Brand Nubian

[Starr]
Ill keep, holding on
Ill keep, holding on!
[Lord Jamar]
Young black male, twenty-five years of age
Many-a-lives didnt survive to this stage
Cause 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?
Trife when a nigga do the work of the Klan
Thats what youre doin when you ruin the life of a black man
Attack plan on self
The mans got the family jewels, so I guess were buryin wealth
All because weve been taught to despise whats black
Open your eyes you oughta realize the fact
That youve been gettin used like a trick
You think youre mighty, but yo, whitey got your head sick
See you were fed thick pieces of swine as a baby
It only help to drive your mind crazy
Now your blind days be over
No more standin on line, tryin to 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
Will get you killed, watch the blood get spilled
To the scale, then watch how fast they build the jail
Now they got you holdin on to a cell, well...
[Starr]
Ill keep, holdin on
Ill keep, holdin on!!
Ill keep, holdin on
Ill keep, holdin on!!
[Sadat X]
Why it gotta be me B? I just came to chill
Came to see the flicks, nuttin more nuttin less
Try to show love even on a bad day
I roll up, Im never hold up, the L is swoll up
The beef in the mind is definitely a winner
Oh thats that rappin nigga, I thought he was much bigger
Do you know this girl named nah B I dont 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 Im all of that now, so now its fuck Brand Nubian
Should I call you a bitch, or should I maintain?
Im just here with my lady, and you came witcha man
This would force him to front, and Im sure he dont want it
Over some old bullshit, when Im quick to pull shit
Live dad, everything is everything
I got a lotta shit to do I cant afford to catch a charge
Im a product of the streets, and I couldnt make no peace
All the real hard shit I know, is on the down low
Straight for real estate, on a scale I place your fate
Now Ima let you skate, you was a little weeded
And I seen you dont need it
So hold on with your bad self...
[Starr]
Ill keep, holdin on
Ill keep, holdin on!!
I gotta hold on!
Ill keep, holdin on
My word is bond, I gotta be strong
Ill keep, holdin on!!
And keep holdin on, yeah
Ya see lifes gettin rough but I gotta hold on
All these little suckers want me alone
Yeah, yeah, yeahhh!!
Ya see lifes gettin rough but I gotta hold on
All these little suckers want me alone
Yeah, they want me alone
Yeah, yeah yeah
But I gotta hold on
Because my word is bon
And its on and on, on and on, on and on
On ya...
I gotta hold on
Yeah yeah yeahhhh yeah yeahhh yeahhh
Ohhhhh yeahh yeahh yeah
Yeahh!
[fades]
[ Hold On Lyrics ]