Hold may refer to:
Ryan Lewis | |
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Ryan Lewis (back) performing with Macklemore (front) at Sasquatch! Music Festival |
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Background information | |
Born | (1988-03-25) March 25, 1988 (age 24) Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
Origin | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Genres | Hip hop |
Occupations | Producer, DJ |
Years active | 2006–present |
Associated acts | Macklemore |
Website | rlewis.com |
Ryan Lewis (born March 25, 1988) is an American music producer, musician, music video director, photographer, graphic designer, rapper and DJ currently based in Seattle. He is best known for his collaboration with American rapper Macklemore (Ben Haggerty) producing Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — The VS. EP (2009), The Heist (2012) and a handful of other singles. Since the beginning of their collaboration in late 2008, Ryan has produced, recorded, engineered and mixed all of the music, directed music videos ("Same Love", "Thrift Shop", "And We Danced", "Otherside (Remix)"), designed visuals (album art, web design, posters) and DJed the live show.
In a recent mini-documentary, Lewis recalled meeting Macklemore for the first time. "When I met him, it was a really different time. It was less than a year after [2005's] Language of My World had come out. So he had buzz. For me being a young kid, it was very exciting to link with him. The bulk of our original relationship was photo shoots. I became kind of his photographer."[1]
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On October 9, 2012, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis released The Heist. The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts and #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums, selling 78,000 copies in the first week.[2] The album also debuted at #1 on iTunes Digital Albums chart.[3] The duo's album has received more than 1 million plays on SoundCloud, 70 million YouTube views and was accompanied by a sold-out 50-date U.S. and Canadian tour.[4]
(All credited to Macklemore & Ryan Lewis)
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US [5] |
US R&B [6] |
US Rap [7] |
AUS [8] |
BEL (FL) [9] |
CAN [10] |
FR [11] |
NZ [12] |
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The Heist (with Macklemore) |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 175 | 4 | 186 | 24 | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
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The VS. EP |
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The VS. Redux |
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US [15] |
US Alt. [16] |
US R&B [17] |
US Rap [18] |
AUS [8] |
CAN [19] |
FRA [20] |
GER [21] |
IRL [22] |
NZ [12] |
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"My Oh My" (with Macklemore) |
2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Heist | |
"Wing$"[A] (with Macklemore) |
2011 | — | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Can't Hold Us" (with Macklemore featuring Ray Dalton) |
113 | — | 39 | — | — | — | 186 | — | 24 | — | |||
"Same Love"[B] (with Macklemore featuring Mary Lambert) |
2012 | 117 | — | 36 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||
"Thrift Shop" (with Macklemore featuring Wanz) |
1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 13 | 1 | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
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Name | Lewis, Ryan |
Alternative names | |
Short description | American music producer |
Date of birth | March 25, 1988 |
Place of birth | Puyallup, Washington, U.S. |
Date of death | |
Place of death |
Khaled Bin Abdul Khaled (born November 26, 1975), better known by his stage name DJ Khaled, is an American record producer, radio personality, DJ, rapper & record label executive. He is a radio host for the Miami-based urban music radio station WEDR and the DJ for the hip hop group Terror Squad. In 2006, Khaled released his debut album Listennn... the Album. He went on to release We the Best (2007), We Global (2008), Victory (2010), and We the Best Forever (2011). In 2009, Khaled became the president of record label Def Jam South.
Khaled was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is of Palestinian descent and lives in Sunny Isles, Florida. Currently, he hosts the weeknight program TakeOver on Miami-based urban music radio station WEDR with fellow host K. Foxx; Khaled states that he has worked for the station professionally since 2003. Early in his career he dj'd for a south Florida regional station Power 96.5 FM. In 1998, Khaled worked as a "sidekick" for Miami rapper Luther Campbell for Campbell's Friday night WEDR radio show The Luke Show. In his albums, Khaled usually provides "shoutouts" that assert his representation of "the ghetto" and urges people to listen. From 2004 to 2006, Khaled assisted in the production of the hip-hop albums Real Talk by Fabolous, True Story by Terror Squad, All or Nothing by Fat Joe, and Me, Myself, & I by Fat Joe. Many of DJ Khaled's songs are known to entice the listener by hip hop chanting his name before the song starts. Khaled represents the Kendall area of Miami. He is Muslim. He is currently engaged to Nicole Tuck.
