Little J - Hold On (feat. Alex Marie Brinkley)

Official video for “Hold On” by Little J.
Produced by tunnA Beatz.

This was the first song written for this album. This was originally where the 'Transitions' concept emerged from as there were many changes happening in the ministry and I found myself lost in transition. The first verse and the second verse were written nearly one year apart from each other.

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Lyrics:

I'm running out of time, I'm losing in my mind
Hold on, hold on
I'm running out of lies, Can't get this out my mind
Hold on, hold on

For sixteen years I've been at it
Twenty one I've been rapping
Twenty three I've been acting
Twenty seven I've been snapping
I'm a thirty three year old ambassador
I got three kids now I can't ask for more
I kind of laugh at it now how they match the mold
But I'm wondering now how His plan unfolds
Cause the past few years theres been some changes
Transitions and exchanges
Can't be prepared for the hits you take
When you find yourself removed and you're being replaced
Cause I wrote my name deep in the pavement
Engraved with pain that it takes to make it
I tried to build my name but they cant contain it
Cause your name will eventually become ancient
It keeps on changing, keeps on changing
Hit some blocks, and we keep complaining
Shared the plan, but we keep explaining
Pushed for growth, why do we keep maintaining?
Win some souls but we're weak at training
You think it's dope well I think its draining
Hanging by the rope and we think we're gaining
Keep on changing, keep on changing
Cause time flies
I keep on aging, gotta face life
Things ain't the same, I gotta ask why
If you ain't with change then we pass by
With these bad vibes when we flatline into this afterlife
Gotta keep my eyes fixed on the prize
Cause it all comes down to the very last breath that I'll take
And ain't nobody gonna take it for me

I'm running out of time, I'm losing in my mind
Hold on, hold on
I'm running out of lies, Can't get this out my mind,
Hold on, hold on

Time keeps ticking it ain't gonna wait for anybody (x4)

Well I'm riding in the wave but I feel so forgotten
Will it ever be the same? I just know I'm not in
The same wave length that I was, I'm boxed in
This place of my mind, I feel the chains they're locked in
I made a mistake, why'd I ever walk away in the first place?
Now I have to wonder why it hurts
Facing facts over worst case, sad I'm in a worse place
I don't have the first say, yeah this is my worst day
But that's just life right? Gotta think about the past life
Put it in perspective and I might find that we can have this bad fight
And I'm mad, might take off for a while but it's super juvenile
I ain't living in the fast life
I'm trying to find peace
Take a drive ain't no beauty in my beast
Trying to keep the lies of satan put behind me
And overcome in my sleep
Yeah cause its that deep
Please understand I'm trying to overcome the pain
I'm in the end of a reign
And everyone of us can see that we don't deal with our feelings each the same
It's a struggle to change
And I'm freaking and I keep on acting
Overrated ain't nobody I'm impacting
Slap myself for the talk I'm smacking
I gotta find a way to pull myself back in
Well now I'm back in, hit the ground running
This time I feel like I'm on to something
Really wanna see change, I ain't talking money
Talking souls that we'll stack when we give 100
High tithe in effect, third wave, we flooding
The streets with his peace, preach cuz He's coming
End of discussion just stop the fronting
If I ain't living for Christ then I’m a die for nothing

I'm running out of time, I'm losing in my mind
Hold on, hold on
I'm running out of lies, Can't get this out my mind,
Hold on, hold on

Time keeps ticking it ain't gonna wait for anybody (x8)