Hold On Be Strong

Hey, do this thug style man, thug style

When this whole beat drop, we just gon' run it to 'em back

It's all good

Uh, I never had much, ran with the bad bunch

Lil' skinny kid sneakin' weed in my bag lunch

And all through junior high, we was just getting by

And drive-by's robbed my homies of their young lives

I never did cry

And even though I had pain in my heart

I was hopeless from the start

They couldn't tell me nothin', they all tried to help me

The marijuana had my mind gone, it wasn't healthy

I travelled places, caught cases, what a ill year

I felt the pain and the rain but I'm still here

Never did like the police, let the whole world know

Now I gets no peace 'cause they're chasing me down

And facing me now, what do I do?

These things that a thug goes through

And still I rise, so keep your head up and make your mind strong

It's a struggle everyday but you gotta hold on

Hold on be strong

Hold on be strong

Hold on

When it's on, it's on

Hold on be strong

Hold on be strong

Hold on be strong

When it's on, it's on

And hold on be strong

Hold on be strong

Hold on be strong

When it's on, it's on

And hold on be strong

Hold on be strong

Hold on, be strong

When it's on, it's on

There's never a good day, 'cause in my hood they

Let they AK's pump strays where the kids play

And every Halloween, check out the murder scene

Can't help but duplicate the violence seen on the screen

My homies dyin' 'fore they get to see they birthdays

These is the worst days, sometimes it hurts to pray

And even God turned his back on the ghetto youth

I know that ain't the truth, sometimes I look for proof

I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto and if it does

Does it matter if you blood or you cuz?

Remember how it was, the picnics and the parties in the projects?

Small time drinkin', gettin' high with the mall mix

Just another knucklehead kid from the gutter

I'm dealing with the madness, raised by a single mother

I'm tryin' to tell you when it's on

You gotta keep your head to the sky, be strong

Most of all, hold on

Hold on be strong

Hold on be strong

Hold on

When it's on, it's on

Hold on be strong

Hold on be strong

Hold on be strong

When it's on, it's on

Hold on be strong

Hold on be strong

Hold on be strong

When it's on, it's on

Hold on be strong

Hold on be strong

Hold on be strong

When it's on, it's on

Hold on be strong

I know them ain't tears coming down your face

Wipe your eyes

In this world, only the strong survive

I know it's hard out there

Welfare, AIDS, earthquakes

Muggings, carjackings, yeah, we got problems

But believe me when I tell you

Things always get better

God don't like ugly and God don't like no quitters

You know what Billie Holiday said, baby

God bless the child that can hold his own, you know?

You got to stand strong

And when these bustas try to knock you out your place

You stand there to they face

Tell 'em, hold on and be strong

'Cause the game don't stop

This here is Black Main

And if you don't ever learn nothing, learn one thing

It don't stop till the casket drop, uh

Thug for life, feel me?

All my homeboys and my homegirls, stay strong

When things get bad, especially come the first and the fifteenth

Stay strong and stay ballin', hold on

I catch y'all at the next life, we in traffic