Hold On

(dialog between erykah and lil girl)

-you're beautiful you know that?

-uh huh

-do you know that?

-yes

-you do?

-um hmm

-you know when them kids tease you?

-uh huh

-don't you ever worry about that because you're very beautiful. do you know you're beautiful?

-um hmm

-are you ready?

-ma i love you.

-i love you

1st verse (pharoahe monch)

he pushed her down and called her black and ugly

she asked why must you tease me,

he laughed at her said your from africa

your hair is peasey

your skin is dark and greasy

and plus you are so beneath me

please trust me it wasnt easy

for diamond it scarred her deeply

plays like a ??offender bass??

to my self thought how much does gender play

rememberin' such hatred at this tender age

if i could send a mental page

my thoughts would end the rage

reminiscin' of the looks to her in class

i gave my eyes would say

hook (erykah)

hold on, im sure

theres so much more, to live for

if you hold on, things'll change

c'mon be strong

and hold on, im sure

theres so much more, to live for

as you grow strong things'll change

no pain, no gain

2nd verse

please be willing to fight for your will to spite

writings from Will-i-am lynch

mill-i-ons tried to rise like helium

but died in the fields and the trenches

cries from the killing is senseless

eyes to the ceiling it quinches

a thirst in the feeling thats endless

the prize like a rain that rinses

the soul and cleanses ya mind

from white picketed fences

heads up ya ass, splinters and face

meant to they ride and ?bench us?

the masters pastored disaster

them fascious bastards they crafted

this hazardous plan and still has us broken ??advanted??

we shoulder the struggle

with the wieght of a boulder that muffles

the sound of provocative ????? the pieces of puzzles

incompleted,

only deleted to be push to the back of ya mind

like a hairline that has receded

now we repeated,

the process but never weeded the problem out

heeded the warnings but never proceeded to solve it

no forward progress, its obvious the soul is gone,

i meditate and pray that these words will somehow allow you to...

3rd verse

see now diamond is priceless,

timeless how she maneuvers like Heimlich

in this new world it reminds me of isis

she knows now that her complexion is a holy device

a protection from UV rays

in this negative time of crisis

like a knife that butter slices

easily to anger she reacts pious

like a cell protectin itself from a virus

twice as strong as her demeanor

now she is Raekus

God is what you see now

when you peer inside her iris

erykah

diamond your so beautiful you can change this world if you want to girl oh ooooo cmon grow strong