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	Current version of Brand Nubian Lyrics Hold On (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/brand-nubian/hold/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Brand Nubian Lyrics Hold On (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/brand-nubian/hold/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	I'll keep, holdin' on						[Starr]	1
2	I'll keep, holdin' on						I'll keep, holding on	2
1							I'll keep, holding on!	1
2							[Lord Jamar]	2
	Young black male, twenty-five years of age						Young black male, twenty-five years of age
3	Many a lives didn't survive to this stage						Many-a-lives           didn't survive to this stage	3
4	'Cause the rage of another brother got him popped						Cause the rage of another brother got him popped	4
	Shot him and he dropped, like a beanbag						Shot him and he dropped, like a beanbag
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	Mean motherfucker with a rag and some jeans that sag						Mean motherfucker with a rag and some jeans that sag
5	They signify your death by crossin' out your tag						They signify your death by crossin out your tag	5
	Then they go and brag that they took another life						Then they go and brag that they took another life
	Never to think, do a brother got a mother and a wife?						Never to think, do a brother got a mother and a wife?
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	Trife when a nigga do the work of the Klan						Trife when a nigga do the work of the Klan
6	That's what you're doin' when you ruin the life of a black man						That's what you're doin when you	6
7	Attack plan on self, the man's got the family jewels						ruin                  the life of a black man	7
8	So I guess we're buryin' wealth						Attack plan on self	8
9							The man's got the family jewels, so I	9
3							guess we're buryin wealth	3
	All because we've been taught to despise what's black						All because we've been taught to despise what's black
	Open your eyes you oughta realize the fact						Open your eyes you oughta realize the fact
10	That you've been gettin' used like a trick						That you've been gettin used like a trick	10
11	You think you're mighty, but yo, whitey got your head sick						You think you're mighty, but yo,	11
12							whitey got your head sick	12
	See you were fed thick pieces of swine as a baby						See you were fed thick pieces of swine as a baby
3	It only help to drive your mind crazy, now your blind days be over							3
4	No more standin' on line, tryin' to find Jehovah							4
5	Let us rewind to a time we was right and just							5
13	Now a days we just fight and bust						It only help to drive your mind crazy	13
4							Now your blind days be over	4
5							No more standin on line, tryin to find Jehovah	5
6							Let us rewind to a time we was right and just	6
7							Nowadays we just fight and bust	7
	One another in the back over crack, a carjack						One another in the back over crack, a carjack
	Will get you killed, watch the blood get spilled						Will get you killed, watch the blood get spilled
	To the scale, then watch how fast they build the jail						To the scale, then watch how fast they build the jail
14	Now they got you holdin' on to a cell, well						Now they got you holdin on to a cell, well...	14
15	I'll keep, holdin' on						[Starr]	15
16	I'll keep, holdin' on						I'll keep, holdin on	16
17	I'll keep, holdin' on						I'll keep, holdin on!!	17
18	I'll keep, holdin' on						I'll keep, holdin on	18
8							I'll keep, holdin on!!	8
9							[Sadat X]	9
	Why it gotta be me B? I just came to chill						Why it gotta be me B? I just came to chill
19	Came to see the flicks, nuttin' more nuttin' less						Came to see the flicks, nuttin more nuttin less	19
	Try to show love even on a bad day						Try to show love even on a bad day
	I roll up, I'm never hold up, the L is swoll up						I roll up, I'm never hold up, the L is swoll up
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	The beef in the mind is definitely a winner						The beef in the mind is definitely a winner
20	Oh that's that rappin' nigga, I thought he was much bigger						Oh that's that rappin nigga, I	20
21	Do you know this girl named Nah B? I don't know nothin'						thought he was much bigger	21
22	Did that name game shit right from the go get						Do you know this girl named nah B I don't know nothin	22
23							Did that name-game shit right from the go get	23
24	Shorty want an autograph, can I sign it at the end?						Shorty want an autograph, can I sign it at the end	24
25	Oh I think I'm all of that now, so now it's fuck Brand Nubian						Oh I think I'm all of that now, so	25
10							now it's fuck Brand Nubian	10
	Should I call you a bitch, or should I maintain?						Should I call you a bitch, or should I maintain?
26	I'm just here with my lady and you came with your man						I'm just here with my lady, and you came witcha       man	26
27							This would force him to front, and	27
28	This would force him to front, and I'm sure he don't want it						I'm sure he don't want it	28
	Over some old bullshit, when I'm quick to pull shit						Over some old bullshit, when I'm quick to pull shit
	Live dad, everything is everything						Live dad, everything is everything
29	I got a lotta shit to do I can't afford to catch a charge						I got a lotta shit to do I can't	29
30							afford to catch a charge	30
31	I'm a product of the streets, and I couldn't make no peace						I'm a product of the streets, and	31
11							I couldn't make no peace	11
	All the real hard shit I know, is on the down low						All the real hard shit I know, is on the down low
	Straight for real estate, on a scale I place your fate						Straight for real estate, on a scale I place your fate
	Now I'ma let you skate, you was a little weeded						Now I'ma let you skate, you was a little weeded
32	And I seen you don't need it, so hold on with your bad self						And I seen you don't need it	32
33							So hold on with your bad self...	33
7	I'll keep, holdin' on							7
8	I'll keep, holdin' on							8
9	I gotta hold on							9
10	I'll keep, holdin' on							10
12							[Starr]	12
13							I'll keep, holdin on	13
14							I'll keep, holdin on!!	14
15							I gotta hold on!	15
16							I'll keep, holdin on	16
	My word is bond, I gotta be strong						My word is bond, I gotta be strong
34	I'll keep, holdin' on						I'll keep, holdin on!!	34
35	And keep holdin' on, yeah						And keep holdin on, yeah	35
36	Ya see life's gettin' rough but I gotta hold on						Ya see life's gettin rough but I gotta hold on	36
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	All these little suckers want me alone						All these little suckers want me alone
37	Yeah, yeah, yeah						Yeah, yeah, yeahhh!!	37
38	Ya see life's gettin' rough but I gotta hold on						Ya see life's gettin rough but I gotta hold on	38
	All these little suckers want me alone						All these little suckers want me alone
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	Yeah, they want me alone						Yeah, they want me alone
	Yeah, yeah yeah						Yeah, yeah yeah
39	But I gotta hold on because my word is bon						But I gotta hold on	39
17							Because my word is bon	17
	And it's on and on, on and on, on and on						And it's on and on, on and on, on and on
40							On ya...	40
41	On ya, I gotta hold on						I gotta hold on	41
42	Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah						Yeah yeah yeahhhh yeah yeahhh yeahhh	42
43	Oh yeah, yeah, yeah						Ohhhhh yeahh yeahh yeah	43
	Yeah						Yeahh!
18							*fades*	18

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