Hold On

[Hold On, Hold On, Hold On, Hold On]

This is a tribute,

to the playas who get loot

And all my peoples out there on the street, tryin' to eat

Make money, take money, that's the hustla's hymn

Got chu runnin' thru these ghetto streets scuffin' ur Tims

And it don't stop,

til somebody calls the cops

When the ball drops

I'ma snatch all the props

For all my brotha's in the struggle

Who learned to juggle

Jus be strong, and live long, you know I love you

Crime pays,

But we need to news ways to maintain

Cuz when I see you fall I feel the same pain

Like when they had you in the penile

You did ur time, ur free now

We bound to keep it real, until we old and senile

I got a fly scheme, to multiple my cream

Put a solider on my team, like my brother Raheem

will organize, a enterprise and represent one time

So my crew could succeed and my seeds will see sunshine

We came from nuttin', they kept cuttin' down my family tree

You'll understand why, we don't plan to die and strive to be free

Now hold on, hold on, hold on, my peoples hold on, hold on

Be strong

Hold on, my peoples hold on

Yo it's all the same, in the Hall of Fame

I just want to be ready when he calls my name

This material, world, is a ball and chain

Live your life righteous or it's all in vain

It's all the same, in the Hall of Fame

I just want to be ready when he calls my name

This material, world, is a ball and chain

Live your life righteous or it's all in vain

Now, hold on

This world got me stressed, though I know I'm blessed

I'll probably feel safer wit the nine and a steel vest

I run wit the unafraid, who wanna get paid

by any means, even if it means, guns gettin' sprayed

and drug raids, and other thugs laid to rest

He died trife, somebody told me life's, a test

Some pass wit flyin' colors, while others drop out

Some never got a chance, got knocked out

the box, and ghetto blocks, is trife

and we live by the knife

And die young, I'm hearin' shots echo in the night

I can't sleep tight, me, I was raised by the street life

Got me forever open, hopin', that we never meet twice

Now hold on, hold on, hold on, my peoples hold on, hold on

Be strong

Hold on, my peoples hold on

Yo it's all the same, in the Hall of Fame

I just want to be ready when he calls my name

This material, world, is a ball and chain

Live your life righteous or it's all in vain

It's all the same, in the Hall of Fame

I just want to be ready when he calls my name

This material, world, is a ball and chain

Live your life righteous or it's all in vain

Now, hold on

This is dedicated, to all the street corner hustlas

all my project peoples, the 85er's, born survivors

To my brother, Raheem, still trapped up in The Belly, its time to come home

To all my peoples on lock, hold on, be strong,

To my pops, Malik, don't let Harlem be your world

If ya lost lookin' for light, jus know there's a way out

This is for you, do whatcha gotta do

Jus hold on, be strong