Hold On John

[Verse 1: Blu] Yo, uh check it... Another lit cig, another cracked brew Another low point in my life That I can't wait to pass through Another joint lit Without a brother I can pass it to Another black suit I gotta buy And I've had two Another rap crew lost that thought cash rules Another permanent scar in place of arm tattoos Another nigga with a attitude Sending up another prayer to God To forgive me for all my bad moves And other bad decisions, and bastard acts of vengeance Another Christian lost religion over Baptist visions Another doctor diagnosed another cancer victim Claiming another aunt Before we had a chance to kick it Another clinic visit due to unprotected love Another sin I pray that God one day can cleanse me of Before he sends me up to rock with yours truly I gotta make it through these hard times John sing it to me [Hook: John Lennon & Blu] Hold on John, [yeah, hold on] John hold on It's gonna be alright They say it's gonna be alright But I'm just tryin to make it through These hard days and dark nights You're gonna win the fight For real I hope so They say without pain we won't grow [Verse 2: Blu] Another heart that I broke, that's beyond repair Another unanswered question Like why are we here Another desire, despair, distrust, destroyed proof Another voice in the booth Sick of avoiding truth Another poison pollutes another boy in his youth Another minimum wage for that employee with roots Another choice But I choose to toy with my tools Instead of building another reason, we joyfully move Another boy that we grew Under another crack addict Another reason to pick up another bad habit Another cat broke That don't believe cash matters Leaves another back broke From another slash at it Another case catchin' up another black rapper Another second with her Shit, I would've back slapped her Another one of dad's patterns Passed down to me 'Til I heard my grandpa up in heaven Screamin' down to me like Hold on [Verse 3: Blu] Shit...then I realized It's just another sunny day Without no chance of rain Another reason we should Stand hand in hand and sing About the fire that's inside And my boy fans the flames When he calls me up And says he understands my pain Another chance I have to open up the door For opportunity I use so I can stand for something more In my community Another chance to tell my mother What her love can do for me If she takes a chance to hear The way this music moves through me I tried the schooling thing But I'm a stubborn human being Another kid without a voice But still I choose to sing They never told us we can rule as kings They want us doing foolish things Like fighting wars and shooting teens To me that's just as bad as bangin' And moving keys I prayin' we choose to lead the part In how we live this movie It's either weed or it's this E&J That's getting to me Hold up I think that's just an angel Singing Lenon to me [Hook] Hold on John, John hold on It's gonna be alright They say it's gonna be alright But I'm just tryin to make it through These hard days and dark nights You're gonna win the fight Yeah, okay I hope so They say without change we won't grow So I'm saying Hold on (Yeah... Hold on...tight)