Hold Tight
Slum Village feat. Q‐Tip Lyrics

Hold tight, this is the last time you hear me
Pay attention, as this is the last time I'll be addressing you

I'm out now, this is the last time to cheer me
I'm leaving, so this is your last chance to show your support

Niggas in the game is getting too slimy
People in the industry are becoming untrustworthy

Liable to make this peace brother turn grimy
It's possible that even a peaceful person could be influenced to become aggressive due to the actions of others

I'mma leave it in the hands of the Slum now
I'm entrusting the situation to the Slum Village collective

Take it away from where it comes from now
Let's move on from where this problem originated

A lot of you cats in the music business
Many individuals in the music industry

Shiftless, I'll put you on the shit list
Unreliable people will be added to my list of untrustworthy individuals

Did your intuition say to shit on me?
Did you feel that it was right to disrespect me?

I'mma just flip your ears, yo you hear me b?
I will make you listen to what I have to say, whether you like it or not

D'Angelo play your piano
D'Angelo, please perform your music

Jay-Dee flip another beat for me
Jay-Dee, please create a new beat for me to rap over

Hold tight with Baatin and my nigga T3
Stay together with Baatin and T3, my friends

Busta Bus, watch out for who you trust
Be careful about who you place your trust in, Busta

Ali Shaheed, it's your blood that I bleed
Ali Shaheed, we are family and I will always support you

Yes, Phife, for you I will give my life
Phife, I value you so much that I would sacrifice myself for you

It's the Umma shit fo real till there's no more light
The Umma is our reality until the end of time

All you foul motherfuckers change your wrong to right
Those of you who have made mistakes need to correct your actions

Make sure y'all bring your music to the area flight
Ensure that your music reaches a wider audience

Hold tight
Stay strong

Hold tight get ya ass back what ya did, yo
Stay focused and return to what you were doing previously

Hold tight the SV what ya did, yo
Stay unified as Slum Village

Hold tight you don't pay attention man
You need to pay more attention

That's why your money is the size of your attention span
Your lack of attention is reflected in your lack of wealth

Yo there's something I gotta mention, damn
I need to mention something important

Who the fuck is this sitting in my session man?
Who is this person in my recording studio?

This is my project, ho, not some MC Shan
This is my project, not someone else's

Not yours, what's your intentions man
You don't own this project, so what do you want from it?

Probably bootlegging my tape at a concession stand
You're probably trying to make illegal copies of my music to sell

What the fuck, niggas never learn their lesson, man
People never seem to learn from their mistakes

I try my best not to hold the Smith & Wesson, man
I don't want to resort to violence

But I gotta hold something cause niggas test you man
I need to defend myself because people will try to challenge me

Anyway yo keep it moving keep the questions and
Anyway, let's move on and avoid more confrontation

Maybe I can bless you with the test pressers man
Maybe I can give you something positive

Until then, hold tight
Stay focused for now

Guess who's making this cheese this cash this dust
Can you guess who's making all this money?

So much cash in my hand that I got paper cuts
I have so much money that it's causing physical harm

I'm trying to become a winner trying to get with us
I'm striving to succeed and join our successful group

That's one of the reasons I had to fuck you up
That's why I had to confront you aggressively

I caught you people at my window trying see what I'm doing
I saw you trying to spy on me through my window

So I pulled out the 45 and commenced to start shooting (see ya)
So I pulled out my gun and started firing to protect myself

See I miss with every dilla cause young were keeping it moving
Even though I missed shots, I continue to keep on moving forward and not look back

Now that's some root news and now watch what you're doing
This is a warning for you to be careful about your actions in the future

You don't understand
You're not comprehending

I've been doing this shit since Duran Duran
I've been around in the music industry for a long time

Now I'mma make some more paper cash, god damn
Now I'm making even more money

I'm outta this, cause you don't appreciate
I'm leaving because I feel like I'm not being valued

I step up in the place trying to cultivate
I'm trying to make a difference

You sipping on your tanqueray whilst we levitate
You're not taking this as seriously as we are

You ain't got no reason to celebrate
You have no reason to be happy

You caught up in my trap, sealing your fate
You are stuck in my situation and can't escape

Never was it once you co-operate
You have never been willing to cooperate

Was last you just self destruct inside your hate
The last time we interacted, you let your anger ruin everything

I hope you're feeling better now
I hope you're in a better mood now

Hold tight to my rhyme, nigga don't cry
Listen carefully to my lyrics and don't get emotional

Its alright you can move at your own pace
It's okay to take things at your own speed

Altogether now
Let's all come together

Hold tight
Stay strong