Hold On (feat. Mary J. Blige)

Oh how it hurts like child birth

The wounds heal slow, you just don't know

At times, I don't know what to say

And all I do is pray, day to day

But still, I feel my strength might die

Like right now I'm tryin' hard not to cry

Even when I close my eyes I still see it

Damn, I just don't believe it

The bad times I buried, like the cemetery

Unworthy people playin' beneficiaries

A lotta people eatin' off of one man's death

Don't you worry B.I. I'ma ride to my last breath

You killers, caused a lot of devastation

You have no idea what you did to this nation

I fuckin' hate you, excuse my frustration

But just when I'm about to quit, God tells me to just

Don't you give up, be strong

(Hold on, hold on) hold on, hold on

Things are gonna get better

They'll get better

Tough times they last so long, they last so long

(Hold on, hold on) hold on

If you believe they will get better

Frank White, the man with the money and the fame

Passed away, now bitches wanna claim his name

I been with my **** before he came in the game

No one's, no V's, we used to take the train

Just us and the mafia, goin' out to parties

I guess back then we was real nobody's

But he was my ****, and I was his bitch

I rolled hard with him, how could I forget him

Had beef with yo wife that ain't patched up

But still, got love for your kids, even wrote 'em in my will

And I'ma make sure the fam keep a decent meal

No matter what I got to do or who I got to kill

Shit is real, baby there ain't no appeal

If I'm fucked up, imagine how Mrs. Wallace feels

Sometimes I sit and think how it would be if we was married

Or if I would have kept, the child, that I carried

So to my ladies, don't think I haven't walked in your shoes

You thought that this was only happenin' to you right

Here's my shoulder, you can lean on this boo

Cause trust me, I know exactly what you're going through

Don't you give up, be strong

(Hold on, hold on)

Hold on, don't let 'em get ya down

Things are gonna get better

Don't let 'em mess you around

Tough times they last so long

(Hold on, hold on)

Hold on

If you believe they will get better, I got you babe

So I guess you know the story of how it all ends

Depressed, stressed, don't know who's my real friends

One thing's for sure, I can count on my men's

D Roc, Money L, Lil' Cease and PD

My whole B.I. family, remind me of you

We miss you so much, I love you so much

Never thought life without you would be so rough

But I know we gon' make it, we ain't happy, but we fake it

And to New York, thanks for the support

And all our real fans, I'm shoutin' out the whole land

This is somethin' young kids just won't understand

How they took away this beautiful man

Who shared so many memories

I can go on and on, but a song can only be so long

It's been hard, but I told God, that I put up a fight

So here's a long kiss goodnight Frank White

Don't you give up be strong

Hold on, hold on

(Things are gonna get better)

Don't let 'em, don't let 'em fool you

You better stay the same

(Tough times they last so long)

Hold on, hold on

If you believe they will get better

Don't you give up be strong

Hold on, hold on

We miss you, we miss you B.I.G.

(Things are gonna get better)

Tough times they last so long

(Hold on, hold on)

Don't let 'em get you down, don't let 'em tell you you won't be around

(If you believe they will get better)

Don't you give up be strong

Hold on, hold on

Things are gonna get better

Tough times they last so long

Hold on, hold on

If you believe they will get better

(Don't you give up be strong)

B.I.G., he still lives in me

(Hold on, hold on)

He still lives in you, and all of you, and everybody that knows him

(Things are gonna get better)

Tough times they last so long

Hold on, hold on

If you believe they will get better

Don't you give up be strong

Hold on, hold on

Things are gonna get better

Tough times they last so long

Hold on, hold on

If you believe they will get better

Don't you give up be strong

Hold on, hold on

Things are gonna get better