Hold On

[Intro: Grandma's voicemail]
I'm proud of who you are and where you come from. You have come a long way by the help of God, and by yourself, you have made it. You are showing others, you're kind of like an example to other people who have lost loved ones, who have had to struggle like you with your mother and father being divorced, with losing your brother, and with having to go on kinda like by yourself but you wasn't by yourself but I know you felt like you was by yourself...

[Verse 1]
I'm feeling fatigued, preparing for primetime
Trying to find a way without following guidelines
Tired of seeing all this basic shit on my timeline
A lot of niggas fronting but they still on the sideline
Once upon a time we'd pledge to the red, the white, the blue and the dead
Until we grew up and then we learned the truth
About the black and white, the rope, the noose, the hope, the juice
That our people still contain, they stealing our style
They not feeling our pain, my brothers our slain in the streets unarmed
While these motherfucking cops walk away unharmed
And these motherfucking thoughts keep me up at night
Can't touch the sky if you afraid of the height
Can't be a beast if you afraid of the hype
Can't expect the feast to come overnight
I told my niggas Ima die if I fail, my nigga Evan living life in a cell
My confidence fell, I think this a new low
I know pain too well so I turn it flows, I blow it to O's
They shooting our clubs, niggas thinking we deserve it cause of who we love
Shit I'm thinking all of y'all can really kiss my ass
Damn, I really miss my dad, he moved away far from the A
He lost his son, his dad, divorcing twice, lost my mom as a wife and the love of his life
I told him never look back and never think twice
You gotta keep going, don't you ever give up
No matter how hard you fall, you still better get up
You never know you're strong til' you're forced to be it
The world is getting crazy and I'm forced to see it

[Chorus]
Hold on, hold on, you must, go on
You know, you go hard or go home
Hold on, hold on, you must, go on

Forreal

[Verse 2]
My niece is getting older man the time is flying
I'm just tryna make it to the top with Ryan
Tried to call his name but he stopped replying
I'm just tryna keep my fucking mom from crying
Yo, I been adulting or just tryna do my best now
I'm dropping heat tryna put the doubts to rest now
I'm feeling like Bruce Wayne, I'm fire like Liu Kang
I'm the fucking best, tat a 'S' on my chest now
And my friends been getting engaged and me
Feel like I been stuck in a cage, or stuck in a rage
A pitch-black, motionless stage of feeling enslaved to society's ways
I'm taking my pain, my doubts, I'm packing it up
No more games and droughts, I been stacking it up
I would die for this shit, man this music's my lifeline
Damn, I'm just preparing for primetime

[Chorus]
Hold on, hold on, you must, go on
You know, you go hard or go home
Hold on, hold on, you must, go on

[Chorus 2]
Hold on, hold on, you been so strong
You don't quite know if you belong
Hold on, hold on, you must, go on

Help me out, Damez

Hold on, hold on, you been so strong
You don't quite know if you belong
Hold on, hold on, you must, go on

[Bridge]
Hold on, hold on, I been so strong
Hold on, hold on, I been living my life

[Grandma's voicemail]
Just keep on, keep your hand in God's hand and he will show you many other things. He will show you that no matter what that you gon' make it. Whatever you try to do, make sure you do it with God, putting God first, and knowing that he is there for you...

[Outro]
I see a light, coming down from heaven
Oh yes, Jesus is my light
Constantly reminding me