Barely Holdin' On

Album: Hood Poet (2023)
Charted: 68
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  • Huh, uh, uh, uh (808 Mafia)
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    Huh, huh, uh, uh

    Barely holdin' on
    This life get scary as it goes on
    Burdens while we carry on
    I ain't perfect, spare me if I'm wrong
    Hope my secrets get buried when I'm gone
    Starin' at the writin' on these headstones
    They keep on tryna tell me, but I'm strong
    That's what you wanted to tell me all along

    Ain't hard to figure him out 'cause all his thoughts was tweeted
    We blew some shots and shot him up, that's why his top was leakin'
    'Cause I ain't never seen a nigga from his coffin speakin'
    We picked that nigga off, he ain't think that we saw him creepin'
    Sometimes I miss them days when me and bro was off it, tweakin'
    I hate September 18th, that's when we lost a demon
    Why the real ones always leave? That's what I get exhausted thinkin'
    Can't be ungrateful 'bout this life, you know we fought to see it
    I'd rather you hate me while I'm here than love me when I'm dead
    They sent that text that Twinnem check, can't stomach what I read
    Like life been pushin' me too far and I'm stuck on their ass
    Don't wanna party, I stay in this lonely room instead
    And I'm just

    Barely holdin' on
    This life get scary as it goes on
    Burdens while we carry on
    I ain't perfect, spare me if I'm wrong
    Hope my secrets get buried when I'm gone
    Starin' at the writin' on these headstones
    They keep on tryna tell me, but I'm strong
    That's what you wanted to tell me all along

    Death in the air, that shit'll leave you with a chilled spine
    Even though my spirits down, like, I'm okay, I feel fine
    Shots from that steel nine, ain't from that hillside
    I'm from the trenches where they murder just to kill time
    A heavy heart, eyes rollin', through dark times, soulless
    Sorry that they took your son, I'm sendin' my condolence
    Gotta face the facts when the truth unfoldin'
    I hope you know this
    That I'm just

    Barely holdin' on
    This life get scary as it goes on
    Burdens while we carry on
    I ain't perfect, spare me if I'm wrong
    Hope my secrets get buried when I'm gone
    Starin' at the writin' on these headstones
    They keep on tryna tell me, but I'm strong
    That's what you wanted to tell me all along

    Ooh, there's a power in your soul
    Ooh, and I wanted you to know Writer/s: Ashot Akopian, Joshua Howard Luellen, Luca Steinkirchner, Lucasz Gottwald, Noah D Goldstein, Taurus Barlett
    Publisher: O/B/O DistroKid, Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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