[Carlito Brigante]
 "Somebody's pulling me close to ground
 I can sense but I can't see
 I ain't panicked  I've been here before
 Same as when I got popped  on a Hundred Fourth Street
 Oh  look at these suckers  scrambling around  what for?
 My Puerto Rican ass ain't supposed to have made it this far
 Most of my crew got washed a long time ago
 Don't worry....my heart  it don't ever quit"

 [SonDoobie]
 Taking back from that which it came from
 Holding it down, now what son, say something
 Holding it down, how you holding it down, holding it down
 Taking back from that which it came from
 Holding it down, now what son, say something
 Holding it down, how you holding it down, holding it down

 [SonDoobie]
 The organized, fortified, SonDoob's immortalized
 Rap acts borderline, M.C.'s is horrified
 All the while glorified, those can't demoralize
 My chorus line mesmorized, notify
 All my peeps, keep your nose clean
 Between you and me, redeem cash for greens
 Take care your team, ill self-esteem
 The cream, make sure your world, or so it seems

 -"What's going on L?"
 -"Yo, what's the deal daddy?"
 -"Nothing papi, what's going out there in the East?"
 -"Yo maintaining, getting this money
 Yo what's the deal up in the West?"
 -"Same this papi, not trying to get up"
 -"Yo love is love, maintain"
 -"It's all family right?"
 -"It's all family."

 [?]
 I be that rifraf lounging on your Ave, scrambling
 Getting money gambling, Celo, betting Hamiltons
 Everyday, I'm on the money hunt, smoke twenty blunts
 Ass out with smoking honeys blunt
 Me and my peoples burn to make the ? equal
 >From attracting from the way we be acting
 They call me derelict and say I roll with spics
 In a clique too thick, it makes it hard for them to ride my dick
 You don't need to, cuz I don't need you
 Just a weed to keep me from flipping, cuz it's lethal

 [?]
 The industry fears me
 I touch a track down with eight bars severly
 You know the dealy, for really
 I get you open like acts, and worldwide rap tours
 Everything I wrote soaked around in black force
 Be familiar, thick like we was pasta
 La Raza, Ricans and Rastas splashing casas
 Who's the imposter, talking beef
 I'll cap his teeth like polar
 Wisdom to the molars
 Spics that real, like solars

 Taking back from that which it came from
 Holding it down, now what son, say something
 Holding it down, how you holding it down, holding it down
 Taking back from that which it came from
 Holding it down, now what son, say something
 Holding it down, how you holding it down, holding it down

 [Tony Touch]
 Ay yo, you know me, Tony, representing cultura
 All star like Fania, Johhny Ventura
 Ay yo, SonDoobie, papi tengo la cura
 Rap over wax, and scratching my aguja
 That's how I hold it down, for my corio
 P.R, out in the beach, up in luqiyo
 Watch out for them sharks, you know, Piyos
 Bite on the next mans formats and stilos
 But we know, who out theres the bandido
 Tainos, like me, remain brown-dido

 [Easy D]
 Clowns!, I'mma holding down, with the four pound
 to the crowd, lying face down, on the ground
 Not making a sound, now in case u jump off
 Lyrical sawed-off, got you caught off guard
 While hard niggas u run with, run off
 Ready to flip, fuck up a shit, word to my brother
 Hang with a gang, ready to band, regardless of color
 I'm color blind, I heat the track like summertime
 When is it mine?, in case I got to bust a rhyme
 Bait the rhyme, maybe rape the rhyme or fuck the rhyme
 Marry the rhyme, cuz Easy D, love the rhyme

 Taking back from that which it came from
 Holding it down, now what son, say something
 Holding it down, how you holding it down, holding it down
 Taking back from that which it came from
 Holding it down, now what son, say something
 Holding it down, how you holding it down, holding it down