Colbie Marie Caillat (i/ˈkoʊlbi kəˈleɪ/; born May 28, 1985) is an American pop singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist from Malibu, California. She debuted in 2007 with Coco, which included hit singles "Bubbly" and "Realize". In 2008, she recorded a duet with Jason Mraz, "Lucky", which won a Grammy. Caillat released her second album, Breakthrough, in August 2009. Breakthrough was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2010 Grammy Awards. She was also part of the group that won Album of the Year at the 2010 Grammys for her background vocals and writing on Taylor Swift's Fearless album. She has sold over six million albums worldwide and sold over 10 million singles. In 2009, Billboard magazine's 94th-best-selling music artist of the 2000–2009 decade.
Caillat was born in Malibu, California, and grew up in Newbury Park, California. Her father, Ken Caillat, co-produced Fleetwood Mac's Rumours (1977) and Tusk (1979) albums. When she was an infant, her parents gave her the nickname "Coco", which she would later name her debut album. Caillat took piano lessons as a child, but lacked significant inspiration until she turned 11 years old, when she became enthralled with Lauryn Hill's performance in Sister Act 2. She realized that she wanted to be a singer, and began taking vocal lessons, performing onstage for the first time in sixth grade. Since then she has covered the Roberta Flack song that Lauryn Hill immortalized, "Killing Me Softly", and Hill's own[citation needed] "Tell Him" (an import bonus song from her solo debut album).
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Far off into the distance
Holding on inside
Nobody to hear me scream
Nobody to hear me cry
Too close to no nobody
Too far to hold onto life
There's nowhere to run
And nowhere to hide
Hold onto yourself
Hold onto the life that you live
Hold onto me
And never let go
Don't be afraid
To face the dangers each day
Hold onto me
And never let go
Too heavy to fly away
Too light to try to die
Too false to live no truth
Too trughful to deny
Too weak to live
Too strong to hold back now
Too many answers
To ask the qusetion how
[Chorus]
Don't deny that you live
Don't deny that you breathe
Just hold onto me
Don't lie cuz you're real
Don't lie you can deal with this
Hold onto me
Knowledge, where the people at?
Free Mumia!
Channel Live! (KRS-One, come and represent)
(The wisdom)
Hah hah hah hah hah hahaha!
Free Mumia!
