OG Kid Frost — Hold Your Own

[Verse 1: Kid Frost] Grown up in the streets of LA Luck that can be determined by the words you say Being misunderstood if you're in the wrong hood Cause then you got to face those up to no good Forefront, we're coming from the side But one is running back for a gun in his ride The sign of a shade Glock, the sound of a pistol cock back A plaque of a Vietnam flashback Unlike a movie, here in the streets we play for keeps And tonight, someone's mother is going to weep Four dead, the most would say is senseless Senseless is to walk the street defenseless And the man, he don't understand Why sometimes you must take the law into your own hands The city's a jungle and in the jungle you're all alone There comes a time you got to hold your own [Hook] You got to hold your own Got to, got to (Refuse to lose) You got to hold your own Got to, got to (Refuse to lose) Hold your own Got to, got to (Refuse to lose) You got to hold your own Got to, got to (Refuse to lose) Hold you own [Verse 2: Kid Frost] Man no matter where you live, you got to hold your own If you're even in a gang or you roam alone A man's got to do what a man's got to do One false move and your ass is through If you're not prepared to back yourself up Man you better shut up or get cut up and run up A dealer of drugs will have to hustle with thugs A pimp gets paid while his girl gives hugs Holding his own in whatever he does Just to get back what once was From the street ghetto raps to the rich and the wealthy To the ones that are sick, to the ones that are healthy The message is clear, spread for far and wide The solution is yours, it's up to you to provide And decide and take pride and never hide Your true colors that you hold inside [Hook] You got to hold your own Got to, got to (Refuse to lose) Hold your own, hold your own, hold your own Got to, got to (Refuse to lose) You got to hold your own Got to, got to (Refuse to lose) Hold your own, hold your own, hold your own Got to, got to (Refuse to lose) [Verse 3: Kid Frost] From the gate, another one's a gate goat You got to let them know that you're down to throw A petty squabble turned into a quarrel Fierce the storm, I was standing here tomorrow But you never really now, 'cause it's like throwing the dice One gets away, the other gets iced My mind is a trigger, ready to deliver Words from the mind with knowledge, it'd get bigger The more you can expand, the more your set can Learn and absorb, grow together and withstand Time and pay attention to the next generation The Latin Alliance is growing throughout the nation My hands in a fist for whatever might happen From the streets and the fences or on stage when I'm rapping Frost is back, so just let it be known That I'm here to hold my own [Hook] You got to hold your own Got to, got to (Refuse to lose) Hold your own, hold your own, hold your own Got to, got to (Refuse to lose) You got to hold your own Got to, got to (Refuse to lose) Hold your own, hold your own, hold your own Got to, got to (Refuse to lose) Hold your own