Hold Me Down (feat. Alicia Keys) - Acapella

Hold me down

Hold me down

You are beautiful (Yeah)

Hold me down, oh (Yeah)

Hold me down

And I'm just so grateful (Uh, yeah, rrrr)

Everyday it gets darker (Rrr), the road gets longer (Rrr)

My body gets weaker (Rrr), my faith gets stronger (Rrr)

The Devil's working on me hard, because God loves me (Yeah)

As long as I'm in His graces, it's gon' get ugly (Hey)

But, only He can judge me so

What another mother****er say don't matter (Uh-huh)

So I avoid the chatter (Uh-huh)

And when I got to splattеr with the rat-tat-tatta (Woo)

Watch what you say or you gon' wish you had'a (Yeah)

Check a nigga data (What?!)

Ain't nan' nigga baddеr with the mic than the dog (Uh)

From the right to the wrong (Uh)

Still bite and go hard (Yeah)

Smash to the left (Yeah)

And with the last of my breath (Yeah)

I'll beat that ass to death (C'mon!)

Hold me down (Uh, uh, uh, yo)

Hold me down

You are beautiful (Hey, hey, yeah)

Hold me down (Down), oh (Nigga don't need much)

Hold me down

And I'm just so grateful (C'mon, get it)

I pulled in opposite directions, my life's in conflict (Uh huh)

That's why I spit words that depict the convict (Okay, ooh)

Man, if you not able to see

What I'm saying to you, then you not able to be (C'mon, ooh, yeah)

Just like reading the Bible to a baby (Uh-uh)

Some of y'all will get it (Uh)

But most of y'all gon' think I'm crazy (Oh no, no, no)

I ain't never gave a **** about what you think (Okay)

What you think don't matter if you think yo' shit don't stink (Baby)

Man, it hurts when people that I love don't want me (Oh)

Want it all from me, then think they can judge me (Yeah)

Treat me like I'm ugly

I done dumb some shit but I never been a dummy

'Cause I know God love me

Hold me down (You are beautiful)

Hold me down (Hey)

Hold me down, oh (I'm just so grateful)

Hold me down (Hey, hey)

Hold me down

Hold me down (A nigga don't need much)

You are beautiful

Hold me down, oh

Nobody, nobody gonna take me down (Hold me down)

'Cause I been through it all

Woah

Nobody, nobody gonna take me down

Oh lord

And it's all because of you

And I'm just so grateful