Aaliyah: Hold on

[Intro - Timbaland - talking]Oh!You know what?([Wyclef:] good good good)I go through a lot, since my baby girl's not hereLife ain't been the same for meLately I miss you very muchI want you to hear my pain that I go through (go through ...)[Verse 1 - Timbaland + (Wyclef Jean)]It's been three years (AH!), livin this fast lifeI think on it, I know one day I won't have lifePeople don't know me over the time BThey don't wanna know me, they wanna know my G'sLe I quit, things ain't the same no moreBut I'ma do my thing 'til there ain't no more (yeah)I got a plan, I wonder how far I can goI demand the best for myself, that's all I knowI, done seen the world becomeProducts of a revolution that we begun (yeah)Make me wanna split a swisher, I need me oneThey keep on copying what we done doneThat's why I say ..[Break - Timbaland]I know you like my shoes, cause you walk in my shoesAnd would you be prepared to see (would ya?)A life full of money and a life full of girlsBut a heart that's really in deep (feel my pain)A lot of people yellin ("we love ya Timbaland")But I know y'all really in need (ooo)I don't know who's in my corner, don't know where is my cornerBut I gotta grab all these leavesSo I must ..[Chorus - Wyclef Jean]Hey, Timbaland you gotta hold on (hold on)But you got to be strongThough the pain almost over([Timbaland:] My pain almost over)Look towards the sky, there's only one Jehovah([Timbaland:] I can't quit yet), you can't quitYou gotta hold on, you got to be strong([Timbaland:] Uh, my pain almost over)Look towards the sky, there's only one Jehovah[Verse 2 - Magoo + (Wyclef Jean)]Pain, can't you see the pain in my eyes?The lie behind my cries, don't you sympathize with meYou don't have to wonder when I comeYou label me a bum, you fake it ain't suprisin me (yeah)Funny how Oo got money, people come aroundSoon as Oo fail, kick 'em to the ground (yeah)Not just neighbors, the whole damn townOwn flesh and blood, said I was a clownBut as the world turns, my life can tooAnd like a gun kills, a knife can too (yeah)I was stabbed thrice, how 'bout you?Once by my mom, pops the other twoChild abuse kid, ward of the stateI know it was the past, but I just can't shakeHow you had a kid, beat me like a slaveI was only three, how could I misbehave?I didn't know better, you could teach me firstYou said fuck that, then you beat me worseIt's pain in this verse, hard to go on (yeah)Oo is a man, so I must hold on[Break - Timbaland]I know you like my shoes, cause you walk in my shoesAnd would you be prepared to see (would ya?)([Wyclef:] yeah)A life full of money and a life full of girlsBut a heart that's really in deep (feel my pain)A lot of people yellin ("we love ya Maganoo")But I know y'all really in need (ooo)I don't know who's in my corner, don't know where is my corner([Wyclef:] yeah)But I gotta grab all these leaves, uh huhSo I must ..[Chorus - Wyclef Jean]You gotta hold on (hold on)But you got to be strongThough the pain almost over([Timbaland:] my pain almost over)Look towards the sky, there's only one Jehovah([Timbaland:] I can't quit yet), can't quitYou gotta hold on (yeah)You got to be strong (yeah)([Timbaland:] my pain almost over)Yeah, look towards the sky, there's only one Jehovah (yeah)[Verse 3 - Wyclef Jean]Yeah, yo, I seen Brooklyn turn into Crook-lynThe youngn's they spend their life in central Crook-lyn (yeah)I've seen prom queens, turn into prom fiendsSometime I ask myself what happen to Dr. King's "Dream" (yeah)I've seen best friends, turn to enemiesWhat made it sad, I had to sing at the eulogySo hard for us to say goodbyeSo I puff the lye and stay high (yeah)The man you said was your fam in the park (yeah)Saw your face spark when you found out he was a Narc (yeah)Cause everybody wanna be Nino BrownThey wanna be Nino Brown, they wanna be Nino Brown (yeah)And the girls they love the Nino BrownThey hug they Nino Brown, they lust for Nino Brown (yeah)And the fiends they want the Nino BrownThe way he hold you down, when he comes around (yeah) [echo][Outro - Timbland - talking]The pain never stops babyLele, I hope ya hear usCause life will never be the same without you girl([Wyclef:] yeah)Timbaland talkin to you([Wyclef:] yeah, yo, yo)We ain't used to nothinThis music industry, will never be the same without youNothin but pain, hard struggleBut me and Jimmy D, we're gonna keep ridin for yaCause life must go onYou must live onSo we gotta hold on, c'mon(Hold on) uh, (hold on)My pain almost over (hold on, hold on)I can't quit yet (hold on, hold on)My pain almost over (hold on, hold on)Nah Lele, me and 'Goo we can't quit, OH!