Holding it Down

"Somebody's pulling me close to ground

I can sense but I can't see

I ain't panicked, I've been here before

Same as when I got popped, on a Hundred Fourth Street

Oh, look at these suckers, scrambling around, what for?

My Puerto Rican ass ain't supposed to have made it this far

Most of my crew got washed a long time ago

Don't worry....my heart, it don't ever quit"

Taking back from that which it came from

Holding it down, now what son, say something

Holding it down, how you holding it down, holding it down

Taking back from that which it came from

Holding it down, now what son, say something

Holding it down, how you holding it down, holding it down

The organized, fortified, SonDoob's immortalized

Rap acts borderline, M.C.'s is horrified

All the while glorified, those can't demoralize

My chorus line mesmorized, notify

All my peeps, keep your nose clean

Between you and me, redeem cash for greens

Take care your team, ill self-esteem

The cream, make sure your world, or so it seems

-"What's going on L?"

-"Yo, what's the deal daddy?"

-"Nothing papi, what's going out there in the East?"

-"Yo maintaining, getting this money

Yo what's the deal up in the West?"

-"Same this papi, not trying to get up"

-"Yo love is love, maintain"

-"It's all family right?"

-"It's all family."

I be that rifraf lounging on your Ave, scrambling

Getting money gambling, Celo, betting Hamiltons

Everyday, I'm on the money hunt, smoke twenty blunts

Ass out with smoking honeys blunt

Me and my peoples burn to make the ? equal

>From attracting from the way we be acting

They call me derelict and say I roll with spics

In a clique too thick, it makes it hard for them to ride my dick

You don't need to, cuz I don't need you

Just a weed to keep me from flipping, cuz it's lethal

The industry fears me

I touch a track down with eight bars severly

You know the dealy, for really

I get you open like acts, and worldwide rap tours

Everything I wrote soaked around in black force

Be familiar, thick like we was pasta

La Raza, Ricans and Rastas splashing casas

Who's the imposter, talking beef

I'll cap his teeth like polar

Wisdom to the molars

Spics that real, like solars

Taking back from that which it came from

Holding it down, now what son, say something

Holding it down, how you holding it down, holding it down

Taking back from that which it came from

Holding it down, now what son, say something

Holding it down, how you holding it down, holding it down

Ay yo, you know me, Tony, representing cultura

All star like Fania, Johhny Ventura

Ay yo, SonDoobie, papi tengo la cura

Rap over wax, and scratching my aguja

That's how I hold it down, for my corio

P.R, out in the beach, up in luqiyo

Watch out for them sharks, you know, Piyos

Bite on the next mans formats and stilos

But we know, who out theres the bandido

Tainos, like me, remain brown-dido

Clowns!, I'mma holding down, with the four pound

to the crowd, lying face down, on the ground

Not making a sound, now in case u jump off

Lyrical sawed-off, got you caught off guard

While hard niggas u run with, run off

Ready to flip, fuck up a shit, word to my brother

Hang with a gang, ready to band, regardless of color

I'm color blind, I heat the track like summertime

When is it mine?, in case I got to bust a rhyme

Bait the rhyme, maybe rape the rhyme or fuck the rhyme

Marry the rhyme, cuz Easy D, love the rhyme

Taking back from that which it came from

Holding it down, now what son, say something

Holding it down, how you holding it down, holding it down

Taking back from that which it came from

Holding it down, now what son, say something

Holding it down, how you holding it down, holding it down