[ti:Hold On] [ar:Wyclef Jean (feat. Mavado)] [al:] [00:00.19]Wyclef Jean feat. Mavado - Hold On [00:00.69] [00:01.19]L'union fait la force [00:03.72]R.I.P Jimmy yo [00:05.44]From the ashes we shall rise [00:07.58]Fan'Fan' Young clef [00:10.84]To my country of Haiti [00:12.21] [00:13.21]Hold on, be strong [00:16.31]No matter what you're goin' through [00:18.53]You know it's gon' be okay, okay, today [00:23.41]Even when the earth quakes [00:25.17] [00:26.17](Wyclef): [00:26.67]Like I said on BET, from the hood to the projects to the mansion, [00:30.26]So you got no excuse [00:31.83]Stop blaming the recession, [00:33.49]Go harder for Haiti [00:35.42]Send a text on your phone, Y E L E, 5 0 1 5 0 1 [00:39.61] [00:40.61]Every block, every school, dream initiation [00:43.45]So build the world make it a better place, [00:45.06]like Michael Jackson we don't wanna see another 9-11 happen [00:47.17]Wish I had talked to them teenagers, with them rpg's [00:50.33]Goin' way head on with the navy seals [00:51.92]I would've told them theres a better way [00:52.60] [00:53.60](Chorus) [00:54.10]Hold on,(ain't gotta be that way) be strong [00:56.91]No matter what you're goin' through [00:59.07]You know it's gon' be okay, okay, today, today [01:04.00]Even when the earth quakes [01:05.12] [01:06.12]We gotta hold on, hold on, be strong, be strong [01:10.49]I know that you don't think that I can read your palms [01:13.46]But I see the dawn,the dawn, beyond [01:17.38]B'yond I can see the sunlight [01:19.20] [01:20.20]And if the rain falls down, [01:24.94]It ain't nothing but a blessed day today, [01:27.80]The sun will shine after the rain dries [01:33.35] [01:34.35](Mavado): [01:34.85]To all mah thugs dat gone, memories live on, I guess [01:39.47]see you at the crossroad [01:41.52]So many cry when we die and they wonder if we're in the sky [01:46.23]see you at the crossroad [01:47.28] [01:48.28]I see you in my dream, dat night, dat crime scene [01:51.73]but don't worry, see you at the crossroad [01:54.88]Remember we still a team and I know you can hear me now [01:59.88]see you at the crossroad [02:00.38] [02:00.88](Chorus) [02:01.38]Hold on(ain't gotta be that way), be strong [02:04.40]No matter what you're goin through [02:06.68]you know it's gon' be ok, ok, today, today [02:11.15]Even when the earth quakes [02:13.14] [02:14.14]We gotta hold on, hold on, be strong, be strong [02:18.38]I know that you don't think that I can read your palms [02:21.09]But I see the dawn, the dawn, beyond [02:24.88]B'yond I can see the sunlight [02:27.01] [02:28.01]And if the rain falls down, [02:32.50]It ain't nothing but a blessed day today, [02:35.38]The sun will shine after the rain dries [02:40.12] [02:41.12](Wyclef): [02:41.62]She wants to know, she wanna know how long I been playin' [02:45.01]As long as my mother, as long as my momma she been prayin' [02:48.23]She bought me a guitar, she bought me a guitar at eleven [02:52.21]She ain't want me be usin mac 11's [02:53.87] [02:54.87]When I sing, so when I said daddy was gone 'til November [02:59.25]I knew, I knew that he wouldn't be back in November [03:02.68]Cause I could've been the one in the bank with a shank [03:04.67]with a pump and a ski mask [03:05.94] [03:08.32](Chorus) [03:08.82]Hold on,(ain't gotta be that way) be strong, be strong [03:12.19]No matter what you're goin' through, [03:14.26]you know it's gon' be ok, ok, today, today [03:19.03]Even when the earth quakes [03:20.50] [03:21.50]We gotta hold on, hold on, be strong, be strong [03:25.66]I know that you don't think that I can read your palms [03:28.76]But I see the dawn, the dawn, beyond [03:32.32]B'yond I can see the sunlight [03:34.47] [03:35.47]And if the rain falls down, [03:39.72]It ain't nothin' but a blessed day today [03:42.98]The sun will shine, after the rain dries [03:48.58] [03:49.58]If the rain falls down, [03:53.45]It ain't nothin' but a blessed day today, [03:56.45]The sun will shine, after the rain dries, rain dries, rain dries [04:05.01]