Hold Down The Block (Album Version|Explicit)
Nas"Hold Down The Block (Album Version|Explicit)" is a song by Nas, released in 2007 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:53 long and contains 121 lines and 625 words.
0:00Hold Down The Block (ホールド・ダウン・ザ・ブロック) (Album Version|Explicit) - Nas
0:10I gotta lay down the block
0:13When the block is hot
0:15I gotta use my imagination
0:17To change the situation
0:20I gotta lay down the block
0:23When the block is hot
0:25I gotta use my imagination
0:28To change the situation
0:30Yea Feds feast on street dons
0:32Look at their teeth showin'
0:34Salivatin' at the mouth
0:35South to East Orange
0:36Keep pourin' that liquor
0:38But ni**a don't sleep on it
0:39You'll be givin' up your Jesus piece
0:40To your peeps to pawn it
0:41For legal fees in the penal dorm
0:43Screamin' on the horn with 'bout
0:45Thirty years on your conscience
0:46I'm watchin' brothers disappear
0:48It's appallin'
0:49Some dudes had just only a year of ballin'
0:51Counter-intelligence
0:53Found a strange evidence
0:54(When the block is hot)
0:55Still we behind the wheel with heat on us
0:56Hangin' with predicates
0:58Position we placed in caves in
0:59So they got us caged in
1:00Ways spinnin' like Mike Bivens
1:02From New Edition aging
1:03I got families I'm feeding '
1:05Cause my mans is bleeding
1:06Every five seconds look in all directions
1:08I come through prepared;
1:10I give 'em a call
1:11I'm close bring them guns downstairs
1:12I gotta lay down the block
1:14When the block is hot
1:17I gotta use my imagination
1:19To change the situation
1:22I gotta lay down the block
1:25When the block is hot (hold it down)
1:28I gotta use my imagination
1:30To change the situation
1:32Uh uh it's beef week
1:34Monday murder
1:35Two niggaz dead Tuesday
1:36Wednesday and Thursday is hearse-day
1:38Friday somebody-gotta-die-day
1:40Saturday put the gat away
1:42Chillin' wit your chick and a bag of haze
1:44Wonderin' how it's all gon' end
1:46And what type of way
1:47'Cause Sunday back to gunplay
1:49Mo' sh*t start over nothin'
1:51And get finished quick 'cause
1:52The art of repercussion
1:54Yeah I seen it a G' going out indecent
1:56Takin' a plea agreement
1:58Thinkin' he secret
1:59Escape the crime scene
2:00Now you live straight like 9:15
2:02Then one-time intervene
2:04My man ain't like me sayin'
2:05I don't care if I die
2:06But the SIG Sauer on me now
2:08I'm scared to die
2:09You thinkin' the one
2:10I send to clap you be a shorty
2:11But he old school holdin' a 38
2:13He in his forties
2:14I gotta lay down the block
2:17When the block is hot
2:19I gotta use my imagination
2:22To change the situation
2:25I gotta lay down the block
2:27When the block is hot
2:29I gotta use my imagination
2:32To change the situation
2:35(I gotta ) Anytime brothers
2:36Can't get jobs then they rob
2:38A man rather die than
2:39Live on his knees and starve
2:41Cops steady askin' your man what happened
2:43First he tell then he stop
2:44Like he not really rattin'
2:46Guess he not really
2:46In that casket from a sawed-off
2:49Listen
2:49Peep game from the brain of an all-star
2:51The rain hurt niggaz bones who been shot
2:53Metal pins in their leg
2:55They walk with a limp-hop
2:56The streets lie
2:57So you better be cautious
2:59Your man'll fry you plus
3:00Everybody talkin'
3:02A vet a General
3:03Don't step where I walked in
3:04Make your own path
3:05Be a legend in your skin
3:07Make your own cash
3:07Don't stress what I'm forcin'
3:09Don't expect more
3:09When you put in less work than all them
3:12Queensbridge projects has taught him
3:14And that's for life
3:16You heard me right I got the block
3:18When the block is hot
3:28(When the block is hot)
3:32I gotta use my imagination
3:35To change the situation
3:37I gotta hold down the block
3:40When the block is hot
3:42I gotta use my imagination
3:45To change the situation
3:48I gotta hold down the block
3:50When the block is hot
3:53I gotta use my imagination
Hold Down The Block (ホールド・ダウン・ザ・ブロック) (Album Version|Explicit) - Nas I gotta lay down the block When the block is hot I gotta use my imagination To change the situation I gotta lay down the block When the block is hot I gotta use my imagination To change the situation Yea Feds feast on street dons Look at their teeth showin' Salivatin' at the mouth South to East Orange Keep pourin' that liquor But ni**a don't sleep on it You'll be givin' up your Jesus piece To your peeps to pawn it For legal fees in the penal dorm Screamin' on the horn with 'bout Thirty years on your conscience I'm watchin' brothers disappear It's appallin' Some dudes had just only a year of ballin' Counter-intelligence Found a strange evidence (When the block is hot) Still we behind the wheel with heat on us Hangin' with predicates Position we placed in caves in So they got us caged in Ways spinnin' like Mike Bivens From New Edition aging I got families I'm feeding ' Cause my mans is bleeding Every five seconds look in all directions I come through prepared; I give 'em a call I'm close bring them guns downstairs I gotta lay down the block When the block is hot I gotta use my imagination To change the situation I gotta lay down the block When the block is hot (hold it down) I gotta use my imagination To change the situation Uh uh it's beef week Monday murder Two niggaz dead Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday is hearse-day Friday somebody-gotta-die-day Saturday put the gat away Chillin' wit your chick and a bag of haze Wonderin' how it's all gon' end And what type of way 'Cause Sunday back to gunplay Mo' sh*t start over nothin' And get finished quick 'cause The art of repercussion Yeah I seen it a G' going out indecent Takin' a plea agreement Thinkin' he secret Escape the crime scene Now you live straight like 9:15 Then one-time intervene My man ain't like me sayin' I don't care if I die But the SIG Sauer on me now I'm scared to die You thinkin' the one I send to clap you be a shorty But he old school holdin' a 38 He in his forties I gotta lay down the block When the block is hot I gotta use my imagination To change the situation I gotta lay down the block When the block is hot I gotta use my imagination To change the situation (I gotta ) Anytime brothers Can't get jobs then they rob A man rather die than Live on his knees and starve Cops steady askin' your man what happened First he tell then he stop Like he not really rattin' Guess he not really In that casket from a sawed-off Listen Peep game from the brain of an all-star The rain hurt niggaz bones who been shot Metal pins in their leg They walk with a limp-hop The streets lie So you better be cautious Your man'll fry you plus Everybody talkin' A vet a General Don't step where I walked in Make your own path Be a legend in your skin Make your own cash Don't stress what I'm forcin' Don't expect more When you put in less work than all them Queensbridge projects has taught him And that's for life You heard me right I got the block When the block is hot (When the block is hot) I gotta use my imagination To change the situation I gotta hold down the block When the block is hot I gotta use my imagination To change the situation I gotta hold down the block When the block is hot I gotta use my imagination
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