HOLD ON
she was tight, bright, young pretty and strong
good girl every nigga in the city be on
hood girl but mentally she really beyond
so other girls felt like she didnt belong
cuz, they was gettin drunk gettin fucked goin clubbin when
she was home chillin in the bedroom studyin
they was gettin bitter cuz she aint wanna be one of them
tell her she a loser, jealous of her future
she could go to princeton, she could go to harvard
she could have her wish then, even tho its harder
prove it to her father, she his only daughter
he ont got no money but she know he got her
one late nite she was walkin back home
not really payin attention prolly talkin on the phone
sum hood bitches saw her alone
hit her wit a bottle and got her for everythang she own
but she aint even cry, babygirl was fearless
broke a couple bones but they couldnt break her spirit
sprinted home to tell pops
n hadda letter from the college waitin in the mailbox
cuz ya caint keep holdin, holdin, holdin on
sometimes ya jus let go
she was, so in love it was really a shame
her whole face lit up whenever u mention his name
n babygirl wadn't really hip the da game
she did everything for him hed never give her the same
so she laced him wit kicks, paid for the laker tickets
swoop em up like every night jus so they could kick it
then he switched it in a instant n she missed it
n sumone that was once close became so distant
treatin her like shit n she aint did shit
but be sweet n considerate, n he jus dont consider it
act like he dont giva shit, bein immature
n badmouthin her to make her feel insecure
cuz he was ungrateful she a young angel
broke her heart to find out he was bein unfaithful
n she jus showed him the text
he never been the same since the moment she left
but she caint keep holdin, holdin, holdin on
sometimes ya gotta let go
they was, 2 birds of a feather fasho
from the moment that they met they could never let go
road dogs no question, truly devoted
so he popped the question she couldnt say no
n then they musta got real busy on the honeymooon
cuz next thing u know they gotta baby comin soon
but its really kinda wack cuz now he gotta pack
got shipped to iraq but he promised he be back
n he off to the service, missin her kiss
she was scared but she knew he had the courage
damn, they been together since they was virgins
n he jus wanna get back home to make it perfect
as she was runnin thru his mind
who knew that he would run into a mine
images of her flashed in fronta his eyes
as he thought about his son still in her stomach alive
back home she grew stronger as the days went
then the letters stopped, but she was patient
cuz they coulda had it all
she damn near fainted when she answered the call
credits
from The Buddha,
released June 28, 2011
Beat by Aspect 1
