Hold On

Gos to hold on

I've been trapped for so long

Got to hold on

I've been trapped for so long

Got to hold on

I've been trapped for so long

Gos to hold on See, marijuana got me copin' with my problems

And Hennessy got me hopin' I could solve 'em

My baby's mama fully-drama tryin' to star me in it

But unlike my ol' sorry ass father, I try harder

My baby raised to hate her daddy

Her mammy player hatin', wishin' that she had me

She hate to see me on the street, and stand on my feet

Better yet this bitch wished them crackers had me

See everybody wants to hustle, but don't nobody want to suffer

Nobody wants to die 'cause they all bustas and suckas

Ain't never gonna have nuttin' 'cause they be frontin'

Gotta satisfy the time for every dime they be wantin'

And believe me, bein' a thug it ain't that easy

I was wanted for the "C", they had to free me

I'm a recovered man, but still they ain't respectin' me

Tryin' to get the best of me, constantly stressin' me to We gotta hold on (Hold on)

See, you must be strong (For so long)

It beats thug happiness, you can't go wrong (I've been trapped for so

long), no, no

(Gos to hold on) For all my homies in the hood (I've been trapped for so

long)

What will you do, which life will you choose

(Gos to hold on, I've been trapped for so long), yeah, yeah See, big daddy gave her diamonds rings

Introduced her to the finer things

Look back, started buyin' her things

Minor things for the small change and had her of this chain

And this awful thing, she ain't even cost a thing

Even though we thug die, she looked high

I did wrong for so long, but still got by

See, thug money got blood on the plus

And leave a residue, Boo, I'm tellin' you I put my hood on it

I lost a homie in the struggle, right

And just the other night, some brother tried to take my dawg's life

I tipped the homicide, they outside, and they gon' let it ride

Don't wanna talk, and they gon' let him slide

They want war instead, you want more for dead

Rather die, open fire, or die life for this

Take a life instead, kill his wife in bed

Take time to the head, what I shoulda said is We gotta hold on (Hold on)

See, you must be strong (Just hold on, got to hold on)

It beats thug happiness, you can't go wrong (I've been trapped for so

long), no, no

(Gos to hold on) For all my homies in the hood

What will you do (And be strong), which life will you choose

(Got to hold on, I've been trapped for so long), yeah, yeah See, I'm thinkin' back on when I was younger

I used to the hustle in the summer

No time for crime, I had to help my mama

Any time, and any weather, whatever's clever

And hardly ever never had to step and get my shit together

Unless my homies in the pen, and reason bein'

See, every man's got his own seein'

But I'mma always remember y'all, 'cause after all

Y'all still my dawgs, and when you jump, we can still ball

My nigga Ronnie, Leo, Willie and Phat Fred

Big Black, my dawg Sparky, and Lil' Ed

It be times likes this I sit around like this, cryin' 'bout this

Thinkin' why my click gotta go and die like this

No duckin', no fearin' nuttin'

Hearin' nuttin', starin's but buggin', we call it thuggin'

But don't thuggin' for nuttin', own somethin'

Do for your kids and your mama

Save the drama, young nigga We gotta hold on (Hold on)

See, you must be strong (Gos to hold on)

It beats thug happiness, you can't go wrong (I've been trapped for so

long), no, no

(Just hold on) For all my homies in the hood (I've been trapped for so

long)

What will you do, which life will you choose

(Gos to hold on, ha, ha, ha), yeah, yeah (Just hold on) We gotta hold on (Naw, it ain't no time for no suicidal shit, nigga)

See, you must be strong (Why you still thinkin' you a thug)

It beats thug happiness, you can't go wrong (You might as well go ahead

and suffer)

('Cause that's what we doin', that what it's about), no, no (Have you

forgotten)

For all my homies in the hood

What will you do, which life will you choose, yeah, yeah