Dru Hill is an American R&B group, most popular during the 1990s, whose rep… Read Full Bio ↴Dru Hill is an American R&B group, most popular during the 1990s, whose repertoire included soul, hip hop soul and gospel music. Founded in Baltimore, Maryland, and active since 1992, Dru Hill recorded seven Top 40 hits, and is best known for the R&B #1 hits "In My Bed", "Never Make a Promise", and "How Deep Is Your Love". The group consists of lead singer Mark "Sisqó" Andrews (who went on to have a successful solo career), Tamir "Nokio" Ruffin and, Larry "Jazz" Anthony, and James "Woody Rock" Green.

Signing to Island Records through Haqq Islam's University Records imprint, the group released two successful albums, Dru Hill and Enter the Dru, before separating for a period from late 1999 to 2002, during which time Sisqó and Woody released solo albums. While Woody's Soul Music LP was a moderate success in the gospel music industry, Sisqó's debut album, Unleash the Dragon, and its hit singles, "Thong Song" and "Incomplete", were major pop successes, and established Sisqó as a household name outside Dru Hill. Sisqó's second album, Return of Dragon, did not sell as well.

In 2002, by then part of the Def Soul record label, the group reunited and added fifth member Rufus "Scola" Waller to the lineup for their third album, Dru World Order, whose underperformance led to the group being dropped from Def Soul. In 2009, the group signed to Kedar Entertainment Group and released their fourth album, InDRUpendence Day, the following year, with new member Tao taking the place of the again departed Woody.

Holding U
Dru Hill Lyrics

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Damn
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I can't remember why we fell apart
Or even how the arguments all start
I got this crazy thought running through my head
Mmmm you keep insisting on convincing me that nothings changed

And keep on telling me I'm trippin but its not a game
'Cause somethings different when I'm in it it don't feel the same
I keep on picturing another nigga been hold n you

[Chorus]
I feel somebodies been touch n you
In fact I know somebodies been kissin' you
Do you want to tell me who's been love-n-you , love-n-you
Hold-n-you, I don't know why I been trusting you

Only did what I'm supposed to do
I don't know how I been such a fool for love-n-you
It never really mattered too much to me
I guess I was too blind and I could not see

The message in the words that I heard you say
Hmmm, that you're unhappy and you think you need some time away
These things just happen but I know they don't happen that way
I try and understand because I love you

But I keep on thinking that another nigga been hold-n-you
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[Jazz]
Come on, pick up the phone, Shelly

[Shelly]
Hello

[Jazz]
Yeah what you doin'?

[Shelly]
Sittin' here thinking bout you boo

[Jazz]
Oh, yeah?
Did you think about me
When you was with your girlfriends creepin?

[Shelly]
What?

[Jazz]
And you was at the club straight freaking

[Shelly]
That wasn't me

[Jazz]
What am I suppose to do
Tell me how could you be thinking bout me
I saw him in the bedroom baby

[Shelly]
Whatever

[Jazz]
I'm looking through the window, don't you play me

[Shelly]
Hold up! Where you at?

[Jazz]
Baby won't you tell the truth

[Shelly]
I am

[Jazz]
'Cause I ain't trippin and I know that nigga been hold-n-you

[Chorus]

Why, why, why, tell me why, why
Whoa why, why, why, why, why
Tell me why, why, why
Holding you babe

Yeah, shouldn't of been trustin' you, yeah
Whoa, I was your fool, yes I was
Yes I was, yeah, oh
I won't be your fool no more

No more baby

Oh, yeah
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Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Dru Hill's "Holding You" depict a man who is suspicious that his partner is cheating on him. He can't remember how they fell apart, but he has a "crazy thought" that someone else has been "hold-n" and kissing her. She denies that anything has changed, but he feels that something is different when they're together. He loves her and is trying to understand her, but he can't shake the feeling that someone else is in the picture. The chorus repeats his suspicion that someone else has been touching and kissing her.

The lyrics are full of imagery and a sense of paranoia, giving the listener a vivid sense of the singer's internal struggle. He's torn between his love for his partner and his fear that she's drifting away from him. There's a sense of desperation in his voice as he pleads with her to tell him the truth about what's going on.

Line by Line Meaning

Damn
Expressing frustration and annoyance

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An invitation to listen to what he has to say

I can't remember why we fell apart
He is unable to recall the events that led to their breakup

Or even how the arguments all start
He is unsure about the cause of their fights

I got this crazy thought running through my head
He has an irrational idea bothering him

Mmmm you keep insisting on convincing me that nothings changed
She keeps telling him that everything is the same although he feels otherwise

And keep on telling me I'm trippin but its not a game
She tells him he is overreacting, but he takes the situation seriously

'Cause somethings different when I'm in it it don't feel the same
He feels that the dynamic between them has changed

I keep on picturing another nigga been hold n you
He imagines her being intimate with someone else

[Chorus]
Refrain of the song

I feel somebodies been touch n you
He suspects she has been physically involved with another person

In fact I know somebodies been kissin' you
He is convinced she has been kissed by someone else

Do you want to tell me who's been love-n-you, love-n-you
He wants her to confess who she has been emotionally involved with

Hold-n-you, I don't know why I been trusting you
He realizes he trusted her and he doesn't know why

Only did what I'm supposed to do
He did only what he thought was right

I don't know how I been such a fool for love-n-you
He feels foolish for loving her

It never really mattered too much to me
Their relationship was not of great importance to him

I guess I was too blind and I could not see
He was oblivious to the trouble in their relationship

The message in the words that I heard you say
He detected a hint of unhappiness in something she said

Hmmm, that you're unhappy and you think you need some time away
She expressed her dissatisfaction and the need for space

These things just happen but I know they don't happen that way
He acknowledges that relationships can fall apart, but he doesn't think it happened the way she described

I try and understand because I love you
He is attempting to comprehend her feelings because he cares about her

But I keep on thinking that another nigga been hold-n-you
His suspicion continues

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Another invitation to listen carefully