V.1

This thing is fatal, long before the cradle

While prenatal, sin seeped in through your navel

None escape the curse coz none escape the verse

Cheese? Please, put away the purse

There's a thief coming to pull off a heist

Appraise your life and smash up your ice

How bad can it get? You gon' throw a fit

When all your bling-bling turns to psst-psst

All your shine will be snuffed, all your Plat. will turn rust

What do you do when life's a must?

Is what you're screaming but your meaning is leaning

Coz that would make your existence no different than a demon

Though we too were condemned, each man now has a choice

To choose Christ and rep with more than your voice

Coz just what is it that you're really telling me?

When you say you love God but live the life of Beelze(bub)?

Even demons tried to say, Son of God, what up?

Jesus would turn ice grill and say, Shut up!

How you gon' try and praise the Most High

When you know your native tongue is a lie

So if you see life through the eye of Minolta

Picture what Christ condemns in the culture

Peep the clear picture, it's a muddy mixture

How's a Celtic gonna play 76'er?

We need elixir when the trickster seems royal

Yall, McDonalds don't serve flame broil

So if you're truly lost but now you're found

If He's truly lifted up then hold it down

Chorus:

You try to show'em day from night, they're like, What!

You try to tell'em wrong from right, they're like, What!

You say, yo live the life, they're like, What!

That's why we gotta hold it down

You tell'em righteousness is tight, they're like, What!

You tell'em walk in the light, they're like, What!

Praise God when you get your mic, they're like, What!

That's why we gotta hold it down...

In front of rich men and Ceasars, hold it down

When everybody's screaming Jesus, hold it down

Even if they ain't believers, hold it down...

V.2

This ain't vendetta, love's better

We just saying, if it's real then you can smell leather

Like Niagara = Falls, vapor action = Halls

True Lemonheads tighten jaws

We talking cause and effect or called and elect

When you choose Christ, you lose the choice to select

Whether or not you think righteous living is hot

When heavenly-minded is the only choice you got

It's getting late and every soldier got to carry his weight

Yo we contending for the faith baby boy

And you too sis if you chose to enlist

In His Salvation Army then it goes like this

Because of the Sacrificial Bleeder, we follow the Leader

Feed the soul and starve the Saturday night fever

Either give a committed pound or bring your sword

Or side with this world, name your Lord!

Coz the true God don't need an upgrade like your Pentium

Why change His steez to meet the needs of this millennium?

He won't and you can't so like a deer pants

If you thirst after God then raise up those hands

Our God has got plans much different than man's

So either choose His or be down with Satan's

But you can't love both, believe me you'll choke

Taking deep breaths in heaven while inhaling hell's smoke

Both wheat and both tare grow up together here

And we can't separate, Christ made that clear

But He also gave truth to let us see Duke

You can hide behind lies but can't hide fruit

If you headed Uptown and like how this sounds

Then keep them hands up for a sign that you're down

If you were once lost but now you're once found

Then all God's people gotta hold it down