Heads of State - Holding It Down lyrics

[Intro/Scratching] Hold it down [Verse 1:Dunn D] I give a shout out for those down on their luck Or if you're working hard but all your efforts seem to turn to dust Burn ?all us/or rust? or your good times have a way of corroding ?you earned a cuss? cause a break from it all, is what you were hoping Your way of coping, maybe you turn to d** or alcohol Maybe you're trapped in a dark patch and can't see your way out the hole When you still got the last laugh, and everything seems to be your fault And your time's for others and not yourself, and you put your sh** on hold Flip the old routines and ways that you're used to Listen to the wisdom that we bringin' it's Dunn D and Mdusu It's not like, suddenly you're supposed to have a different life Just in those dark times i hope that i can shed some light Keep some time out for yourself every now and then Maybe write some rhymes, that's how i get sh** out of my system So if you listen, you know we spit this bold and strong Bother kicking for you, so take it and soldier on [Hook] Holding it down For those struggling with the grind of life Holding it down For those working the nine to five Holding it down For those trying to strive through strife Holding it down You know we put out life in rhymes [Verse 2:Mdusu] It's the hobartian genius, subterranean artist beatsmith Making less cold hard per week than parking meters Still you can't defeat us, believe me plenty have tried Just made me lessoned and wise, with more depth than centrelink lines At benefit time the best of my life is short compared to the raw despair of former affairs Caught in the lair of the beast, been knocked fair off my feet And copped my share in the teeth, but still refuse to taste the air of defeat I keep climbing up the tower so the biters don't devour it Work the hustle daily to keep on my lights and power When I finally let it out, even titans run and cower But f** it I gotta spit, I can't stand idle another hour I got tax to pay, food to buy, cash to make, rules to fight Wax to play, ?rooves to right? So I relax all day, move at night Track the breaks, through my sight, that's my fate - tunes for life [Hook] [Verse 3:Dunn D] Whether you're longing for love, or scrounging for money If you're bringing up kids, or your housing ain't running If some a**hole hates your guts and wants to have you done in If you're locked up in prison for a crime in which you did nothing If someone, close to you, recently pa**ed away If you're fighting addictions and drink a cask a day If your partner's abusive and you incur domestic violence If you try to speak out, but others had you silenced If you're tied in with people that just bring you down If your life has been crippled with disease and drought And pain, and vicious cycles that just eat you up And beat you up, you ?were there? hurting i can see the cuts Agree with us, at least this song that we spitting forth Cause we the c*nts who got your back, with the sh** we done record So sing the chorus, when you feel you've been done bad Cause it's your time to just keep holding it down and stick it to the scum bags [Hook] [Verse 4:Mdusu] So for me, holding it down is pumping out beats Every night and getting by on four hundred a week Being true to my girl, all the rest of my crew Standing up and rocking every gig the best i can do But you can't step in my shoes, you got your own sh** to deal with Real sh**, they don't seem to have in clubs on weekends Deep end of debt, births, d**hs and rent HECS and petrol, baby food and ten percent To that c*nt John Howard and his top shelf compadres Making sure that if we get anything then it's the hard way The dark days can surely make your heart break But i ain't letting no sh** put me off my pathway I've been walking long enough to hold my own And through times grown enough to hold control Hold a show and one day i'll be owning the crown Big goals just surmount, ??so f** up_____??? [Hook x2] [Outro/Scratching] Hold it down