Hold On Be Strong

[00:10.05] I never had much, ran with a bad bunch

[00:13.05] Little skinny kid sneakin' weed in my bag lunch

[00:15.81] And all through Junior High, we was just gettin' by

[00:18.55] And drive-by's robbed my homies of their young lives

[00:21.30] I never did cry, and even though I had pain in my heart

[00:24.54] I was hopeless from the start

[00:26.54] They couldn't tell me nothin', they all tried to help me

[00:29.06] The marijuana had my mind gone, it wasn't healthy

[00:31.55] I traveled places, caught cases, what a ill year

[00:34.30] I felt the pain and the rain, but I'm still here

[00:36.80] Never did like the police

[00:38.54] Let the whole world know, now I gets no peace

[00:41.05] ‘Cause they chasin' me down

[00:42.54] And facin' me now, what do I do?

[00:44.55] These things that a thug goes through

[00:46.55] And still I rise, so keep your head up

[00:49.30] And make your mind strong

[00:50.55] It's a struggle every day, but you gotta hold on

[01:13.80] There's never a good day, ‘cause in my hood they

[01:16.55] Let they AK's pump strays where the kids play

[01:19.30] And every Halloween, check out the murder scene

[01:21.79] Can't help but duplicate the violence seen on the screen

[01:24.55] My homies dyin' before they get to see they birthdays

[01:27.05] These is the worst days, sometimes it hurts to pray

[01:29.55] And even God turned his back on the ghetto youth

[01:32.30] I know that ain't the truth, sometimes I look for proof

[01:34.80] I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto, and if it does

[01:37.30] Does it matter if you Blood or you Cuz?

[01:39.32] Remember how it was?

[01:40.80] The picnics and the parties in the projects

[01:43.05] Small time drinkin', gettin' high with them armies

[01:46.30] Just another knucklehead kid from the gutter

[01:47.80] I'm dealin' with the madness, raised by a single mother

[01:50.79] I'm tryin' to tell you when it's on

[01:52.55] You gotta keep your head to the sky

[01:54.54] And be strong, most of all, hold on