Pressure

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I've been trying to black out But the colour of my skin got them kicking me out What's that about? I'm too wild with the style Of a young juvenile, sliding while I'm rhyming I ain't ever backing down Beat the beat so hard, I turn that shit black and blue Life beatin' down on us so hard, turnin' us black's blue They're gettin' away with black murder when they wearing blue Red and blue lights flashing, blacks run, we don't know if they shoot But for now, I need a different kind of shot We constantly plot, 'bout to lose the pot, but I ain't forgot What I gotta jot down to help my people out But sometimes I need an out, baby girl, just hold me down [Chorus] I got pressure, pressure, pressure on my mind I got pressure, pressure, pressure all the time I got pressure, pressure, pressure on my mind I got pressure, pressure, I need you by my side [Post-Chorus] So, just hold me down (Ayy, yeah) Won't you hold me down? (Uh-uh, ayy) So, just hold me down (Ayy, yeah) Won't you hold me down? (Uh-uh, ayy, uh) [Verse 2] 'Cause really, I do way too much for all this fuss I had enough, I go ahead and call they bluff It's simple, simple, I got to do what I got to do Really, I be needin' you, sure you need me too, true 'Cause if we do this all alone, surely we be on our own Grown accustomed to you, flown, back and forth across this globe I can never leave my home till my people have been shown Equality, which we've not known since they came and put us in clothes Tripping if they ever think they catch me slipping I'm young, Blak and gifted, gifted with the curse of overthinking Thinking that they catch me on thin ice like hockey I know on my own the road alone, but I look back and know you got me Hold me down [Chorus] Pressure, pressure on my mind I got pressure, pressure, pressure all the time I got pressure, pressure, pressure on my mind I got pressure, pressure, I need you by my side [Post-Chorus] So, just hold me down (Ayy, yeah) Won't you hold me down? (Uh-uh, yeah) So, just hold me down (Ayy, uh) Won't you hold me down? (Ayy, ayy, ayy) [Verse 3] Fuck you all who despise the truth, you'd rather lies I'm not willing to compromise, I chose to study So I do this in my own time My people's health needed help, I do this doctor shit for others Do this music for myself [Outro] Hold me down (Uh-uh, ayy) (Pressure, pressure on my mind) Won't you hold me down? (Uh, yeah) (I got pressure, pressure, pressure all the time) Won't you hold me down? (Ayy, yeah) (I got pressure, pressure, pressure on my mind) Won't you hold me down? (Ayy, ayy, ayy) (I got pressure, pressure, I need you by my side) (So, just hold me down, ayy, ayy) Hold me down (Uh-uh, ayy) (Hold me down, uh-uh, ayy) Won't you hold me down? (Uh, yeah) (So, just you hold me down? Uh, yeah) Won't you hold me down? (Ayy, yeah, won't you hold me) (Won't you hold me down? Ayy, yeah) Hold me down (Uh-uh, ayy) (Pressure, pressure on my mind) Won't you hold me down? (Uh, yeah) (I got pressure, pressure, pressure all the time) Won't you hold me down? (Ayy, yeah) (I got pressure, pressure, pressure on my mind) Won't you hold me down? (Ayy, ayy, ayy) (I got pressure, pressure, I need you by my side) (So, just hold me down, ayy, ayy) Hold me down (Uh-uh, ayy) (Hold me down, uh-uh, ayy) Won't you hold me down? (Uh, yeah) (So, just you hold me down? Uh, yeah) Won't you hold me down? (Ayy, yeah, won't you hold me) (Won't you hold me down? Ayy, yeah)