[00:00.39]Hey cue that shit that the verse mixed up
[00:09.89]Sayin)
[00:12.41]Gotsta hold on
[00:14.68]I been trapped for so long
[00:18.60]Gotsta hold on
[00:20.97]I been trapped for so long
[00:24.71]Gotsta hold on
[00:27.12]I been trapped for so long
[00:30.86]Gotsta hold on
[00:36.01]See
[00:36.64]See marijuana got me copin wit my problems
[00:39.26]And hennessy got me hopin I could solve em
[00:42.62]My baby mama ull of drama
[00:44.48]Tryin to scar me
[00:45.66]But unlike my old sorry ass father I tried harder
[00:49.71]My baby raised to hate her daddy
[00:51.93]Her mammy playa hate and wishin that she had me
[00:54.94]She hate to see me on tha street
[00:57.03]And still on my feet
[00:58.40]Betta yet this bitch wish them crackers had me
[01:01.14]See everybody wantsa hustle
[01:03.34]But don't nobody wanna suffer
[01:05.45]Nobody wantsta die cuz they all bustas
[01:07.93]And suckaz
[01:08.87]Aint never gon have nothin
[01:10.45]Cuz they be frontin
[01:11.61]Gotta sacrifice
[01:12.58]Three time for every dime they be wantin
[01:14.33]And believe me
[01:15.80]Being a thug it aint that easy
[01:17.96]I once was a fool but see they had to free me
[01:20.94]I'm undercover man
[01:22.16]But still they aint respectin me
[01:24.09]Tryin to get the best of me constantly stressin me
[01:26.62]We gotta hold on (hold on)
[01:28.58]See you must be strong (so strong)
[01:32.49]Against thug happiness
[01:35.02]You can go wrong
[01:39.06]For my homies in the hood
[01:41.14]What will you do
[01:43.99]Which life will you choose
[01:50.45]See big daddy gave her diamond rings
[01:53.06]He introduced her to the finer things
[01:55.16]Looked out started buyin her things
[01:57.41]Minor things for the small change
[01:59.69]And had her off the chain
[02:01.39]And it's a awful thang
[02:02.74]She aint even cost a thang
[02:04.34]Even though I'm thugged out
[02:05.87]She loved how
[02:07.00]I did wrong for so long
[02:08.97]And still got by
[02:10.41]See thug money got blood on it
[02:12.61]Plus it leave residue
[02:14.02]Boy I'm tellin you
[02:15.33]I put mo bread on it
[02:16.78]I lost a homie in the stuggle right
[02:18.93]And just the other night
[02:20.38]Somebody tried to take my dogs life
[02:22.78]Atempted homicide
[02:24.18]They outside and aint gon let em ride
[02:26.58]Don't wanna talk
[02:27.61]And aint gon let em slide
[02:29.04]They want war instead
[02:30.44]They want more for dead
[02:31.96]Rather die open fire or do life for their's
[02:35.05]Take a life instead
[02:36.59]Kill his wife in bed
[02:38.08]Ten times to tha head
[02:39.58]What tha shooter said
[02:40.78]We gotta hold on
[02:42.34]See you must be strong
[02:46.38]Against thug happiness
[02:48.85]You can go wrong
[02:52.95]For my homies in the hood
[02:55.01]What will you do
[02:58.02]Which life will you choose
[03:03.98]See
[03:04.37]I thinkin bout whaen I was younger
[03:06.46]I had to hustle in the summer
[03:08.51]No time for cryin had to help my mama
[03:11.23]Any time and any weather
[03:13.09]Whatever's clever
[03:14.32]And hardly ever never
[03:15.72]Had to step and get my shit together
[03:18.15]I left my homies in tha pen and reason being
[03:21.26]See every man got his own sin
[03:23.52]But I'm a always remember yall
[03:25.87]Cuz after all yall still my dogs
[03:28.17]And when ya jump we can still ball
[03:30.39]My nigga Ronnie Lil Willie and Fat Fred
[03:33.44]Big Black My dog Sparky and Lil Ed
[03:36.60]It be times like this
[03:38.10]I sit around like this
[03:39.59]Cryin bout this
[03:40.62]Thinkin why my clicque
[03:41.82]Gotta go and die like this
[03:43.44]No duckin
[03:44.25]No fearin nothin
[03:45.30]Hearin nothin stayin rich but buggin
[03:47.63]We call that thuggin
[03:49.08]But don't be thuggin for nothin own somethin
[03:51.39]Do or ya kids and ya mama
[03:53.23]Save the drama
[03:54.04]Young nigga hold on
[03:55.01]We gotta hold on
[03:56.39]See you must be strong
[04:00.24]Against thug happiness
[04:02.33]You can go wrong
[04:06.62]For my homies in the hood
[04:08.60]What will you do
[04:11.70]Which life will you choose
[04:20.16]Na it aint no time or no suicidal shit nigga
[04:23.96]While you still thinkin you a thug
[04:26.73]You might as well go head and suffer
[04:28.69]Cuz that's what we doin
[04:29.94]That's what it's about
[04:31.13]I ya forgot
[04:31.97]Hold On feat J-Shin - Trick Daddy