Music Saved My Life Lyrics - Joell Ortiz

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 

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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... 

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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