Hold on Be strong Hold on Still stuck up in this rental That's the major reason why I got my pen and pencil And I don't like to talk, I rather rap on instrumentals Will I make it or not? Well I guess it's all mental Back in high school when I was skipping on some lessons Dumb sh** distracted me, that was adolescence My mind polluted, I guess I forgot the essence But I can see the future bright I know the future bright I made the shell crack and I done seen the light What made me realize? These teenage girls saying life's a party I say that's some ill advice Oh yeah I've been advised To watch my moves, not to get my life jeopardized So please decide how you going to get it right? They say I set the bar too high You must not be wise, you see the sky? I finna show you how to f**ing fly Chorus When you down, when you low When you got no way to go When life is like telling you no-o So homie ain't no way but up When you down, when you stuck Homie don't forget it, you strong Mama, will you cool down? Mama, Imma move out Know we got issues now Imma make you so proud And I don't hang with fools now And I got spiritual It feels like I'm becoming a better individual When I was seventeen and I just wanted a bad b**h I was wasting time and I ain't never clean no damn dish Selfish, see I ain't never cleaned and never cooked But I was working on sixteens and making better hooks I regret that, I hope you get that I know you know me well, I know you get that But Imma make it happen even though you don't believe it It must that I'm young and still believing Now I can separate the good from the wrong Now I'm doing what I love: making songs I'm doing better every single day I know the sky's just a little bit away Chorus When you down, when you low When you got no way to go When life is like telling you no So homie ain't no way but up When you down, when you stuck Homie don't forget it, you strong