Holdin' It Down

[Produced by Pete Rock]

[Intro: Big L & Pete Rock]

Yeah, yeah!

Flamboyant Entertainment

Big L

[Verse 1: Big L]

Yo, y'all fellas like to stress them chicks

Impress them chicks, spend money to dress them chicks

I sex them chicks and send 'em home, Corleone is known to be stoned

When I bone, I'm rubbered up in case that shit full blown

The other night around 8 P.M

Pockets crazy slim, jumped out the grey BM

Went to the ATM, took a thou' out, then later on, I had to wild out

In the club, knocked some coward and his pal out

Then afterwards went to the restroom, pissed Cristal out

Now I'm thinkin' which chicken number I could dial out?

'Cause it's L — the Harlem pimp, baby, for real

I got more dimes than that Sprint lady, and that's ill

Playa haters be givin' me harsh looks

But I'm tryin' to sell records like Garth Brooks

So F 'em all; when it's cold, I throw the skelly on

Illegal chips keep my celly on, mega-ice is what I'm heavy on

If it ain't Cristal, boo, I guess it's Perignon

If the na-na's too tight, I throw some jelly on

Yo, try to tax and watch the 9 mill burst

I've been off the scene over three years and cats is still thirst

To hear Big L drop an ill verse

So all you unsigned cats that wanna battle — get a deal first!

I sport the bulletproof, fitted hat

That attitude — you better get rid of that, wherever you floss is where you gon' get it at

What?! I stay strapped, I go to sleep with my steel

Makin' figures while you broke cats is 'keepin' it real'

L is rap' most livest cat

I'm gettin' stacks while you askin' people, "Do you want fries with that?"

I rob fags in the staircase; no mask, bare-faced

The one police wouldn't dare chase, keep my gear laced

Do I walk around without papes? No way, pal!

Word up! My money longer than the O.J. trial

[Chorus: Miss Jones]

Harlem World keep holdin' it down!

For Big L, nigga long overdue (Big L)

And niggas wanna know do you still got it, got it?

("It's so amazin'!")

Harlem World keep holdin' it down!

For Big L, nigga long overdue (Big L)

And niggas wanna know do you still got it, got it?

("It's so amazin'!")

(Stan Spit! Yo, uh!)

[Verse 2: Stan Spit]

Yo, what the hell y'all can tell Spit? Not shit!

I did a flick and rhymed on L's shit

Well, shit, expect me to go Platinum, that's the only reason why I'm rappin'

And since L passed, niggas expect me to make it happen

With no release date, I sell in each state

I'm the type to drive to Philly for a cheesesteak

So what I'm a Harlem king? Doin' my thing, my name ring

Chains and dames what the fame bring

After Platinum, it's the same thing

And niggas'll never learn

'Til I pull the steel and make they leather burn

You don't get another turn, game's over

Use my flamethrower, rearrange your Rover

Harlem soldier, wait 'til I get older

And we won't stop, I thought Ma$e told ya

Nigga Stan, he do what he gotta

And these haters can't do me nada

Be in Nevada, with a lot of enchilada

[Chorus: Miss Jones]

Harlem World keep holdin' it down!

For Big L, nigga overdue (Big L)

And niggas wanna know do you still got it, got it?

("It's so amazin'!")

Harlem World keep holdin' it down!

For Big L, nigga overdue (Big L)

And niggas wanna know do you still got it, got it?

("It's so amazin'!")

[Verse 3: A.G.]

Yo, yo, move the fuck back!

A. bring the heat when I touch tracks

These niggas beef, then wanna chill? Fuck that!

These rap niggas with the mills, we deduct that

I ask all my ghetto cats — where my love at?!

Now, where the brews and the drugs at?

Corrupt cats catch slug hats

Ask the Feds where the bugs at?

Puff with the dread, 'cause I puff, Black

High 'til I die, and you can trust that

All I wanna know, is the club packed?

I see the haters sweatin' shorty, but I dug that

She put my nut sack back where her lungs at, little ho

And them niggas who owe, give up that!

Huh! It's me and Corle', like Eddie and Nolte

Go 'head and provoke me

Heard you rap, wanna rhyme? Better be dope, B

Still "Diggin'", still livin', still givin' y'all the ill writtens

Still fuckin' like Bill Clinton (Yo! Yo!)

[Chorus: Miss Jones]

Harlem World keep holdin' it down!

For Big L, nigga long overdue (Big L)

Niggas wanna know do you still got it, got it?

("It's so amazin'!")

Harlem World keep holdin' it down!

For Big L, nigga long overdue (Big L)

Niggas wanna know do you still got it, got it?

("It's so amazin'!")

Harlem World keep holdin' it down!

For Big L, nigga long overdue (Big L)

Niggas wanna know do you still got it, got it?

("It's so amazin'!")

Harlem World keep holdin' it down!

For Big L, nigga long overdue (Big L)

Niggas wanna know do you still got it, got it?

("It's so amazin'!")

[Outro: Pete Rock]

Big L