Everywhere I look there's another house negro
Talkin about they people and how they should be equal
They talkin but the conversation ain't goin nowhere
You can't diss hip-hop, so don't you even go there
C. Delores Tucker, you wanna quote the scripture
Everytime you hear nigga, listen up sista
Verse One: Hakim, KRS, Tuffy
I met up with this girl named Delores, a prankster
I said I MC, she said, "You're a gangster"
But she was caught up, she hit the floor like a breakdance
Wrapped her up like the arms in a b-boy stance
Recognize moms I'm one of your sons I'm hip-hop
in the form of Channel Live and KRS-One
Representin MC's across America
She said, "You're the one who be causin all that mass hysteria"
Wisdom shall come out of the mouths of babes and sucklings
But you blinded by cultural ignorance and steady judging
But judge not, lest ye may be judged
For the judgment ye judge ye shall surely be judged, you gets no love
She said, "I like it, that's why I jock it"
Then I said, "You only on my back because I fill brother's pockets"
Got em drivin Benzes Jeeps and Rolls Royces
Attackin me will leave youth with no voices
The choice is yours not mine hang with me
I'll have you freestyle and bombin graffiti
We can cut it up like like wax
Claimin I cause violence but America was violent before rap, FACT
Chorus: KRS-One
Warner, Elektra, Atlantic equals WEA
Instead of fighting them why don't you go free Mumia
(repeat 2X)
Verse Two: Tuffy, KRS, Hakim
Wild recital, I kicks the vital, like the _Final
Call_ as I watch, Babylon fall
I had to Rush Limbaugh, get that pig with an axe
Tuffy dips to the side, buckin cannons that's phat
Because he censors the uses of the metaphor
You can get the dick bum up
Because it's you that brings the, real horrorcore
Expenditures forgettin, gut from the poor
Why sure! Back before we were born they sold us out
Yeah Dade Jackson we know what you about
Youse a Slave Mason, not a Free Mason
Before long the Goddess Tiamat through hip-hop you'll be facin
Don't start me, cause I be the, lyricist
At the nineteen ninety-nine millenium party held at Giza
Sayin he's a, fraud, oh my Goddess
Never in your life should you disrespect an artist
Instead, focus your attention on astronomy
And the up and coming, shift in the economy
If you can't do that, then heed the final call
To free Mumia, Abu-Jamal
Hate to be so rough, it could be the White Owls
House niggaz are full of crap, like my Colin Powell
Kickin vowels, is how we relieve the tension
Until we start to bounce white people like suspension (revolution)
You paint the pictures, the black man on the corner
But tell me, who blew up Oklahoma?
The City, ain't no pity, for the beast
It's Hakim that voice from the East
Chorus
Verse Three: KRS, Hakim, Tuffy
Buck buck! Buck buck buck!
It sound like gunshots but it could be the plot
of a chicken, definition, is what you're missin and
listen to your children instead of dissin em
Senator Dole doesn't understand the young people
Like they be sayin want to, but we be sayin wanna
They gettin dumber every summer as they walk the rope
Maybe because they cannot understand the quotes
Word, in actuality, this Norman Bates mentality
always seems to represent, minus three-sixty percent
For degrees full circle, dead from the purple
rays of the sun I gots melanin so check it
Bag your nuts quick or get sick from being naked
Suspect it, was it a means for the end
For just a few to drive the Benz while you eat the pigskins
Turned you into mannequins, cause the trick of technology
A revelation, revalations
Sensation gives me inspiration of revolution
That's my solution, there will be no sequels
I'm audi hundred forty four thousand with my people
From Caligula to Hitler, now it's Schwartzeneggar
A lust for the violence is the science of their behavior
Who enslaved ya (it's the Devil) but the God of virtuosity
And of the world created, could it be mental sodomy
Got my mind twisted like the blades of fonta leaf
I sit in disbelief as he crawls underneath
the rock cock back the glock, cause I don't trust
the Devil I rebel until Babylon is dust
Time your time
It fades away
I feel my time
My life runs out
So hold you darling
Your darling in your arm
Because it leaves
Very soon soon
Dance agian
With me and we
Will find and end
For all I call
Leaving
Oh well, you've got me under your spell
and I don't think that I'm kidding around.
I don't think I can forget you now.
I once sat up on my roof and examined the planning of my town.
I saw the structured grid and pavement cutting through grass
and I remembered the cold of winter running up the legs of my pants.
I picked the nicest lawn and imagined the two of us
rolling around down along the ground.
I saw myself touch your face and I noticed jets begin to race above our heads.
But I pinched my arm and remembered how much you hate me.
I remembered the fact that I can't see what you need
and I'm too stupid to be aware of the beauty that you give this place
and how shitty this town would seem without you in it.
When you aren't around I let the shades fall down to shut out
all the sun's light and make myself feel all right.
What am I doing with my life?
