Hold - KRS-One

I’m thinkin' real hard about some money I can hold

But everybody I know is deep in the hole

A steady payin' job is too hard for me to hold

I call around for work but they puttin' me on hold

But in my hand a shiny .45 is what I hold

I make a mayonnaise sandwich out of some whole-

Wheat, I’m feelin' weak, I can’t hold

I gotta rob somebody tonight and take the whole

Bank roll, some cash I gotta hold

At the bottom of my shoe is a little bitty hole

That’s it, my mental sanity I can’t hold

I’m walkin' to the store with this pistol that I hold…

Half of me is sayin' maintain and uphold

Suddenly I bump into some asshole

He’s cursin' me out, but this pistol that I hold

Took control, and in his head I put a hole

Ahhh man, now I’m lookin' around the whole

Area, the gun is still hot that I hold

I’m buggin' out, and I don’t know how much longer I can hold

I feel myself sinkin' deeper in the hole

So in my victim’s pants I rip a little hole

And felt for the wallet, and took the whole

Bill-fold, forty bucks is what I hold

Suddenly I hear, «Freeze!

Police!

Hold!»

In the penitentiary I see a whole

Bunch of blacks and Hispanics that they hold

In my cell I cry like hell, my head I hold

One day somebody ax if my shoes they could hold

I told this guy, «Listen!

My shoe’s got a hole

But what’s up with that shiny sharp knife that you hold?»

He lunged forth, the first thing that I thought of was to hold

The arm with the knife so that he couldn’t put a hole

In me, but then I put him in a chokehold

Took the knife and in his neck I put a hole

Suddenly all the C. O's come to me and it’s me they hold

Beat my ass and I spend two weeks in the hole

I’m ready to bug out, my sanity I can’t hold

My needs and wants messed up my life on a whole

(Damn, just wasn’t satisfied with life)

The moral to the story is…

Your addiction to your needs and your wants

Is what causes problems in your life

Make sure you got what you need

Put at a safe distance all the things that you want

It’s wants that get you into trouble

This is the balance of life

The balance to life on a whole