Hold Me Up

[Intro: Noname & Kiara Lanier] Mama, hold me up when I fall Mama, give me a place to call When I get cold, and I get hungry And I get weary, nobody loves me Mama, hold me up when I fall Mama, give me a place to call When I get cold, and I get hungry And I get weary, nobody loves me Mama, hold me up Daddy pays the bills, but mama holds me up Daddy pays the bills, when that ain’t good enough She holds me up and tells me she’s a soldier with two hearts She got that love for me and she got that love for papa [Verse 1: Noname & Kiara Lanier] My mama holds me up, she loves me like I’m good enough To put me down or pick me up Don’t make me feel holy like an ice cream Saturday Sad to say it’s true Sad to see you blue, so I blew up the balloons And I send it to the sky, super high, let it fly a bit You got a vegan cupcake, let me try that shit Mmm, scrum-diddly-umptious Bump this at my little cousin’s first luncheon He 'bout to graduate, life’s too good And I wish you would step on my new K-Swiss Somebody cop me that D. Rose jersey dress I’m trying to swag, swag on these hoes But actually, he not a hoe, he just a king And that pinky ring bling, the bling, the blaow bling Icy, I see you wanna talk shit Now you wanna shake my hand 'cause I know Chano That’s a damn shame Is that Noname? Nigga, you a damn lame You could've changed the world, why you studying me? Man, I could've changed the world if it wasn’t for these Hangovers in the afternoon [Chorus: Noname & Kiara Lanier] I’ve been trying to find my way I’ve been trying to find my way, my way home [Verse 2: Noname] My confessional handwriting be regrettable, illegible Somebody help me right my wrongs We all pretty, so beautiful Manicure, manifest all the right cuticles Now my nail game Cee-Lo Green, pretty and shit Pretty in pink, pretty ready for David Chevy Butterfly doors like stuntin' is a way of life On my soul, when I get my check, I’ma get a chain All gold inscription with no name, and a gypsy tattoo And then a rubber ducky tattoo 'Cause what’s cuter than a little rubber ducky Swimming on my backbone in a sea of chocolate? Damn near nothing But like, damn near nothing But like, damn near nothing [Chorus: Noname & Kiara Lanier] My happiness will hold me up on the darkest day, I say Hello to sunshine, hello to good times Goodbye, goodbye Yesterday, tomorrow look so new, tomorrow look so new Tomorrow look like me, tomorrow look like you [Verse 3: Noname] Two steps forward and two steps back That’s too much poetry, like, you can’t rap? You can’t act hard, you can’t Trap God? You came from the other side of the black card So how you gon' try to be a rap star? Well, I do like to rhyme Give a penny for your thoughts 'cause I’m not chasing dimes And I’m not an activist, so my raps picket signs A little, a little when they get time to In between the lines where I’m trying not to find you Two steps forward and two steps back Then that nigga go again, popping up in the raps [Chorus: Noname & Kiara Lanier] I’ve been trying to find my way I’ve been trying to find my way, my way home My happiness will hold me up on the darkest day, I say Hello to sunshine, hello to good times Goodbye, goodbye Yesterday, tomorrow look so new, tomorrow look so new Tomorrow look like me, tomorrow look like you [Outro: Noname] My mama hold me up She said I’m good enough My mama hold me up