[Chorus]
Fake support when the cameras on, and the fake smiles (Hold that)
Rented Lambo with the paper tags and a bunch of miles (Hold that)
The IOUs that go M.I.A., I don't even care, you can (Hold that)
The section bottles with the high prices that I'll never pay, please (Hold that)
A piece of me for a peace of mind, I ain't got the time, gotta (Hold that)
Loyal phone number next to mines, if I need a line, gotta (Hold that)
Paperwork if I hit the yard for a spill, yeah, I'ma (Hold that)
USB's with your demo on it (Yeah), that's a fail brother, just
[Verse 1]
Look, keep that in the paint just like bam out the bayou (Bayou)
Cousin keep them zips and he ain't sending files (Files)
Bet y'all in [?], you think he from Ohio
We link at the bottom like it's in my bio
Yeah
[Verse 2]
He think fightin' his opps
He think he runnin' from cops
Really he fightin' his demons, really he runnin from God
I got patience, I got peace, I got pesos
I can give 'em one, the rest he gon' need Jesus
God be callin', but it's money on His line
Won't click over, but he click up with his slime
(Gang gang)
Hope he hit me 'fore this clock run out of time
'Fore he sit down for a crime
Or get chip down from behind
[Verse 3]
Ain't no winners in that game, only lose
Have to choose
I be killin' mikes, I let 'em run ajewels
True fools
Aaron's on truth sharing
Truth serum for your harem
Pray to God you hear 'em
[Chorus]
Fake support when the cameras on, and the fake smiles (Hold that)
Rented Lambo with the paper tags and a bunch of miles (Hold that)
The IOUs that go M.I.A., I don't even care, you can (Hold that)
The section bottles with the high prices that I'll never pay, please (Hold that)
A piece of me for a peace of mind, I ain't got the time, gotta (Hold that)
Loyal phone number next to mines, if I need a line, gotta (Hold that)
Paperwork if I hit the yard for a spill, yeah, I'ma (Hold that)
USB's with your demo on it, that's a fail brother, just—
Hold That
Song Meaning
Lecrae opens "Hold That" with a list of things refused rather than accepted — "fake support when the cameras on, and the fake smiles, hold that, rented Lambo with the paper tags and a bunch of miles, hold that" — repeating the title phrase after every rejected item like a bouncer turning things away at a door.
"A piece of me for a peace of mind, I ain't got the time, gotta hold that" plays on the near-homophone of piece and peace, naming the actual trade being refused. The first verse widens the target from personal temptation to industry pressure — "cousin keep them zips and he ain't sending files" — before the second verse turns from critique to something closer to intercession.
"He think fightin' his opps, he think he runnin' from cops, really he fightin' his demons, really he runnin' from God" reinterprets someone else's visible conflict as a hidden spiritual one, and "the rest he gon' need Jesus" admits the limits of what the singer alone can offer. "God be callin', but it's money on His line, won't click over, but he click up with his slime" names the specific competing call being answered instead, and "hope he hit me 'fore this clock run out of time" closes the verse with real urgency rather than distant concern, before the returning chorus repeats its long list of refusals one final time.