Hold On (2020 Remaster)

There's blacks with knives and whites with clubs Fighting in Howard Beach There's no such thing as human rights When you walk the New York streets A cop was shot in the head by a 10-year-old kid Named Buddah in Central Park last week The fathers and daughters are lined up By the coffins, by the Statue of Bigotry You better hold on Something's happening here You better ho-hold on We'll meet you in Tompkins Square The dopers sent a message to the cops last weekend They shot him in the car where he sat And Eleanor Bumpurs and Michael Stewart Must have appreciated that There's a rampaging rage rising up like a plague Of bloody vials washing up on the beach It'll take more than the Angels or Iron Mike Tyson To heal this bloody breach Hey Hey You better hold on Something's happening here You better hold on I'm gonna meet you in Tompkins Square A junkie ran down a lady, a pregnant dancer She'll never dance but the baby was saved He shot up some China White and nodded out at the wheel And he doesn't remember a thing They shot that old lady 'Cause they thought she was a witness To a crime she didn't even see Whose home is the home of the brave by the Statue of Bigotry Hey You better hold on Something's happening here You better hold on There's a riot here in Tompkins Square You got a black .38 and a gravity knife You still have to ride the train There's the smelly essence of New York down there But you ain't no Bernhard Goetz There's no Mafia lawyer To fight in your corner For that 15 minutes of fame The have and the have-nots are bleeding in the tub That's New York's future not mine Oh, you better hold on Something's happening here You better hold on Something's happening here Hold on Oh, you bet