Remember that the only things we need sometimes
Tell me that it's gonna be okay
Tell me that you'll help me find my way
Tell me you can see the light of dawn is breaking
Tell me that it's gonna be all right
Tell me that you'll help me fight this fight
Tell me that you won't leave me alone in this
[chorus]
'Cause I need
I need a hand to hold
To hold me from the edge
The edge I'm sliding over slowly
'Cause I need
I need your hand to hold
To hold me from the edge
The edge I'm sliding past
Hold on to me
Tell me I can make it through this day
I don't even have the words to pray
You have been the only one who never left me
Help me find the way through all my fears
Help me see the light through all my tears
Help me see that I am not alone in this
He takes a number, stands in line
'Cause he doesn't feel like himself.
And he's always played though off they were
Just cared for his sense of self.
But he plays on in spite of everything,
Disillusioned by his right.
What makes it all go away
When you can't put up a fight, you can't put up a fight?
Oh but it's okay to breathe your worries away
When everything and everyone try to lead you astray
Hold your own, hold your ground, hold to light when you're down
And always believe that there's a way back home
She's waiting on the answer,
A way to let them know.
The thought of someone else inside her,
And the fear began to grow.
Warm tears feed dry hands
As she falls to the ground.
It's strange how sadness presents itself
When there's no one around, there's no one around.
Oh but it's okay to breathe your worries away
When everything and everyone try to lead you astray
Hold your own, hold your ground, hold to light when you're down
And always believe that there's a way back 'round
Oh but it's okay to breathe your worries away
When everything and everyone try to lead you astray
Hold your own, hold your ground, hold to light when you're down
And always believe that there's a way back home
Hold your own, hold your ground, hold to life when you're down
(A way back home)
And always believe there's a way back home
(A way back home)
Hold your own, hold your ground, hold to life when you're down
(Oh, you're down)
A way back home
(Hold your ground)
Step into the light
Illuminating you for all to see
Come into my sight
Empty handed not for me
It's in your hands, my one demand
No one can tell, the sins I need to sell
I'm still sipping from your well
Reflecting back to me
Your perfection in my eye
Hurt me, break me, take me
Your wanting, your watching, your haunting me
It's in your mind, no one can find
No one can hear, the words I want to fear
I'm still sipping from your well
Reflecting back to me
Your perfection in my eye
Hurt me, break me, take me
It's all of your light
Shadow lifting falling down to me
Becoming your light
Empty, melting all over you
It's in your hands, my one demand
No one can tell, the sins I need to sell
I'm still sipping from your well
Reflecting back to me
Your perfection in my eye
The summer's been hot
in a wintered heart
Tried to run away
from the sound
and I ought to know when to stop
or to start
Release all the hurt with
just one sound
and I hope no one's around
To call your name out so loud,
are you proud?
You got a hold on me
and though I take the chance
I think I'll still be here alone
You got a hold on me
and though I lack the sense to know
I'll still be here alone...
I've got a wall with your name
It's the place I like to blame
For all of the things I like to do
They're for you..
You got a hold on me
and though I take the chance
I think I'll still be here alone
You got a hold on me
and though I lack the sense to know
See the back of a running train
The engine of the head is bleeding
The ladder is slowly draining it
From all of it's feeling
Open up the hated one
Pull it back as far as you can
Reach inside and take what I give to you
A product of this land
Chorus
Still I'm held by this feeling
Broken back that I'm feeling
Still I'm held by this feeling
You're the last thing I'm seeing
I didn't think It was X4
Screaming now ?Yet I
Want to go ?And I
See the end ?And I
Wait to be there with you
Far from my eyes, yet I see
Where the snake has led them to
Never thought it would last this long
That I would see this through
I wait for something I know will come
My fears are swallowed I secome
Above all I wish everyone would know
The need not be alone
Chorus
Back to what's real, not what was heard. I really think that it was all too distant in my mind.
to think about the things that it implies. About my life and your
Life, so I look to the skies.
Did you really think that you were something different. Getting in my way to refrain my
Mind from the truth. A blue sky and now I'm pulled through. Good thing I didn't have to listen to you.
