Hold On Be Strong Lyrics
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08;d on... <em>[lighter flicks up]<br />Yeah it's gonna be alright, don't trip baby <em>[inhales]<br />It'll get better... <em>[coughing]<br /><br />Ay do this Thug style main, Thug style<br />When this whole beat drop we just gon' run it to em bet<br />It's all good, uhh<br /><br />I never had much, ran with a bad bunch<br />Little skinny kid sneakin weed in my bag lunch<br />And all through Junior High, we was just gettin by<br />And drivebys robbed my homies of their young lives<br />I never did cry, and even though I had<br />pain in my heart, I was hopeless from the start <br />They couldn't tell me nothin, they all tried to help to help me<br />The marijuana had my mind gone it wasn't healthy<br />I travelled places, caught cases, what a ill year<br />I felt the pain and the rain but I'm still here<br />Never did like the police, let the whole world know<br />Now I gets no peace, cause they chasin me down<br />And facin me now, what do I do?<br />These thangs that a Thug goes through<br />And still I rise so keep ya head up, and make ya mind strong <br />It's a struggle every day but you gotta hold on<br /><br /><em>[Chorus: repeat 4X]<br /><br />Hold on, be strong, hold on<br />Be strong, hold on<br />When it's on it's on<br /><br />There's, never a good day, cause in my hood they<br />let they AK's pump strays where the kids play<br />And every Halloween, check out the murder scene<br />Can't help but duplicate the violence seen on the screen<br />My homies dyin 'fore they get to see they birthdays<br />These is the worst days, sometimes it hurts to pray<br />And even God turned his back on the ghetto youth<br />I know that ain't the truth, sometimes I look for proof<br />I wonder if heaven got a ghetto, and if it does<br />Does it matter if you blood or you cuz<br />Remember how it was, the picnics and the parties in the projects<br />Small time drinkin gettin high with them armies<br />Just another knucklehead kid from the gutter<br />I'm dealin with the madness, raised by a single mother<br />I'm tryin to tell you when it's on<br />You gotta keep your head to the sky and be strong, most of all hold on<br /><br /><em>[Chorus]<br /><br /><em>[Interlude:]<br /><br />Hold on, be strong<br />I know them ain't tears comin down your face<br />When it's on it's on but<br />Wipe your eyes<br />Hold on, be strong<br />In this world<br />When it's on it's on but<br />Only the strong survive y'know<br />Hold on, be strong<br />Hmm, I know it's hard out there<br />When it's on it's on but<br />Welfare<br />Hold on, be strong<br />AIDS, earthquakes<br />Cause when it's on it's on but<br />Muggings, carjackings<br />Hold on, and be strong<br />Yeah we got problems<br />Cause when it's on it's on but<br />But believe me when I tell you<br />Hold on, and be strong<br />Things always get better<br />Cause when it's on it's on but<br />God don't like ugly<br />Hold on, and be strong<br />And God don't like no quitters<br />Cause when it's on it's on but<br />You know what Billie Holiday said bay-bee<br />Hold on, and be strong<br />God bless the child that can hold his own<br />Cause when it's on it's on but<br />Y'know?<br />Hold on, and be strong<br />You got to stand strong<br />Cause when it's on it's on but<br />And when these bustas try to knock you out your place<br />Hold on, and be strong<br />You stand there to they face<br />Cause when it's on it's on but<br />Tell em hold on, and be strong<br />Hold on, and be strong<br />The game don't stop<br />Cause when it's on it's on but<br />Hmmm<br />Hold on, and be strong<br />This here is black main<br />Cause when it's on it's on but<br />If you don't never leave nothin, learn one thing<br />Hold on, and be strong<br />It don't stop, til the casket drop<br />Hold on<br />Thug, for Life... feel me?<br />All my homeboys and my homegirls, stay strong<br />When things get bad, especially come the first and the fifteenth<br />Stay strong, and stay ballin, hold on<br />I'll catch y'all at the next life, we in traffic<br />