Hold On Be Strong Lyrics by Tupac

Hold On Be Strong Lyrics

    Hold on... [lighter flicks up]
    Yeah it's gonna be alright, don't trip baby [inhales]
    It'll get better... [coughing]

    Ay do this Thug style main, Thug style
    When this whole beat drop we just gon' run it to em bet
    It's all good, uhh

    I never had much, ran with a bad bunch
    Little skinny kid sneakin weed in my bag lunch
    And all through Junior High, we was just gettin by
    And drivebys robbed my homies of their young lives
    I never did cry, and even though I had
    pain in my heart, I was hopeless from the start
    They couldn't tell me nothin, they all tried to help to help me
    The marijuana had my mind gone it wasn't healthy
    I travelled places, caught cases, what a ill year
    I felt the pain and the rain but I'm still here
    Never did like the police, let the whole world know
    Now I gets no peace, cause they chasin me down
    And facin me now, what do I do?
    These thangs that a Thug goes through
    And still I rise so keep ya head up, and make ya mind strong
    It's a struggle every day but you gotta hold on

    [Chorus: repeat 4X]

    Hold on, be strong, hold on
    Be strong, hold on
    When it's on it's on

    There's, never a good day, cause in my hood they
    let they AK's pump strays where the kids play
    And every Halloween, check out the murder scene
    Can't help but duplicate the violence seen on the screen
    My homies dyin 'fore they get to see they birthdays
    These is the worst days, sometimes it hurts to pray
    And even God turned his back on the ghetto youth
    I know that ain't the truth, sometimes I look for proof
    I wonder if heaven got a ghetto, and if it does
    Does it matter if you blood or you cuz
    Remember how it was, the picnics and the parties in the projects
    Small time drinkin gettin high with them armies
    Just another knucklehead kid from the gutter
    I'm dealin with the madness, raised by a single mother
    I'm tryin to tell you when it's on
    You gotta keep your head to the sky and be strong, most of all hold on

    [Chorus]

    [Interlude:]

    Hold on, be strong
    I know them ain't tears comin down your face
    When it's on it's on but
    Wipe your eyes
    Hold on, be strong
    In this world
    When it's on it's on but
    Only the strong survive y'know
    Hold on, be strong
    Hmm, I know it's hard out there
    When it's on it's on but
    Welfare
    Hold on, be strong
    AIDS, earthquakes
    Cause when it's on it's on but
    Muggings, carjackings
    Hold on, and be strong
    Yeah we got problems
    Cause when it's on it's on but
    But believe me when I tell you
    Hold on, and be strong
    Things always get better
    Cause when it's on it's on but
    God don't like ugly
    Hold on, and be strong
    And God don't like no quitters
    Cause when it's on it's on but
    You know what Billie Holiday said bay-bee
    Hold on, and be strong
    God bless the child that can hold his own
    Cause when it's on it's on but
    Y'know?
    Hold on, and be strong
    You got to stand strong
    Cause when it's on it's on but
    And when these bustas try to knock you out your place
    Hold on, and be strong
    You stand there to they face
    Cause when it's on it's on but
    Tell em hold on, and be strong
    Hold on, and be strong
    The game don't stop
    Cause when it's on it's on but
    Hmmm
    Hold on, and be strong
    This here is black main
    Cause when it's on it's on but
    If you don't never leave nothin, learn one thing
    Hold on, and be strong
    It don't stop, til the casket drop
    Hold on
    Thug, for Life... feel me?
    All my homeboys and my homegirls, stay strong
    When things get bad, especially come the first and the fifteenth
    Stay strong, and stay ballin, hold on
    I'll catch y'all at the next life, we in traffic

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