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Hold Me Back (Latin)
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Oct 26, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
KB's "Hold Me Back" opens with a boastful hook about singing for the squad, then quickly pivots to a challenge: leave horoscopes to the zodiac, because he doesn't need signs, he just goes on the attack. The energy is restless and competitive, full of punchlines about Rollies and souls, a friend nicknamed Thanos who only snaps, and a claim to like Jesus over Florida trap. What keeps it from being pure bravado is the turn midway, where the boasts give way to a confession: he won't dumb down the message, he'll give all he's got, and he'd rather have blood on his hands than stay silent. The closing stretch is the most vulnerable, with lines about being "really on God," fifteen years raw, and letting the sweat fall until the world knows God's glory alone. The repeated demand that someone hold him back becomes less about swagger and more about a man who can't be restrained once conviction takes over. It's a track that wears its hunger openly, mixing chest-thumping confidence with a willingness to lay everything down.
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Yeah, I'm singin' my song
Yeah, I'm singin' my song for the squad, for the squad, for the squad
What if God, what if God run the squad?
Leave the signs to the zodiac, ayy
I don't need 'em, I just go attack, ayy
I make it epic, call me Iliad, ayy
Quit playin' with me, I go really bad
All '19, listen
They gon' have to hold me back, ayy, yeah (Hold me back, ayy)
They gon' have to hold me back, hold me back, ayy (Hold me back, ayy)
They gon' have to hold me back, hold me back, yeah (Hold me back, ayy)
Really on God, yeah
Really on God, yeah
Ask me where my Rollie at, ayy
Can I ask you where your soul is at? Yeah
'Cause they get funny with that holy rap, dang
'Cause I could do this all day, though
My homies call me Thanos
'Cause that brother only snap
Livin' in a New Era when they only cap
Southside, intellectual with a holy plaque
I like Jesus, I like Jesus over Florida trap
Living Water, water pitcher, won't you get a catch?
Preaching God, man, that boy lookin' like Goldman Sachs, wait
Just run it up, I got an open tab, ayy
And won't you go and get another round
They gon' have to gum it down
I don't dumb it down
I be givin' all I got
Really livin' more than sentimental
Put it in the middle of an instrumental
Every jot and tittle from a brother pencil
Riddle with the scribbles of the Father's riddles
Let me get a griddle, can I cook a little with the–
Modesty, I tell 'em I am not playing, boy
Jesus coming back and I am not staying, boy
You loving money, ain't lookin' too favorable
Blood on my hands if I don't say what I say to you
Hip-Hop was dying and I brought the Savior through
Then it's unbreakable
You better make a move
What you gon' take with you?
I never switched up, I never ditched us
When they dissed us, I didn't flinch up
Ask my sister, we don't give up
Ready to die for the Truth that clinched us
You can't bench us, get your weight up
'Cause you can't bench us while we lift up
I come around, man, the boy mean business
Everybody down when the Lord be with you, nah, man
Yeah, singin' my song
I'm just singin' my song with the squad, with the squad
Yeah, I'm singin' my song, yeah, I'm singin' my song
Yeah, I'm goin' off 'til I fall
This is not a drill, it's a real attack, ayy
For the squad and affiliates, ayy
I make it epic, call me Iliad, ayy
Quit playin' with me, I go really bad
All '19
Promise they gon' need to hold me back, yuh, yuh, yuh (Hold me back, ayy)
They gon' have to hold me back, hold me back, ayy (Hold me back, ayy)
They gon' have to hold me back, hold me back, ayy (Hold me back, ayy)
Really on God
Really on God
Really on God
Really on God
I am really on God
Yeah, really on God
Ayy, really on God
Me and my dogs
Tried to put a call and the King is on a song
15 years raw
If I got more
He can have it all, yeah
He can have it all, yeah
Let the sweat fall
'Til the world know
Your glory alone
Not wanted for my songs
All for the Lover of my soul
Even unto death
I don't even know where that came from
Leave the signs to the zodiac, ayy
I don't need 'em, I just go attack, ayy
I make it epic, call me Iliad, ayy
Quit playin' with me, I go really bad
All '19, listen
They gon' have to hold me back, ayy, yeah (Hold me back, ayy)
They gon' have to hold me back, hold me back, ayy (Hold me back, ayy)
They gon' have to hold me back, hold me back, yeah (Hold me back, ayy)
Really on God, yeah
Really on God, yeah