Music Saved My Life (feat. Bob & Mally Stakz)

Yeah Early on I knew I was a fan Hummed the ice cream truck beat holdin' mommas hand Told 'em 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... Yea 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 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 didn't let me die... No, you didn't let me die, music saved my life So many different artists I get soul from Still I move to the beat of my own drum I'm an avenue and street away from where Hov from Rest in piece, Biggie Smalls, (baby baby) 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 ain't adapt My parents did the best they could, I knew my best to pay them back I pay 'em back, but just let me take it back With no fashion, just airbrushed shirts and faded slacks If you could do it no better you'd rock a Coogie sweater All we knew was the hustle, we never knew no better Getting crumbles the phrase, everybody could relate We thought it'd last forever, who'd knew it'd be just a phase? They labeled me a delinquent Wasn't nothing a teacher could ever teach me It's a miracle I ain't get caught in this street shit If it wasn't for hip hop I wouldn't be breathing... Bands 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 didn't let me die... No, you didn't let me die, music saved my life So many different artists I get soul from Still I move to the beat of my own drum I'm an avenue and street away from where Hov from Rest in piece, Biggie Smalls, (baby baby) Somebody pinch me, this can't 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