Hold It Down

Music is my calling, I know you see me dialling
Know that I won't fold like that shit you put a file in
Every single day, I'm just tryna get a smile in
But they been lookin' at me like: Hendersin, you're wyling
But fuck 'em, yeah, they don't know what it took
Forget the same page, we ain't in the same book
And I been working night and day
They said I threw my life away
I gave it what I had left
Now I got the right to say

It's been a long time coming
Now it's time to stop running nowhere
Nowhere
And I almost had to leave
'Cause I just couldn't breathe no air
No air

It's been a long time coming
Now it's time to stop running nowhere
Nowhere
And I almost had to leave
'Cause I just couldn't breathe no air
No air

Throw your hands high
Like you reaching for the sky
Just ask: Why not? Instead of why? (Why?)
And we're reaching for the stars
We're driven like cars
We know that the world is still ours

Don't hold us down, no
Just hold it down
Don't hold us down, no
Just hold it down

Uh, so what you know about a dollar and a dream?
No, I'm not a mascot, but I did it for my team
Yeah, I did it for my state
For them kids who can relate
David Blaine with the pain
They just need that escape
Yeah, they gonna hate
I'm just hoping that you know
That somebody can do it
Well, they quick to tell you: No
They probably gonna say that your dream is just a waste
First you make 'em eat they words and you ask 'em how it taste

It's been a long time coming
Now it's time to stop running nowhere
Nowhere
And I almost had to leave
'Cause I just couldn't breathe no air
No air

It's been a long time coming
Now it's time to stop running nowhere
Nowhere
And I almost had to leave
'Cause I just couldn't breathe no air
No air

Throw your hands high
Like you reaching for the sky
Just ask: Why not? Instead of why? (Why?)
And we're reaching for the stars
We're driven like cars
We know that the world is still ours

Don't hold us down, no
Just hold it down
Don't hold us down, no
Just hold it down

Yo, it go (na, na, na, na-na-na)
It go, it go, it goes (na, na, na, na-na-na)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, uh, I said (na, na, na, na-na-na)
Yeah, yeah, yeah (na, na, na)
Na-na-na, ahh, ahh

Throw your hands high
Like you reaching for the sky
Just ask: Why not? Instead of why? (Why?)
And we're reaching for the stars
We're driven like cars
We know that the world is still ours

Don't hold us down, no
Just hold it down
Don't hold us down, no
Just hold it down