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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Brand Nubian
Vocals
Starr
Additional Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
D. Murphy
Songwriter
Lorenzo Dechalus
Songwriter
M. Hucknall
Songwriter
N. Moss
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Charlie DeSantos
Engineer
Dave Kennedy
Mixing Engineer
Sadat X
Co-Producer
Lord Jamar for 7G Productions
Producer
Herb Powers
Mastering Engineer
Lord Jamar
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
[Verse 2]
Young black male
Twenty-five years of age
Many-a-lives didn't survive to the stage
The rage of another brother got him popped
Shot him and he dropped like a beanbag
Mean motherfucker with a rag and some jeans that sag
They signify your death by crossin' out your tag
Then they go and brag that they took another life
Never to think
Do a brother got a mother and a wife?
Shit is trife when a **** do the work of the Klan
That's what you're doin' when you ruin the life of a black man
[Verse 3]
Attack plan on self
The man's got the family jewels
So I guess we're buryin' wealth
All because we've been taught to despise what's black
Open your eyes you oughta realize the fact
That you've been gettin' used like a trick
You think you're mighty
But yo, whitey got your head sick
See you were fed thick pieces of swine as a baby
It only helped to drive your mind crazy
[Verse 4]
Now your blind days be over
No more standin' on line
Tryna find Jehovah
Let us rewind to a time we was right and just
Nowadays we just fight and bust
One another in the back over crack
A carjack, 'ill get you killed
Watch the blood get spilled
To the scale, then watch how fast they build the jail
Now they got ya holdin' on to a cell
Well
[Verse 5]
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
[Verse 6]
Why it gotta be me, B?
I just came to chill
Came to see the flicks, nothin' more nothin' less
Try to show love even on a bad day
I roll up, I'm never hold up
The L is swoll up
The beef in the mind is definitely a winner
Oh that's that rappin' ****
I thought he was much bigger
Do you know this girl named, nah B
I don't know nothin'
Did that name-game shit right from the go-get
Shorty want an autograph
Can I sign it at the end
Oh I think I'm all of that now
So now it's fuck Brand Nubian
Should I call you a bitch
Or should I maintain
I'm just here with my lady, and you came with ya man
[Verse 7]
This would force him to front
And I'm sure he don't want it
Over some old bullshit
When I'm quick to pull shit
Lift dead, everything is everything
I gotta lot of shit to do
I can't afford to catch a charge
I'm a product of the streets
And I couldn't make no peace
All the real hard **** I know is on the down low
Straight for real estate on a scale I place your fate
Now I'ma let you skate
You was a little weeded
And I seen you don't need it
So hold on with your bad self
[Verse 8]
I'll keep holding on
Yeah
I'll keep holding on
I gotta hold on
I'll keep holding on
My word is bond
I gotta be strong
I'll keep holding on
[Verse 9]
Yeah see shit's getting rough but I gotta hold on
Motherfuckers just won't leave me alone
I'll keep holding on
Yeah see shit's getting rough but I gotta hold on
Motherfuckers just won't leave me alone
I'll keep holding on
They won't leave me alone
Yeah
[Verse 10]
But I gotta hold on
Because my word is bond
And it's on and on
On and on
On and on, oh yeah
I gotta hold on
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh, yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah
Yeah
See I gotta hold on
On and on
I gotta hold on
Gotta hold on, gotta hold on yeah
Written by: D. Murphy, Lorenzo Dechalus, M. Hucknall, N. Moss