[Intro]
[Verse 1: Fabolous & *sample*]
Iâm similar to Goldie in The Mack
I ride around bumping oldies in a âLac
And I been getting money, so I got old Câs in a stack
Itâs real talk so it ainât confused as game
I donât abuse the name or try to use the fame to get âdownâ
I tell âem lose the lame he donât cruise the same he canât âhold you downâ
And usually dames choose the same and scream out the music name, it goes
Fab, whenever Iâm in attendance
You see icy rings, watches and pendants
Iâm surrounded by girls who 10 cents
Me and Clue look alike, in them twin Bents
Itâs just that intense, we doing moâ better
These n***as ainât go-getters, they ho-sweaters
Might fool yâall but me, I know better
I flow better than any of these slow spreaders
And keep stopping the bank, for the low bettors
N***a I blow cheddar like Richard Pryor
In Brewsterâs Millions, but bitch Iâm flyer
I switch attire then I switch the tires
And stay from âround them n***as that snitch on wire
You know the real talk of New York
[Chorus: Nina Sky & *sample*]
Even when shit gets hard I'm going to
Make sure that I'm around to hold you (âdownâ)
Will never leave your side
Until the day I die, I'm gonna (âhold you downâ)
Recognize that this game can be hard
Long as you roll with me, we are (âdownâ)
Here by your side always to (hold me down, baby)
[Verse 2: Young Buck & *sample*]
Damn right Iâm a star
50 bought it but itâs still my car, I got the top dropped
Holla back at me youngunâ, I heard you just got robbed I might âhold you downâ
You know the streets gonâ talk, gotta be real to get love in New York, or they gonâ knock you âdownâ
Out of town, out of bounds, go and get a hundred rounds to âhold you downâ
My brother in the pen said he just seen my video âLet Me Inâ but when he touch âdownâ
We at it again, Iâm picking him up in the Benz, Iâma âhold you downâ
N***as come to our shows and they be throwing them âbows, after the club n***as get shot âdownâ
It be like that, next month we gonâ be right back to âhold you downâ
[Chorus: Nina Sky & *sample*]
Even when shit gets hard I'm going to
Make sure that I'm around to hold you (âdownâ)
Will never leave your side
Until the day I die, I'm gonna (âhold you downâ)
Recognize that this game can be hard
Long as you roll with me, we are (âdownâ)
Here by your side always to (hold me down, baby)
[Verse 3: Prodigy & *sample*]
Stupid, ayo itâs like this man, ayo
When it come to TECs, I'm similar to a menace
But O-Dog sniffing 'caine couldn't fuck with the damage
That I do to a bastard, keep playing around
Won't be nobody strong enough to (âhold you downâ)
Yeah, I leaves 'em in shock
N***as get sentenced to life and stress in a box
Most of my friends got murdered and damn I feel lost
Wish I was there when it popped off to (âhold you downâ)
Nobody but me, I got a whole gang of n***as
But that's how you gotta think
If you wanna make it alive and all in one piece
It takes much more than them things to (âhold you downâ)
Yeah, yo sonny, I'm well connected in the street
We loyal to each other, when it come to that beef, we get (âdownâ)
Don't worry 'bout a thing my n***a, I foreverly (âhold you downâ)
[Chorus: Nina Sky & *sample*]
Even when shit gets hard I'm going to
Make sure that I'm around to hold you (âdownâ)
Will never leave your side
Until the day I die, I'm gonna (âhold you downâ)
Recognize that this game can be hard
Long as you roll with me, we are (âdownâ)
Here by your side always to (hold me down, baby)
[Verse 4: The Alchemist & *sample*]
Yeah, yo, when the time is worst
Never leave my fam in a jam, I'm dying first
Never (âdownâ) to my last dollar, I'm grinding first
Never take the stand on my fam, I'm silent first
It's going down, feel me, the Alchemist in the flesh
And I love this profession, but I'll throw it all away in a second
'Cause I'm (âdownâ) for the cause when my life is threatened
Take this and that, maybe that'll (âhold you downâ)
Now you know how we cooks the pot up
You could get caught up in some things you would not wanna
So slow (âdownâ) and watch how I mold the sound
So when I ain't around the music still (âhold you downâ)
But I'ma keep my eyes open yo, I don't even blink
Keep the pen moving down the line, I don't even think
Just write it (âdownâ) on the paper, get my vocals in sync
Check how it sound (âhold you downâ)
[Chorus: Nina Sky & *sample*]
Even when shit gets hard I'm going to
Make sure that I'm around to hold you (âdownâ)
Will never leave your side
Until the day I die, I'm gonna (âhold you downâ)
Recognize that this game can be hard
Long as you roll with me, we are (âdownâ)
Here by your side always to (hold me down, baby)
[Verse 5: Stack Bundles & *sample*]
This for my younguns [?] walking [?]
On Rikers Island fresh still rocking they gear
N***as that never snitched, never bitched, never turned Blood or Crip ainât really need a clique to âhold you downâ
All my n***as is real
N***as that went up and still waiting on appeal
The team on the street doing what they do to eat but they loyal keep yaâ lawyer paid to âhold you downâ
N***as like Barry and Gooch
Real as a Tommy on my captain troops
N***as thatâs on lock, thatâll pop, play me in they whips at Monday 12 oâclock Iâma âhold you downâ
All my n***as up north, all my n***as on the isle
373, 374
In 6 Building all my n***as Iâma âhold you downâ
Papa I know youâre listening
Youâre disappointed Iâm street christened, I did everything you told me not to
But I only did wrong to make shit right so when you get home you ainât got to Iâma âhold you downâ
You think Iâm on some bullshit right?
But Iâm trying to get my shit right
So I donât even write why send a kite when my pockets ainât right and when I told you you on point âcause I canât âhold you downâ
So I hit the block harder
I was tryna leave the rock alone like Shawn Carter but
You my biological father Iâm a son with honor I promise to âhold you downâ
Just walk witâ a n***a man
Some personal issues and shit, I just wanna vent
Momma, it started witâ yaâ nightmares then devoured yaâ dreams
It was a facade ma, it wasnât what it seemed
Makes you go against yaâ family you went against yaâ team
You seemed better never thought youâd let it âhold you downâ
I know you hated grandma the worst way
Yaâ father died she let âem bury him on yaâ birthday
So, curse the bastard that made that crack shit
Through this rap shit I been in Iâma âhold you downâ
âCause Iâm yaâ firstborn
It was sworn, through yaâ womb, through yaâ wounds, through yaâ rights, through yaâ wrongs
Through yaâ weeks, through yaâ strong, through the struggle, through the songs ma I love you Iâma âhold you downâ