HOLD YOU DOWN (FEATURING FAT JOE)

●NOW YOU'VE BEEN HOLDIN' ME DOWN MMM, FOR SUCH A LONG TIME NOW FROM BACK THEN 'TIL NOW IN MY STORY STRAIGHT FROM THE HOOD YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR ME AND YOU HAD MY BACK WHEN THEY; BACK WHEN EVERYBODY SAID I WASN'T ANYTHING IT WAS YOU WHO KEPT ME HOLDIN' ON NO MATTER WHAT WAS GOING ON SO WHATEVER YOU NEED I GOT YOU, YEAH ◆REMINISCING THAT SIX TRAIN FROM WAY BACK NOW IT'S SKY BLUE PHANTOMS AND STRETCH MAYBACHS FROM SWEEPING THEM FLOORS IN THEM BRONX APARTMENTS TO “MIRA, ESTA QUE ON THAT RED CARPET” WHEN PUN DIED, YOU WAS THE FIRST TO CALL ME I NEVER TOLD YOU BUT YOU WAS THERE FOR ME WHATEVER YOU NEED, I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU CRACK, I GOT YA BACK FOR REAL, TRUE STORY ●NOW MY LOYALTY WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU IF YOU JUST PROMISE ME THAT YOU'LL STAY REAL JUST LIKE YOU ARE 'CAUSE BABY YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE, NO ●YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO ME WHENEVER YOU'RE DOWN YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN LEAN ON ME NO MATTER THE SITUATION BOY I'M GOIN' HOLD YOU DOWN ◆●YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO ME WHENEVER YOU'RE DOWN YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN LEAN ON ME NO MATTER THE SITUATION GIRL I'M GOIN' HOLD YOU DOWN ◆2005 RAKIM AND JODY WATLEY WATCH ME PAINT A PICTURE SO PERFECT, QUITE POSSIBLY THE REALEST FRESHER FROM BX TO SOUTH BEACH I'MA ALWAYS HOLD YOU DOWN GIRL YOU CAN COUNT ON ME ●SO REMEMBER THIS WHENEVER I CALL WE GO BACK TOO FAR WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IT ALL EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T SPOKE IN SO LONG AIN'T NOTHING CHANGED, NOT A DAMN THING BABY! ●NOW MY LOYALTY WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU IF YOU JUST PROMISE ME THAT YOU'LL STAY REAL JUST LIKE YOU ARE 'CAUSE BABY YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE NO ●YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO ME WHENEVER YOUR DOWN YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN LEAN ON ME NO MATTER THE SITUATION BOY I'M GOIN' HOLD YOU DOWN ◆●YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO ME WHENEVER YOUR DOWN YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN LEAN ON ME NO MATTER THE SITUATION, GIRL I'M GON' HOLD YOU DOWN ◆LIKE GREEN IS TO AUTUMN, SOME THINGS MUST STAY THIS INDUSTRY, YEAH I FOUGHT 'EM, MADE ME THIS WAY GET BETWEEN ME AND J. LO, I SIMPLY STATE YOU'RE BETTER OFF SWEEPIN' LEAVES ON A WINDY DAY ●SO I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE SITUATION I'MA RIDE FOR YOU IF THERE'S A COMPLICATION 'CAUSE EVERY TIME YOU HAD MY BACK AND ALL WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, AND NOW YOU'RE JOEY CRACK AND ALL ●NOW MY LOYALTY WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU IF YOU JUST PROMISE ME THAT YOU'LL STAY REAL JUST LIKE YOU ARE 'CAUSE BABY YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE ●YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO ME WHENEVER YOUR DOWN YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN LEAN ON ME NO MATTER THE SITUATION BOY I'M GOIN' HOLD YOU DOWN ◆●YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO ME WHENEVER YOUR DOWN YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN LEAN ON ME NO MATTER THE SITUATION GIRL I'M GOIN' HOLD YOU DOWN…