Awon - Long Walk (Remix) lyrics

Up one night took a long walk Couldn't sleep I had these thoughts About me as a little kid In the city of New York It was 1986 Crack was out there crazy bricks All my family in the mix Grandpa on some gangster sh** The only thing to keep me sane The only thing to soothe my pain Was the sound of Rakim's voice Or the moves of Big Daddy Kane Heroes to me was Kool G Rap Slick Rick and KRS one DMC Jam master Jay Joey Simmons Reverend Run Hip hop music made me numb To living in poverty The music made me feel so rich Gunshots didn't bother me I thank my parents for showing me The music that his home to me The culture that had grown with me This way of life has molded me The more I think about that night Hip Hop might have saved my life The more I think about that night Hip Hop might have saved my life The more I think about that night Hip Hop might have saved my life The more I think about that night Hip Hop might have saved my life On that night I'm walking slow Out for Ls up at the store But I'm jamming to some Dilla Donuts just so all you know Instrumentals make me flow Writing rhymes I never went That night heard the store got robbed I heard customers got hit Thank god that is wasn't me Stopped my trip I had to write Got back home and told my wife Hip Hop might have saved my life In retrospect it really did guiding me Since we were kids Lessons learned science dropped Some of my teachers Nas & Big Graffiti art pop and lock DJs warming up the block The voice of youth a lot of truth Thank god for mom and pop For being kids with a kid Showing me the culture first Hip Hop really quenched my thirst With every beat and every verse I always had to hear it first Chuck Chillout and Red Alert 89 Virginia bound Boodah brothers in my town I met that n***a Wookie Rest in peace this is a fact The first words that he said to me Was you look like you can rap And that right there was way way back Dedicated life Two turntables and a Mic Do it with or without a price It just so happens I was nice So mix no have sacrificed In retrospect I made it through Cause hip hop music saved my life The more I think about that night Hip Hop might have saved my life The more I think about that night Hip Hop might have saved my life The more I think about that night Hip Hop might have saved my life The more I think about that night Hip Hop might have saved my life The more I think about that night Hip Hop might have saved my life The more I think about that night Hip Hop might have saved my life The more I think about that night Hip Hop might have saved my life The more I think about that night Hip Hop might have saved my life