Ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah I been locked up, hanging out with the wrong crowd In the streets, only thing that I know how Really don't know why you put up with me All these years, I've been chasing this dream Out of work, hard times, stress on my mind Not to mention, all the times that I made you cry You always said I would make it one day And now I'm so glad I get the chance to say You believed in me baby, you deserve that Mercedes It don't matter what the cost, you get anything you want Don't you worry 'bout nothing, nothing Cause you give me all the love that I need You been here from the start And I appreciate the woman that you are The only girl with keys to my heart I wouldn't be the man that I am without ya (So this is something that I gotta say) Thanks for holding me down, down, down (down) Down, down, down Thanks for holding me down, down, down (down) Down, down, down Thanks for holding me down I been locked up, shipped out, kicked when I'm down Laughed at, played out, like I'm some clown Time goes past, more than a little bit Didn't phase you, not even a little bit (I know, I know) The things I put you through (I know, I know) The things that you would do, for me You're my guarantee You believed in me baby, you deserve that Mercedes It don't matter what the cost, you get anything you want Don't you worry 'bout nothing, nothing Cause you give me all the love that I need You been here from the start And I appreciate the woman that you are The only girl with keys to my heart I wouldn't be the man that I am without ya (So this is something that I gotta say) Thanks for holding me down, down, down (down) Down, down, down Thanks for holding me down, down, down (down) Down, down, down Thanks for holding me down What you see in me nobody else could see Even when I had no faith in where we'd be Stayed down, like old flat tires Definition of a rider Would do it again if you had to And that's why I love ya You been here from the start And I appreciate the woman that you are The only girl with keys to my heart I wouldn't be the man that I am without ya (So this is something that I gotta say) Thanks for holding me down, down, down (down) Down, down, down Thanks for holding me down, down, down (down) Down, down, down Thanks for holding me down You been here from the start And I appreciate the woman that you are The only girl with keys to my heart I wouldn't be the man that I am without ya (So this is something that I gotta say) Thanks for holding me down, down, down (down) Down, down, down Thanks for holding me down, down, down (down) Down, down, down Thanks for holding me down