[Produced by KRS-One]

[Verse 1]

I'm thinkin' real hard about some money I can hold

But everybody I know is deep in the hole

A steady payin' job is too hard for me to hold

I call around for work but they puttin' me on hold

But in my hand a shiny .45 is what I hold

I make a mayonnaise sandwich out of some whole-

Wheat, I'm feelin' weak, I can't hold

I gotta rob somebody tonight and take the whole

Bank roll, some cash I gotta hold

At the bottom of my shoe is a little bitty hole

That's it, my mental sanity I can't hold

I'm walkin' to the store with this pistol that I hold...

[Verse 2]

Half of me is sayin' maintain and uphold

Suddenly I bump into some asshole

He's cursin' me out, but this pistol that I hold

Took control, and in his head I put a hole

Ahhh man, now I'm lookin' around the whole

Area, the gun is still hot that I hold

I'm buggin' out, and I don't know how much longer I can hold

I feel myself sinkin' deeper in the hole

So in my victim's pants I rip a little hole

And felt for the wallet, and took the whole

Bill-fold, forty bucks is what I hold

Suddenly I hear, "Freeze! Police! Hold!"

[Verse 3]

In the penitentiary I see a whole

Bunch of blacks and Hispanics that they hold

In my cell I cry like hell, my head I hold

One day somebody ax if my shoes they could hold

I told this guy, "Listen! My shoe's got a hole

But what's up with that shiny sharp knife that you hold?"

He lunged forth, the first thing that I thought of was to hold

The arm with the knife so that he couldn't put a hole

In me, but then I put him in a chokehold

Took the knife and in his neck I put a hole

Suddenly all the C.O's come to me and it's me they hold

Beat my ass and I spend two weeks in the hole

I'm ready to bug out, my sanity I can't hold

My needs and wants messed up my life on a whole

[Break]

Damn, just wasn't satisfied with life

[Outro]

The moral to the story is...

Your addiction to your needs and your wants

Is what causes problems in your life

Make sure you got what you need

Put at a safe distance all the things that you want

It's wants that get you into trouble

This is the balance of life

The balance to life on a whole