Prodigy (Mobb Deep) - Hold You Down lyrics

[Produced by The Alchemist] [Intro] Let's do this sh**, ayo It's like this man, ayo [Verse 1: Prodigy] When it comes to Tecs, I'm similar to a menace An O' Dog sniffing 'caine couldn't f** with the damage That I do to a ba*tard, keep f**in around Won't be nobody strong enough to (hold you down) Yeah, I leave 'em in shock n***as get sentenced to life, they stressed in the box Most of my friends got murdered and damn I feel lost Wish I was there when they popped off to (hold you down) Nobody but me, I got a whole gang of n***as But that's how you gotta think If you wanna make it alive in all in one piece It takes much more of them things to (hold you down) Yo, sonny, I'm well connected in the streets We loyal to each other, when it comes to that beef, we get (down) Don't worry 'bout a thing my n***a, I foreverly (hold you down) [Hook: Nina Sky] Even when sh** gets hard I'm going to Make sure that I'm around to hold you (down) Will never leave your side Until the day I die, I'm gonna (hold you down) Recognize that this game could be hard Long as you roll with me, we are (down) Here by your side always to (hold me down, baby!) [Verse 2: The Alchemist] When the time is worst Never leave my fam in a jam, I'm dying first Never (down) to my last dollar, I'm grinding first Never take the stand on my fam, I'm silent first It's going down, feel me, the Alchemist in the flesh And I love this profession, but I throw it all away in a second Cause I'm (down) for the cause when my life is threatened Take this and that, maybe that'll (hold you down) Now you know how we cooks the pot up You could get caught up in some things you would not wanna So slow (down) and watch how I mold the sound So when I ain't around the music still (hold you down) But I'm a keep my eyes open, yo, I don't even blink Keep my pen moving down the line I don't even think Just write it (down) on the paper get my vocals in sync Check how it sound (hold... you... down) [Hook] [Bridge: Illa Ghee] To all my n***as I war for Blow the 44 for, you know I gets (down) Even if we trapped Standing back to back, I'll (hold you down) No matter if you wrong or right You still right, for you I'll lay a n***a (down) I don't care if it's the president I co*k my sh** and (hold you down) For all y'all b**hes in the club If you hop in the truck, first thing y'all gonna go (down) And when we get to the telly I'ma bend you over and (hold you down) [Verse 3: Prodigy] Ayo, Mobb Thugs, drops and trucks We got enough paper to front, you see our guns and duck (down) Somebody fitting to get wigged Homie, I hope your outfitter (hold you down) I seriously doubt it, my chain cost a quarter mill Imagine what I spend gun shopping Got bullets by the thousands The shots will never stop, they say that we wilding And I'm far from recluse We right on front street with them fullies in the coupe 'fore the drama and the shooting Then I take bullets and die to (hold you down) [Hook] [Outro] Soon, you'll, un-der-stand