(Chorus)

I'm Holding It Down (x3), I'm Holding You Down

If you Holding Me Down, Say, "I'm Holding It Down"

I'm Holding It Down (x3)

They showing me love all over town

Cuz no matter where I'm at I hold it down

I'm Holding It Down, Holding It Down

Up in the clouds, But still on the ground

I'm Holding It Down, Holding It Down

I Keepin a hundred, the only amount

I'm Holding It Down (x3)

I'm Holding You Down, If you Holding Me Down

Say "I'm Holding It Down"

I'm Holding It Down..

[Bridge]

I was never taught another way

Ever since I started getting fades

Ever since I started getting waves

Ever since I started getting paid

I was breaking bread on every plate

I made sure we ate, my people would say I was holding it down

[Verse:1]

At Lucky, at IHO, at Rack it went down

I even played ball, I was on the mound pitching out soft

Had me outta bounds, I was a lost one

I'm a black male, that's a target

You ain't gotta feel so awkward

You ain't gotta feel so honoured

I ain't Nun but an artist

I'm just being honest, You can take all this

But I'm still gon hold it down, I promise

I'm Watching the middle east get demolished

And Obamas doin nothin about it

Ain't nobody doin nuthin about it

How come mankind's kind of a downer?

Topped wit lean I don't know if I can handle it

Don't know if I can manage

The struggle is branded, The struggle's commodified

The truth is abandoned, Cuz the truth isn't on a side

Theres nothing to glorify

Another day nother homicide

There's a way we can all survive

By holding it down

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[Bridge:2]

I was never taught another way

Ever since I started getting fades

Ever since I started getting waves

Ever since I started getting paid

I was breaking bread on every plate

My niggas did the same, what can I say

We holding it down

[Verse:2]

From the ground up, nothing less around us

Got the reefer kicking like a roundhouse

I been down Since lil bow wow

Never bow down to anything

But I'm tryna get away from everything

My mama asking me bout wedding rings

I told her my mind is on bigger Thingz

Juss lemme get Emma stoned

Looking for Rosetta's Stone

I heard it's in orbit, I got my my propellers on

I Don't know when I'm headed home

Jamming makavelli thru the headphones

Got a couple niggas in the feds gone

Can't even front, a lot of em were dead wrong

But, til I'm dead and wrong

I promised someone I'd enjoy the ride

I promised grandma i'll do more This time

But I don't know if I can override it

There's nothing to glorify, another day nother homicide

There's a way we can all survive, By holding

(Chorus)

[Bridge:2]

I was never taught another way

Ever since I started getting fades

Ever since I started getting waves

Ever since I started getting paid

I was breaking bread on every plate

My niggas did the same, what can I say

We holding it down

(Chorus)