Holding It Down

[Hook: Rich Rivera] Holding it down, I’mma be me, that’s who I be, don’t question it Holding it down, sometimes the streets won’t let you breathe, I’m suffocating Holding it down, fortune and fame and the struggle and pain, I’m not gon’ change Holding it down, I’mma remain the same oh, oh, oh [Verse One: Emilio Rojas] I got people that’ll ride for me, people that’ll die for me But I’m better off if my people stay alive for me These vermin claw with a vice grip on they right fist Keep my circle small but it’s tight knit, I’m a light fit My shine growing, it’s mind blowing like Cobain Pull in the back of my mind, I’m going dope change ‘Cause no fame or acclaim is gon’ replace where I came from Regardless of the weight of my name, the game tough I’ve seen the power corrupt, the most humblest strong You either running or you stumble along ‘cause people gunning Hoping something go wrong, they keep coming Keep sucking you dry, leeching blood from your heart to eat something Surround ourselves with vultures and snakes, hustlers and jakes And women with voluptuous shapes, we’re all sinners in the culprits of hate And you can pay for reviews, even critics got adjustable rates But through the struggle, the pain, the fire, the rain The trouble that stay bubbling, one thing remains, we holding it down We holding it down, we holding it down, yeah we holding shit down [Hook] [Verse Two: Emilio Rojas] It’s all new to the kid but I think I can get used to this here These fly dames and high planes, loving stewardesses Picking high stakes, investments and lucrative biz I come a long way from wrestling with sewage and piss From the depths of a brutal abyss into the fresh air and beautiful chicks They all swooning ‘cause we moving them lips Nothing to something, I’m losing my grip because I’m stuck in a culture Where it’s fruit for the trick and using your friends is common in here And so I cherish they honesty ‘cause it’s rarer than a lunar eclipse I run on tools and tricks, seen the Louvre from the tip Maneuver and shift now to improve where I sit We close to the throne, I can see the jewels and the glitz The fortune, the fame, the game and the truth and the fiction Real from the fake, close friends will steal from your plate Before you even realize that there’s a meal to be ate Emilio rating funds, time to till in your fate But tell how much more can Emilio take? And how much more till Emilio breaks? I’m holding shit down ‘cause too much is at stake [Hook]