Lord Tariq

Keep On

Lord Tariq


Verse 1: Peter Gunz 
Uh come on come on come on 
Uh and I see you 
This is it 

In '97 I made plans to see mo' money 
In '98 I blasted out in the phat 420 
When I hit the block kids stop look and stare 
Girls they point "Yo that's that nigga over there" 
I get a lotta love lotta hate 
Yes that's the bet you make when you see a lotta cake 
Now they calling me fake 
Shit back they was calling me love 
Now they're scratching up my car and calling me blood 
See it be the ones you know scheming on the low 
Saying you're dope but steady sizing up your Rol' 
I drift, to the past where there's no riches 
No hits and no chips and no bitches 
Just another cat named Peter 
Trying to make a dollar off a nine millimetre 
Now life a little sweeter 
I'm in the dealer 
Coppin' a drop 
On the beach in Hawaii with Mariah, wop! 
Laying up in Wakiki, MTV, figures why these niggas wanna envy me 
Maybe cuz this young lady wanna sin for me 
Because I ball you got it in me? 
But Ima 

Chorus: Peter Gunz & Lord Tariq 

(keep on) 
Ballin' 'til the day I die 
Keep climbing 'til I reach the sky, Ima (keep on) 
Getting money cause it's meant for I 
I deserve yo I went for mine Ima (keep on) 
And even though you hope I fail 
I turn around and hope you prevail (keep on) 
And to my sisters in the struggle alone 
And to my brothers that's locked in jail just (keep on) 

Verse 2: Lord Tariq 
Yo in the early days of the Lord everything was shey-shey 
Everyday was pay day 
Selling nickels and dimes 
Getting mine in mind state from 86 to 88 
I still hear the razor scrape on the plate 
A high school drop out 
Caught a case mom expects me to cop out 
6-G lawyer fee the case dropped like a knockout 
The Bronx was the shit but we all hung in Harlem 
Where gettin money's easy spending it was the problem 
And I cop 16 valves foot is on the pedal 
Telling bitches this your last chance to get out the ghetto 
For less I wouldn't settle 
Think big you get big 
Came across the wrong niggas almost split my wig 
Some say I bitched up because I switched up and started rapping 
But I'm turning gold crack sales to drugs raps platinum 
See these streets through my eyes and you can feel 'em though my words 
I swore to god that I'm gon' be heard And Ima 

Chorus 

Bridge: Peter Gunz 
You gotta (keep on) 
just (keep on) 
You gotta (keep on) 
just (keep on) 
You gotta (keep on) 
just (keep on) 
You gotta (keep on) 
To all my people on the East (keep on) 
And all my people on the West (keep on) 
And all my people in the North (keep on) 
And all my people in the South (keep on) 
You gotta (keep on) 

Verse 3: Peter Gunz & Lord Tariq 
To my sisters raising kids alone 
Feeling stuck cuz your man ain't home 
Don't wanna be a father don't bother 
Honey, stay on the job 
Cuz that man gotta answer to God so baby (keep on) 

I drop a tear on this poem as I write to my dog 
Pistol, I miss you sincerely yours from the Lord 
You held it down on our side of the town at any cost 
And you loved in the checks by Money Boss so (keep on) 

To my cousin G, 
I know you're feeling trapped in the chair 
All alone like nobody ain't there 
Never fear 
Me and Touch still here 
Remember what I said dog, Ima be your arms and legs you just (keep on) 

And to all my niggas on the streets 
Wanna do out the States 
Keep your eyes open always look straight 
Never fall for the bait 
You look back and you might get snatched 
And if so just close your trap 
You gotta (keep on) 

Chorus