Holdin’ It Down

[Carlito Brigante]
"Somebody's pulling me close to ground
I can sense but I can't see
I ain't panicked, I've been here before
Same as when I got popped, on a Hundred Fourth Street
Oh, look at these suckers, scrambling around, what for?
My Puerto Rican ass ain't supposed to have made it this far
Most of my crew got washed a long time ago
Don't worry....my heart, it don't ever quit"

[SonDoobie]
Taking back from that which it came from
Holding it down, now what son, say something
Holding it down, how you holding it down, holding it down
Taking back from that which it came from
Holding it down, now what son, say something
Holding it down, how you holding it down, holding it down

[SonDoobie]
The organized, fortified, SonDoob's immortalized
Rap acts borderline, M.C.'s is horrified
All the while glorified, those can't demoralize
My chorus line mesmerized, notify
All my peeps, keep your nose clean
Between you and me, Redeem cash for dreams
Take care of your team, ill self-esteem
The green, make the world go round or so it seems

-"What's going on L?"
-"Yo, what's the deal daddy?"
-"Nothing papi, what's going out there in the East?"
-"Yo maintaining, getting this money
Yo what's the deal up in the West?"
-"Same this papi, not trying to get up"
-"Yo love is love, maintain"
-"It's all family right?"
-"It's all family."

[Derelict]
I be that rifraf lounging on the Ave, scrambling
Getting money gambling, Celo, betting Hamiltons
Every day, I'm on the money hunt, I smoke twenty blunts
Ass out with smoking honeys blunt
Me and my peoples burn to keep destroyin' evils
From attractin' from the way we be acting
They call me derelict and say I roll with spics
In a clique too thick, it makes it hard for them to ride my dick
You don't need to, cuz I don't need you
Just a weed to keep me from flipping, cuz it's lethal

[Krumbsnatcha]
The industry fears me
I touch a track down with eight bars severely
You know the dealy, for really
I get you open like act doors and worldwide rap tours
Everything I wrote soak through brown and black pores
Be familiar, thick like we was pasta
La Raza, Ricans and Rastas splashing casas
Who's the imposter, talking beef
I'll cap his teeth like polar
Wisdom to the molars
Spics that real, like solars

Taking back from that which it came from
Holding it down, now what son, say something
Holding it down, how you holding it down, holding it down
Taking back from that which it came from
Holding it down, now what son, say something
Holding it down, how you holding it down, holding it down

[Tony Touch]
Ay yo, you know me, Tony, representing cultura
All star like Fania, Johnny Ventura
Ay yo, SonDoobie, papi tengo la cura
Rap over wax, and scratching my aguja
That's how I hold it down, for my corio
P.R, out in the beach, up in luqiyo
Watch out for them sharks, you know, Piyos
Bite on the next man's formats and stilos
But we know, who out there's the bandido
Tainos, like me, remain brown-dido

[Easy D]
Clowns!, I'ma holding down, with the four-pound
To the crown, lying face down, on the ground
Not making a sound, now in case shit jump off
Lyrical sawed-off, got you caught off guard
While hard niggas u run with, run off
Ready to flip, fuck up a shit, word to my brother
Hang with a gang, ready to bang, regardless of color
I'm color blind, I heat the track like summertime
When is it mine?, in case I got to bust a rhyme
Bait the rhyme, maybe rape the rhyme or fuck the rhyme
Marry the rhyme, cuz Easy D, love the rhyme

Taking back from that which it came from
Holding it down, now what son, say something
Holding it down, how you holding it down, holding it down
Taking back from that which it came from
Holding it down, now what son, say something
Holding it down, how you holding it down, holding it down