Versuri 16. Hold on Be Strong

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