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Hold On

by JSWISS

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Smooth single produced by keyboardist/producer Paul Bloom that also features a barrage of clever wordplay from JSWISS.

lyrics

It's the J, S, W, I
Double S you ain't gotta be stressed and ask why
Be blessed and act fly, my name ring bells in NY
From Dobbs Ferry to Bed Stuy
And everywhere in between new but vet in the scene
I kill mics and deadbeats like Ben Vereen
When he was on Fresh Prince you the episode
Will was holding back tears and had to let em go
Now I let you know
You ain't a JSWISS fan you look as goofy as the Carlton dance
To Tom Jones, and you know it ain't unusual
To see Swiss get up in the booth like a cubicle
And a go to work, but more active than a desk job
I should earn a raise every time your head nod
I'm on commission earn my keep like I earn my fans
One at at time til I'm lookin at a hundred grand
At one show at one time on a foreign land
Where the only English they know is who the eff I am
All organic like Whole Foods is how I build
Big dog serving small fries like a bar and grill
You want some in a lump sum like lotto cash
Command style and flow I got a lotta that
If you wanna be captivated then get a seat
I'm the one nobody could fold like a fitted sheet

(Chorus)
Hold on
We been working so hard so long
If they bout to quit tell 'em hold off
They just need to hold on
(repeat)

I don't have dreams even when asleep I got plans
Make the whole crowd clap as long as they got hands
The whole crowd scream as long as they got tongues
Make the crowd stop clapping as long as they got guns,
Rhymes on display like a mannequin
I be Lappin MCs every track I'm on
We side by side by happenstance
I'm less decorated more demonstrated how I did it like a million times
Never faded though the flow's in rotation as I'm keepin it clean
Drop a quarter and I'll say what I mean
Drop a dollar and I'll mean what I say I always got dollars on me
Cuz every word is enough to make a deposit homie
I drop an album then that should get me some commas homie
Shoulda hit me earlier coulda put me through college homie
I was developing in school but that was outta class
First semester hit the booth and got a minor grasp
Found the studio in August got to writing and recording
Dropped a tape in December that was kinda fast
An EP the next year cuz I had the bug
Mix and delivery was rough but still they showed love
Speak big no megaphone,
See my message good in every single country Rosetta Stone
Way before I even wrote a single rap or poem
An A was the only time I brought a letter home
I was a good son til I gripped the mic awhile
Now you could call me good man and a problem child

(Chorus)

credits

released April 26, 2018
Produced by Paul Bloom.

Mixed and mastered by Brian Kidd.

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