I didn't think it was. X8
Freezing now ?Yet I
Want to go ?And I
See the end ?And I
Wait to be there with you
Ocean's gonna roll without me
And river's gonna flow without me
And love it's gonna spin without me
And there'll be songs to be sung,
Long after I'm gone
I walk by the stream,
As the sun goes down
(Sun goes down)
Music runs through me,
But I can't make sounds
I try to cry out,
But I don't know why
My face is frozen,
I can't even cry
Even when I try
I beg you hold
Hold on to me
Hold
Hold on to me
Don't let me drown
Don't let me sink
Oh, don't let me go
I've tried everything,
Lose or win
(Lose or win)
To make sense out of time,
But my head just spins
And spins, and spins
I try to escape this whirlpool I'm in
But like a snake,
I shed another skin
And I plunge back in
I beg you hold
Hold on to me
Hold
Hold on to me
Don't let me drown
Don't let me sink
Oh, don't let me go
Cuz ocean's gonna roll without you
And river's gonna flow without you
And love it's gonna spin without you
And there'll be songs to be sung
Long after you're gone
And long after I'm gone
Whooo.....
I beg you hold
Hold on to me
Hold
Hold on to me
Don't let me drown
Don't let me sink
Oh, don't let me go
The image was broken
Long before it came to life
Wrong words were spoken
But at that time wasn't lies
Same sick near advantage
Of a game i never had to play
My empathy went to crystate
For all, my course went out of range
It was not for you to see
I was blind 'cause it went all to fast
I hope this isn't me
I want to leave it in the past
Who can't predict the future
If all i know went on this way
A carridge and burden
For those who wasn't thinking straight
I confess my sin i wore
And this is my denial
I confess my sin i wore
And this is my denial
I confess my sin i wore
And this is my denial
I confess my sin i wore
And this is my denial
Undressed in to the bone
Undressed before you here
Undressed in to the bone
Undressed before you here
Undressed in to the bone
Undressed before you here
Undressed in to the bone
Undressed before you here
I confess my sin i wore
And this is my denial
I confess my sin i wore
And this is my denial
I confess my sin i wore (my sin I wore)
And this is my denial
I confess my sin i wore (my sin I wore)
roll the windows down
turn that frown upside down
take the wheel
i need to feel the cold air on my cheeks
i love the way you're so unpredictable
you stole the keys
to your dad's convertible
we're gettin' out of here
hold on
she says, "don't slip from my grip"
hold on
well darlin' i'm holding on tight
forget your nine to five
don't even bother calling in sick
i'm not sure we'll be coming back
how's it home?
when there is nothing left to rely on
cause we've been living our lives like it's some kind
secret
we're not hiding anymore
hold on
she says, "don't slip from my grip"
hold on
well darlin' i'm holding on tight
i will follow that girl straight to heaven
and i won't let go
the notes pour from the speakers and she chooses her
words so carefully
the language it comes out so beautifully
and she says...
hold on
well darlin' i'm holding on tight
she says…
hold on
well darlin' i'm holding on tight
i will follow that girl straight to heaven
How do you still remember what happened in September
’95?
Oh as a kid I told you just how you should hold me in
your arms
Oh when we talk about that
It’s seems so hard now, we talk about that
It’s not so hard at all, we talk about that
Original and truth only told
I never should’ve put you on hold
Original and truth only told
You never should’ve put love on hold
Oh we can never go back even if you force it, not this
time
Hey I can later tell you just how much I miss you in my
arms
Oh when we talk about that
It’s seems so far now, we talk about that
It’s not so far at all, we talk about that
Original and truth only told
I never should’ve put you on hold
Original and truth only told
You never should’ve put love on hold
Oh when we talk about that
It’s seems so hard now, we talk about that
Oh when we talk about love
We talk about love, bout love
Original and truth only told
I never should’ve put you on hold
Original and truth only told