[Intro]
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah

[Verse 1]
I been locked up, hanging out with the wrong crowd
In the streets, only thing that I know how
Don't really 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

[Pre-Chorus]
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

[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
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

[Pre-Chorus]
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

[Chorus]
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
[Verse 3]
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

[Chorus x2]
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