Hold chords by KRS‐ONE
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Alright, here we go
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I'm thinkin' real hard about
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some money I can hold
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But everybody I know is deep in the hole
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A steady payin' job is too
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hard for me to hold
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I call around for work but
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they puttin' me on hold
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But in my hand a shiny .45 is what I hold
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I make a mayonnaise sandwich
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out of some whole-
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Wheat, I'm feelin' weak,
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I can't hold
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I gotta rob somebody tonight
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and take the whole
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Bank roll, some cash I gotta hold
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At the bottom of my shoe
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is a little bitty hole
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That's it,
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my mental sanity I can't hold
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I'm walkin' to the store with this pistol that I hold...
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Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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Half of me is sayin' main
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tain and uphold
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Suddenly I bump into some asshole
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He's cursin' me out,
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but this pistol that I hold
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Took control,
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and in his head I put a hole
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Ahhh man,
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now I'm lookin' around the whole
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Area, the gun is still hot that I hold
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I'm buggin' out,
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and I don't know how much longer I can hold
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I feel myself sinkin' deeper in the hole
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So in my victim's pants
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I rip a little hole
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And felt for the wallet,
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and took the whole
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Bill- fold, forty bucks is what I hold
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Suddenly I hear, "Freeze! Police! Hold!"
Interlude 2
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Verse 3
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In the penitentiary I see a whole
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Bunch of blacks and
Hispanics that they hold
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In my cell I cry like hell, my head I hold
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One day somebody ax if
my shoes they could hold
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I told this guy,
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"Listen! My shoe's got a hole
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But what's up with that shiny
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sharp knife that you hold?"
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He lunged forth,
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the first thing that I thought of was to hold
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The arm with the knife so that
he couldn't put a hole
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In me, but then I put him
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in a chokehold
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Took the knife and in his neck
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I put a hole
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Suddenly all the C.O's come
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to me and it's me they hold
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Beat my ass and I spend
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two weeks in the hole
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I'm ready to bug out,
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my sanity I can't hold
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My needs and wants messed up my
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life on a whole.
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Verse 4
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Damn. Just wasn't satisfied with life.
Interlude 3
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Verse 5
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The moral to the story is...your
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addiction to your needs and your
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wants is what causes problems in your life.
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Make sure you got whatcha
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need. Put at a safe distance all the
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things that you want. It's wants
that get you into trouble.
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Verse 6
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This is the balance of life, the balance to life on a
Outro 1
whole.
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