2pac - Hold On Be Strong
Hold on... *lighter flicks up*Yeah it's gonna be alright, don't trip baby *inhales*It'll get better... *coughing*Ay do this Thug style main, Thug styleWhen this whole beat drop we just gon' run it to em betIt's all good, uhhI never had much, ran with a bad bunchLittle skinny kid sneakin weed in my bag lunchAnd all through Junior High, we was just gettin byAnd drivebys robbed my homies of their young livesI never did cry, and even though I hadpain in my heart, I was hopeless from the startThey couldn't tell me nothin, they all tried to help to help meThe marijuana had my mind gone it wasn't healthyI travelled places, caught cases, what a ill yearI felt the pain and the rain but I'm still hereNever did like the police, let the whole world knowNow I gets no peace, cause they chasin me downAnd facin me now, what do I do?These thangs that a Thug goes throughAnd still I rise so keep ya head up, and make ya mind strongIt's a struggle every day but you gotta hold onChorus: repeat 4XHold on, be strong, hold onBe strong, hold onWhen it's on it's onThere's, never a good day, cause in my hood theylet they AK's pump strays where the kids playAnd every Halloween, check out the murder sceneCan't help but duplicate the violence seen on the screenMy homies dyin 'fore they get to see they birthdaysThese is the worst days, sometimes it hurts to prayAnd even God turned his back on the ghetto youthI know that ain't the truth, sometimes I look for proofI wonder if heaven got a ghetto, and if it doesDoes it matter if you blood or you 'causeRemember how it was, the picnics and the parties in the projectsSmall time drinkin gettin high with them armiesJust another knucklehead kid from the gutterI'm dealin with the madness, raised by a single motherI'm tryin to tell you when it's onYou gotta keep your head to the sky and be strong, most of all hold onChorusInterlude:Hold on, be strongI know them ain't tears comin down your faceWhen it's on it's on butWipe your eyesHold on, be strongIn this worldWhen it's on it's on butOnly the strong survive y'knowHold on, be strongHmm, I know it's hard out thereWhen it's on it's on butWelfareHold on, be strongAIDS, earthquakesCause when it's on it's on butMuggings, carjackingsHold on, and be strongYeah we got problemsCause when it's on it's on butBut believe me when I tell youHold on, and be strongThings always get betterCause when it's on it's on butGod don't like uglyHold on, and be strongAnd God don't like no quittersCause when it's on it's on butYou know what Billie Holiday said bay-beeHold on, and be strongGod bless the child that can hold his ownCause when it's on it's on butY'know?Hold on, and be strongYou got to stand strongCause when it's on it's on butAnd when these bustas try to knock you out your placeHold on, and be strongYou stand there to they faceCause when it's on it's on butTell em hold on, and be strongHold on, and be strongThe game don't stopCause when it's on it's on butHmmmHold on, and be strongThis here is black mainCause when it's on it's on butIf you don't never leave nothin, learn one thingHold on, and be strongIt don't stop, til the casket dropHold onThug, for Life... feel me?All my homeboys and my homegirls, stay strongWhen things get bad, especially come the first and the fifteenthStay strong, and stay ballin, hold onI'll catch y'all at the next life, we in traffic
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