Held Down lyrics

Artist  : De La Soul 
Song : Held Down



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 feat. Cee-Lo
[Cee-Lo]
Allow me.. to break it down.. ah yea yea yea yea
yeahh..
Life.. {*humming*}

[Pos]
This is dedicated to all my folks
Diagnosed with a bad case of that proper
upbringin
And never took the time to fall in line or follow
or swallow the thoughts
Of the recognized committees who lurk throughout
ya cities
Ya hood, ya town, no matter which type
You from the same type of people try to hold you
down
Just because you tailor made for bigger and
better things
Never missed a chance to move ahead of things
And what does it bring?  I tell you for me
it brought jealousy in backrooms from all the
stabbin
Cats posin as my fan just to get grabbin what's
mine
I'm livin in times where my daughters are found
around
kids who can't afford thinkin caps
But always found drinkin raps and eatin off beats
Claimin laws of the streets - but who made the
laws?
Everybody playin +Rebel+ with no sign of a
+Cause+

[Chorus: Cee-Lo]
Well I, feel the world around me
I've found, that others, will bring you down,
just to be down
You've got to make up your mind, where you wanna
be
Where you wanna go with your life
With your life..

[Pos]
Yo, I'm never singin the blues but findin the
clues to maintain
And I been blessed to reign supreme over nearly
every dream
I had, and I made it come true
I'm an imperfect man and I'm holdin the clue
to perfection, it doesn't seem to matter what
direction I look
I find people settin traps
Tryin to find the goal - without havin any maps
Even friends of mine, jumped on line, just to
become my adversary
They felt they were entitled to the dairy I made
They don't come to chill or behave
 
And they got, toast ready to burn
Not learnin to live, but they yearnin to take
what you earn

[Chorus: Cee-Lo]
Well I, feel the world around me
I've found, that others, will bring you down,
just to be down
You see - you've got to make up your mind, where
you wanna be
And where you wanna go with your life
With your life..

[Pos]
So quick to place blame.. and deny the shame we
bring upon ourselves
So many names held accountable for my own account
When a large amount was weight - that I made and
shaped
When I climbed I found
It was hard to find others around to point my
fingers at
Which made me realize the truth
The biggest supressor could be your own ego
lookin for an excuse
to plant roots, in a field of self-sorrow
to sprout and follow the first thing you feel
Nourishes your hunger to be respected, it gets
hectic
And when I'm watchin the news, and my daughter
walks in
and choose to ask, 'Why were all those people on
the floor
sleepin, covered in red?'  I told her
that they were lookin for God, but found religion
instead

[Chorus: Cee-Lo]
Well I, feel the world around me
I've found, that others, will bring you down;
just to be down
You see, you've got to make up yo' mind, where
you wanna be
And where you wanna go with yo' life
With your life, with your life..

{*Cee-Lo harmonizes and ad libs with choir*}

[Cee-Lo]
I need my SPAAAACE, to live..

Well I, feel the world around me
I've found, that others, will bring you down;
just to be down
You see, you've got to make up yo' mind, where
you wanna be
And where you wanna go with yo' life
With your life, with your life..