2Pac – Hold On Be Strong Lyrics

Hold On Be Strong

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"Hold On Be Strong." - 2Pac

Tuesday, 20 October 2026, 08:02 am

Album: R U Still Down? (Remember Me)

Track No: 03

Hey, do this thug style man, thug style
When this whole beat drop, we just gon' run it to 'em back
It's all good
Uh, I never had much, ran with the bad bunch
Lil' skinny kid sneakin' weed in my bag lunch
And all through junior high, we was just getting by
And drive-by's robbed my homies of their young lives
I never did cry
And even though I had pain in my heart
I was hopeless from the start
They couldn't tell me nothin', they all tried to help me
The marijuana had my mind gone, it wasn't healthy
I travelled places, caught cases, what a ill year
I felt the pain and the rain but I'm still here
Never did like the police, let the whole world know
Now I gets no peace 'cause they're chasing me down
And facing me now, what do I do?
These things that a thug goes through
And still I rise, so keep your head up and make your mind strong
It's a struggle everyday but you gotta hold on
Hold on be strong
Hold on be strong
Hold on
When it's on, it's on
Hold on be strong
Hold on be strong
Hold on be strong
When it's on, it's on
And hold on be strong
Hold on be strong
Hold on be strong
When it's on, it's on
And hold on be strong
Hold on be strong
Hold on, be strong
When it's on, it's on
There's never a good day, 'cause in my hood they
Let they AK's pump strays where the kids play
And every Halloween, check out the murder scene
Can't help but duplicate the violence seen on the screen
My homies dyin' 'fore they get to see they birthdays
These is the worst days, sometimes it hurts to pray
And even God turned his back on the ghetto youth
I know that ain't the truth, sometimes I look for proof
I wonder if Heaven got a ghetto and if it does
Does it matter if you blood or you cuz?
Remember how it was, the picnics and the parties in the projects?
Small time drinkin', gettin' high with the mall mix
Just another knucklehead kid from the gutter
I'm dealing with the madness, raised by a single mother
I'm tryin' to tell you when it's on
You gotta keep your head to the sky, be strong
Most of all, hold on
Hold on be strong
Hold on be strong
Hold on
When it's on, it's on
Hold on be strong
Hold on be strong
Hold on be strong
When it's on, it's on
Hold on be strong
Hold on be strong
Hold on be strong
When it's on, it's on
Hold on be strong
Hold on be strong
Hold on be strong
When it's on, it's on
Hold on be strong
I know them ain't tears coming down your face
Wipe your eyes
In this world, only the strong survive
I know it's hard out there
Welfare, AIDS, earthquakes
Muggings, carjackings, yeah, we got problems
But believe me when I tell you
Things always get better
God don't like ugly and God don't like no quitters
You know what Billie Holiday said, baby
God bless the child that can hold his own, you know?
You got to stand strong
And when these bustas try to knock you out your place
You stand there to they face
Tell 'em, hold on and be strong
'Cause the game don't stop
This here is Black Main
And if you don't ever learn nothing, learn one thing
It don't stop till the casket drop, uh
Thug for life, feel me?
All my homeboys and my homegirls, stay strong
When things get bad, especially come the first and the fifteenth
Stay strong and stay ballin', hold on
I catch y'all at the next life, we in traffic

Writer(s): 2Pac, Choo, Philip Bailey, Albert Phillip McKay & Steve Beckmeier.

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