Hold On

<br>[Intro - Timbaland - talking]<br>Oh!<br>You know what?<br>(Wyclef: good good good)<br>I go through a lot, since my baby girl`s not here<br>Life ain`t been the same for me<br>Li Li I miss you very much<br>I want you to hear my pain that I go through (go through ...)<br><br>[Verse 1 - Timbaland] + (Wyclef Jean)<br>It`s been three years (AH!), livin this fast life<br>I think on it, I know one day I won`t have life<br>People don`t know me over the time B<br>They don`t wanna know me, they wanna know my G`s<br>Li I quit, things ain`t the same no more<br>But I`ma do my thing `til there ain`t no more (yeah)<br>I got a plan, I wonder how far it can go<br>I demand the best for myself, that`s all I know<br>I, done seen the world become<br>Products of a revolution that we begun (yeah)<br>Make me wanna split a swisher, I need me one<br>They keep on coping more deed than one<br>That`s why I say ..<br><br>[Break - Timbaland]<br>I know you like my shoes, cause you walkin my shoes<br>And would you be prepared to see (would ya?)<br>A life full of money and a life full of girls<br>But a heart that`s really in deed (feel my pain)<br>A lot of people yellin (&quot;we love ya Timbaland&quot;)<br>But I know y`all really envy(ooo)<br>I don`t know who`s in my corner, don`t know where is my corner<br>But I gotta grab onto Li<br>So I must ..<br><br>[Chorus - Wyclef Jean]<br>Hey, Timbaland you gotta hold on (hold on)<br>But you got to be strong<br>the pains almost over<br>(Timbaland: My pain almost over)<br>Look towards the sky, there`s only one Jehovah<br>(Timbaland: I can`t quit yet), you can`t quit<br><br>You gotta hold on, you got to be strong<br>(Timbaland: Uh, my pain almost over)<br>Look towards the sky, there`s only one Jehovah<br><br>[Verse 2 - Magoo] + (Wyclef Jean)<br>Pain, can`t you see the pain in my eyes?<br>The lie behind my cries, don`t you sympathize with me<br>You don`t have to wonder when I come<br>You label me a bum, you think it ain`t suprisin me (yeah)<br>Funny how boo got money, people come around<br>Soon as boo fail, kick `em to the ground (yeah)<br>Not just neighbors, the whole damn town<br>Own flesh and blood, said I was a clown<br>But as the world turns, my life can too<br>And like a gun kills, a knife can too (yeah)<br>I was stabbed thrice, how `bout you?<br>Once by my mom, pops the other two<br>Child abuse kid, ward of the state<br>I know it was the past, but I just can`t shake<br>How you had a kid, beat me like a slave<br>I was only three, how could I misbehave?<br>I didn`t know better, you could teach me first<br>You said fuck that, then you beat me worse<br>It`s pain in this verse, hard to go on (yeah)<br>Boo is a man, so I must hold on<br><br>[Break - Timbaland]<br>I know you like my shoes, cause you walk in my shoes<br>And would you be prepared to see (would ya?)<br>(Wyclef: yeah)<br>A life full of money and a life full of girls<br>But a heart that`s really in deed (full of pain)<br>A lot of people yellin (&quot;we love ya Maganoo&quot;)<br>But I know y`all really envy(ooo)<br>I don`t know who`s in my corner, don`t know where is my corner<br>(Wyclef: yeah)<br>But I gotta grab onto Li, uh huh<br>So I must ..<br><br>[Chorus - Wyclef Jean]<br>You gotta hold on (hold on)<br>But you got to be strong<br>the pains almost over<br>(Timbaland: my pains almost over)<br>Look towards the sky, there`s only one Jehovah<br>(Timbaland: I can`t quit yet), can`t quit<br><br>You gotta hold on (yeah)<br>You got to be strong (yeah)<br>(Timbaland: my pains almost over)<br>Yeah, look towards the sky, there`s only one Jehovah (yeah)<br><br>[Verse 3 - Wyclef Jean]<br>Yeah, yo, I seen Brooklyn turn into Crook-lyn<br>The youngn`s they spend their life in central Crook-lyn (yeah)<br>I`ve seen prom queens, turn into prom fiends<br>Sometime I ask myself what happen to Dr. King`s &quot;Dream&quot; (yeah)<br>I`ve seen best friends, turn to enemies<br>What made it sad, I had to sing at the eulogy<br>So hard for us to say goodbye<br>So I puff the lye and stay high (yeah)<br>The man you said was your fam in the park (yeah)<br>Saw your face spark when you found out he was a Narc (yeah)<br>Cause everybody wanna be Nino Brown<br>They wanna be Nino Brown, they wanna be Nino Brown (yeah)<br>And the girls they love the Nino Brown<br>They hug they Nino Brown, they lust for Nino Brown (yeah)<br>And the fiends they want the Nino Brown<br>The way he hold you down, when he comes around (yeah) (*echo*)<br><br>[Outro - Timbland - talking]<br>The pain never stops baby<br>Li Li, I hope ya hear this<br>Cause life will never be the same without you girl<br>(Wyclef: yeah)<br>Timbaland talkin to you<br>(Wyclef: yeah, yo, yo)<br>We ain`t used to nothin<br>This music industry, will never be the same without you<br>Nothin but pain, hard struggle<br>But me and Jimmy D, we`re gonna keep ridin for ya<br>Cause life must go on<br>You must live on<br>So we gotta hold on, c`mon<br><br>(Hold on) uh, (hold on)<br>My pain almost over (hold on, hold on)<br>I can`t quit yet (hold on, hold on)<br>My pain almost over (hold on, hold on)<br>Nah Li Li, me and `Goo we can`t quit, OH!