And I'm a hold it down 'till the day I come home
And now I'm alright dealin' with it all alone
No matter what they throw at me I stay ten down
Keep my feet on the ground and I don't make a sound
I'm a hold that down 'till they let me out
Homies doing life in a cinder block Tomb
Alone with your thoughts and your locked in a room
Eligibility dates seem to be creeping up soon
You thinking you was dying in this concrete cocoon
(Nah nah)
You ain't dying in that cell Block
Stay strong stay solid and when Hell knocks
Tell that motherfucker beat it he can kick rocks
Throw me back in the hole keep the cell locked
They can't stop you being solid in mind
Government can keep my body solitary confined
They just cut us down and drowned us for the way were designed
They just see us as a memory that's faded in time
They can hire a psychologist to tell you I was psycho
Put me on the stand, put my hand on the Bible
I'm a tell a story about the truth of survival
This is for you lifers, this is your revival
And I'm a hold it down 'till the day I come home
And now I'm alright dealin' with it all alone
No matter what they throw at me I stay ten down
Keep my feet on the ground and I don't make a sound
I'm a hold that down 'till they let me out
(Uh) to my people in a cell block
Never giving up even though they know this hells hot
Not to one to tell cops, movin' in silence
Refusin' to lose or we usin' our violence
(Uh) I get a taste of freedom
Speeding through life but these snakes I don't need 'em
When I'm runnin' from the judge, get in trouble with the law
Try to put me on the stand, put a muzzle on my jaw
We all make it out
We all go home, we can sleep in our house
I'm dreamin' of my freedom, penitentiary walls
I got 4 more bars before the endin' this call
Appreciate the people always calling me back
When im slippin' through the system, always fallin' through cracks
You can fall on your back but you gotta get up
'Cause there's gotta be a better way than feelin' your stuck
And I'm a hold it down 'till the day I come home
And now I'm alright dealin' with it all alone
No matter what they throw at me I stay ten down
Keep my feet on the ground and I don't make a sound
I'm a hold that down 'till they let me out