I'll keep, holding on 
I'll keep, holding on! 

Young black male, twenty-five years of age 
Many-a-lives didn't 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 
That's what you're doin' when you ruin the life of a black man 
Attack plan on self 
The man's got the family jewels, so I guess we're buryin' wealth 
All because we've been taught to despise what's black 
Open your eyes you oughta realize the fact 
That you've been gettin used like a trick 
You think you're 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... 

I'll keep, holdin' on 
I'll keep, holdin' on!! 
I'll keep, holdin' on 
I'll keep, holdin' on!! 

Why it gotta be me be	? 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, I'm never hold up, the L is swoll up 
The beef in the mind is definitely a winner 
Oh that's that rappin' nigga, I thought he was much bigger 
Do you know this girl named nah be	 I don't 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 I'm all of that now, so now it's fuck Brand Nubian 
Should I call you a bitch, or should I maintain? 
I'm just here with my lady, and you came witcha man 
This would force him to front, and I'm sure he don't want it 
Over some old bullshit, when I'm quick to pull shit 
Live dad, everything is everything 
I got a lotta shit to do I can't afford to catch a charge 
I'm a product of the streets, and I couldn't 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 I'ma let you skate, you was a little weeded 
And I seen you don't need it 
So hold on with your bad self

I'll keep, holdin' on 
I'll keep, holdin' on!! 
I gotta hold on! 
I'll keep, holdin on 
My word is bond, I gotta be strong 
I'll keep, holdin' on!! 
And keep holdin' on, yeah 
Ya see life's gettin rough but I gotta hold on 
All these little suckers want me alone 
Yeah, yeah, yeah! 
Ya see life's 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 it's on and on, on and on, on and on 
On ya... 
I gotta hold on 
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah 
Oh yeah yeah yeah 
Yeah!