Lyrics Hold Me Down - Tony Montana

I just cashed my first royalty check
8 dollars and eleven cents
But I started with an empty cup and shook it for a minute
So it's seeming like a profit of 800 percent
And now I got these models hitting up my phone
Like Tony where you at, can you come over? I'm home alone
I been missing you since you since you been gone, all along
And I been working up the nerve to call all day long
Damn, she a dime but she a dime a dozen
She ain't nothing compared to the woman I been loving
It's no contest, I'll never get enough
If this hasn't been for us then I feel like it's been all for nothing

So I get up on the stage, and do what I do best
For a room full of people everybody over dressed
But now I'm getting paid so I feel like I been blessed
A success, I confess, gotta get this off my chest

Who I am don't mean nothing
What I do don't mean nothing
If it wasn't for the people who believed in me before this all went down
You hold me down
Where I'm at don't mean nothing
Where I go won't mean nothing
If it wasn't for the people who could leave but chose to always stay around
You hold me down

I keep telling myself that it's all about the music
Truth is there's really a hell of a lot more to it
Ain't got nothing to do with money power or influence
But a journey I started now I feel I must conclude it
I guess I got something to prove
A chip on my shoulder but shit nothing to lose
Screw it, I make music like it's nothing to it
And Ima have you over the moon when you hear the new shit
But this wasn't done alone
You put me on your shoulders feels like sitting on a throne
Y'all held me down, and I drew the blue print
You believed that I could make it, and now I'm gonna prove it

So I get up in this booth
And show what I can do
It all started as a party till I made a couple moves
Went from dropping outta school to watching dreams come true
So before I take a bow I gotta give it up for you

Who I am don't mean nothing
What I do don't mean nothing
If it wasn't for the people who believed in me before this all went down
You hold me down
Where I'm at don't mean nothing
Where I go won't mean nothing
If it wasn't for the people who could leave but chose to always stay around
You hold me down