[ti:Hold On]
[ar:Lil' Kim]
[al:The Notorious K.I.M.]
[00:01.55]Lil' Kim - Hold On (Feat. Mary J.Blige)
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[00:25.56]Oh how it hurts, like child birth
[00:28.05]The wounds heal slow, you just don't know
[00:31.00]At times, I don't know what to say
[00:34.11]And all I do is pray, day to day
[00:36.93]But still, I feel my strength might die
[00:40.09]Like right now, I'm tryin' hard not to cry
[00:43.22]Even when I close my eyes, I still see it
[00:46.19]Damn, I just don't believe it
[00:49.68]The bad times I buried, like the cemetery
[00:52.36]Unworthy people playin' beneficiaries
[00:55.31]A lotta people eatin' off of one man's death
[00:58.27]Don't you worry B.I., I'ma ride to my last breath
[01:01.83]You killas, caused a lotta devastation
[01:04.65]You have no idea what you did to this nation
[01:07.48]I fuckin' hate you, excuse my frustration
[01:10.47]But just when I'm about to quit, God tells me to just
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[01:14.36]Don't you give up, be strong
[01:17.69]Hold on, hold on
[01:23.16]Things are gonna get better
[01:26.50]Tough times, they last so long
[01:29.75]Hold on, hold on
[01:34.52]If you believe, they will get better
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[01:38.04]Frank White, the man with the money and the fame
[01:40.74]Passed away, now bitches wanna claim his name
[01:44.06]I been with my nigga before he came in the game
[01:49.72]Just us and the Mafia goin' out to parties
[01:49.98]No one's, no V's, we used to take the train
[01:52.81]I guess back then we was real nobodies
[01:55.68]But he was my nigga, and I was his bitch
[01:58.79]I rolled hard with him, how could I forget him
[02:01.52]Had beef with yo wife that ain't patched up
[02:04.28]But still got love for your kids
[02:06.58]Even wrote 'em in my will
[02:08.07]And I'ma make sure the fam keep a decent meal
[02:10.66]No matter what I got to do, or who I got to kill
[02:13.67]Shit is real, baby, there ain't no appeal
[02:16.97]If I'm fucked up, imagine how Mrs. Wallace feels
[02:19.95]Sometimes I sit and think how it would be if we was married
[02:22.94]Of if I woulda kept the child that I carried
[02:26.85]So to my ladies, don't think I haven't walked in yo shoes
[02:29.66]Or thought this was only happenin' to you, righ'
[02:32.27]Here's my shoulder, you can lean on this boo
[02:35.03]Cuz trust me, I know exactly what you're going through
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[02:38.54]Don't you give up, be strong
[02:42.14]Hold on, hold on
[02:48.04]Things are gonna get better
[02:51.27]Tough times, they last so long
[02:54.35]Hold on, hold on
[02:59.26]If you believe, they will get better
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[03:02.77]So I guess you know the story of how it all ends
[03:06.10]Depressed, stressed, don't know who's my real friends
[03:08.87]One thing's for sure, I can count on my mens
[03:11.37]D-Roc, Money, L, Lil' Cease, and PD
[03:14.80]My whole B.I. family, remind me of you
[03:17.62]We miss you so much, I love you so much
[03:20.74]Never thought life without you would be so rough
[03:23.39]But I know we gon make it
[03:25.50]We ain't happy, but we fakin'
[03:26.96]And to New York, thanks for the support
[03:29.65]And all our real fans, I'm shoutin' out the whole land
[03:32.77]This is somethin' young kids just won't understand
[03:35.75]How they took away this beautiful man
[03:38.74]Who shared so many memories
[03:40.90]I could go on and on, but a song can only be so long
[03:44.61]It's been hard, but I told God that I put up a fight
[03:49.24]So here's a Long Kiss Goodnight, Frank White
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[03:52.48]Don't you give up, be strong
[03:54.65]Hold on, hold on
[03:58.24]Things are gonna get better
[04:03.44]Tough times, they last so long
[04:06.71]Hold on, hold on
[04:11.57]If you believe, they will get better
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[04:15.75]Don't you give up, be strong
[04:18.44]Hold on, hold on
[04:24.19]Things are gonna get better
[04:27.59]Tough times, they last so long
[04:30.75]Hold on, hold on
[04:36.04]If you believe, they will get better
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[04:39.97]Don't you give up, be strong
[04:42.71]Hold on, hold on
[04:48.43]Things are gonna get better
[04:52.00]Tough times, they last so long
[04:54.89]Hold on, hold on
[05:00.53]If you believe, they will get better
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[05:10.16]Lil' Kim - Hold On (Feat. Mary J.Blige)
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