Hold On Strong
Gentleman Lyrics

I see dem standing at dem border
I observe people who struggle at the border.

While the struggle is getting harder
As the resistance increases, the task becomes more difficult.

Keep on praying to the father
Continue praying to God for support and guidance.

Every thing you try in a your life
In every aspect of your life,

Dem want to stop you
People may want to obstruct your progress.

I don t know why but they think they got to
I'm uncertain why, but they believe they need to do it.

Hold on strong and never let dem flop you
Endure the hardship and don't let them defeat you.

Never let the wicked heart a trap you
Stay clear from the traps of the evil heart.

I'm on the move ya know
I'm making progress, you know.

Must make it true somehow
I must find a way to make it happen.

I got to take it to the top and that's my only vow
I pledge to succeed and be on top.

And when the heathen range
And when the enemies fight,

To me it s nothing strange
It doesn't surprise me.

You've been trying it so long but still me nuh go change
You've been attempted to defeat me for a long time, but I won't change.

I tell the youths to pray
I advise the young people to pray.

Strive for a better days strive for a better way – strive
Struggle for a better life; aspire for a better future.

One day you'II get your pay
One day you will be rewarded for your efforts.

No matter what dem say
Regardless of what they may say,

You got to stay alive
You have to keep going and stay alive.

Jah jah say throw down your arms and come
Jah instructs you to lay down your arms and come.

Put away your gun
Put your gun down.

The righteous nuh promote none
The righteous don't promote violence.

Time to have some fun
It's time to enjoy ourselves.

Where you ago run run when the creator come
Where will you run and hide when the Creator arrives?

Now me know what you're about
Now I know your intentions.

Don't try to get me out
Don't attempt to remove me.

Cause a god alone make the sunshine
Because only God brings sunshine.

Unleash deception from your mouth
Stop being deceitful.

Or your fire a go out
Or your passion will fade away.

Fix up your conscience nuh bad mind
Cleanse your conscience and don't be envious or ill-intentioned.

I can see the way you living
I see how you are living.

Your ism and your skism
Your way of life and divisions.

Show me that you walking on chalkliner
Illustrate that you are making the right choices.

And the very ditch you digging
The actions you are taking will come back to haunt you.

The games that you rigging
The schemes that you are plotting.

Your told me say you do it more than one time
You've told me that, on numerous occasions, you've plotted schemes.

One day we find our time and place
One day, we will find our own moment and location.

We doing it with grace
We will do it subtly and graciously.

Doing it we own a leisure we nuh ina haze
We will perform it at our own pace, and we won't be disoriented.

Sometimes you need your space to trump um an ace
At times, you need some space to win.

Just remember haze make ways
Remember that focus produces results.