition)