Barrett Strong - Hold On lyrics

[Produced by Charli Brown Beatz] [Verse 1] I woke up this morning, this is insane Rich as a motherf**er, and ain't much changed Open my eyes, no suprise, I'm with a different b**h Different day, different a**, different tits Strap under my pillow, I done went legit I'm not supposed to do this sh**, but I forget The true principles of life are supply and demand Guess if you never sold dope it's hard to understand My man got knowledge of self and my back, God Find out today's mathematics when that Mac go off My temper volatile, grew up a violent child f** a boy scout, I air your a** out n***a, nice chain, dice game, try your luck Shoot a couple head cracks, leave while you're up I'm a fly n***a, my denim vintage Gold medal around my neck like I won the Olympics [Hook] We came from nothing, now they saying we straight n***a, hold up, hold on Hold on These n***as, they watching every dime we make Hold up, hold on Hold on [Verse 2] We want that deluxe apartment in the sky with a clear view Instead we get the D's in the rear view We learn to play the game how it's supposed to be played And so you know, you violate, you supposed to be sprayed It's not a big deal to me, stay calm I'll shoot the sh** out of a n***a, then call it Barrel Bonds But, if I don't do this sh** myself, bet I'll get it done sh** on my n***a, you sh** on me, we of one Used to do graffiti, now look we major Don't make me write my name across your face with a razor Re-Up, new coke, they say this sample the bomb This sh** can take a two and we cut this b**h with a one Watch the fiends stand in line for the potency No lactose involved, pure c**a leaf You can sniff that or cook that to my belief That money coming in like we run the streets [Hook] [Verse 3] This sh** go how I said, go when it's time to expand So say it's over your dead body and that's the plan You a gangster for real, you ready to ride? n***a, you gonna die a bad case of too much pride Check my DNA, homie I'm a different kind Hit the speed dial, that quick I'll get ya lined We don't want your block, just cop your work from us Those n***as you call allies can't be trust That Rollie all gold, I got the Midas touch Sometimes it's hard as hell not to touch stuff On the phone I heard 'Ya smacked the sh** outta a kid Now Jimmy got life, gonna smack him again When it's war, it'll be war to the bitter end If they ever say we lose, I start it again That sneaky n***a spray that Semi at your momma crib With a silencer we couldn't even hear that sh** [Hook]