Hold You Down Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]
[D][C][D]
[G][D][C][G]
[D][C][Cm]
[G][D]
[G]
Now you've been [D]holding me down

[Verse 1]
[C]
For such a [Cm]long time now
From back [G]then 'till now in my story
[D]Straight from the hood,
you've always been there for me
[G]And you had my bac[D]k when they

[Verse 2]
Back [C]when everybody said,
I wasn't [Cm]anything
It [G]was you who had me holdin' on,
no matter what was [D]goin' on
So whatever you need, I got you, yeah
[G]Reminiscing that 6 train
from way [C]back
Now it's sky blue [Cm]Phantom
s and stretch [G]Maybacks
Sweepin' them floors in them
Bronx apartment[D]s

[Verse 3]
Mira esta que on that [G]red carpet
With Pun died,
you was the first [D]to call me
[C]I never told you but[Cm] you was there for me
[G]Whatever you need, I'll be there for[D] you, crack,
I got you back for real true story

[Verse 4]
Now my [G]loyalty, will [D]always be
With [C]you, if you just [Cm]promise me
[G]That you'll stay real just [D]like you are
'Cause baby you don't
have to change, no
[G]You don't know how

[Verse 5]
much you mean to me
[C]Whenever you're down,
you [Cm]know that you can lean [G]on me
No matter the situation, boy,
[C]I'm gon' [D]hold [Dsus4]you down
[G]You don't know how
much you mean to me
[C]Whenever you down,
you [Cm]know that you can lean [G]on me

[Verse 6]
No matter the situation, [D]girl,
I'm gon' hold [G]you down
[D]2005 Rakim and Jody Watley,
[C]why'd she paint [Cm]such a picture so perfect quite possibly
The real [G]expression from
BX to [D]South Beach
I'ma always hold you down,
girl you can count on me [G](So remember this whenever [D]I call)

[Verse 7]
We go [C]back too far,
we've been [Cm]through it all
Even [G]though we haven't
spoke in so long
Ain't [D]nothing changed, not a damn thing,
baby (Now my [G]loyalty, will [D]always be)
With [C]you, if you just [Cm]promise me

[Verse 8]
[G]That you'll stay real just [D]like you are
'Cause baby you don't
have to change, [G]no
You don't know how
much you mean to me
[C]Whenever you down,
you [Cm]know that you can lean [G]on me

[Verse 9]
No matter the situation, [C]boy,
I'm [Dsus4]gon' hold you down
[G]You don't kno[D]w how
much you [G]mean to me
[C]Whenever you down,
you [Cm]know that you can lean [G]on me
No matter the situation, girl,
[D]I'm gon' hold [Dsus4]you down[D]

[Verse 10]
[G]Like green,
it's the autumns things will [D]stay
This in[C]dustry, yeah,
I fought made [Cm]me this way
Get [G]between me and
J.Lo, I simply [D]stay
You better off sweepin' leaves,
on a windy day (So I don't [G]care about [D]the situation)

[Verse 11]
I'ma [C]ride for you if there's
a [Cm]complication
Every [G]time you had my [D]back
and [G]all
When we were [D]young now you Joe,
we crackin' off
Now my [G]loyalty, will always be

[Verse 12]
With [C]you, if you just [G]promise [Cm]me
That [G]you'll stay real just like you are
'Cause [C]baby you don't
[D]have to change because
[G]You don't know how much

[Verse 13]
you mean to me
[G]Whenever [C]you down,
you [Cm]know that you can lean [G]on me
No matter the situation, boy,
[C]I'm gon' [D]hold [Dsus4]you down
[G]You don't know how
much you mean to me
[C]Whenever you down,
you [Cm]know that you can lean on me
[G]No matter the situation,
[D]I'm gon' hold you down
[G]You don't know how much
you mean to me
Whenever [C]you down,
you [Cm]know that you can lean [G]on me
No matter the situation,
[D]I'm gon' hold [Dsus4]you down
[G]You don't know how much
you mean to [C]me
Whenever you down,
you [Cm]know that you can lean on me
[G]No matter the situation,
[D]I'm gon' hold you [G]down[D][C]
[Cm]Hold you down
[G]Down, down
[D]I'm [C]gon[D]na [C]hol[D]d you
[G]down[D]

[Outro 1]
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