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Tattoos

by Holstar

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lyrics

Tim’s Verse
Let me start this off by saying Sam’s a blessing in this era that’s rare really/
I just wanna say thank you Holstar you been through hell with me/
Reggie that one night you chose to get stuck in a cell with me/
And Jay all that magic we made together is treasured really/
I can feel it deeply scales are tipping/
Now I’m repping Jesus so like how can I fail really?
Man this journey with the Lord’s a distance I like to travel/
Eyes closed on my knees that’s how I fight my battles/
Now I bring light to shadows /
Full speed rapping with the spirit the mics my peddle/
I just wanna make my way to Heaven so I fight the devil/
Until the day I’m laying in the dirt while they sliding shovels, while you’d still like to smell em/
Flowers to you coz you saw every tear that I cried in the booth/
I’m just glad that at that part of all this alignment was you/
All the times I felt dead you kept me alive it was you/
Now let’s sit back and see what God’s about to do, let’s see what God’s about to do/

George on the chorus
I wish I could go back to way back when, these memories stain my skin like tattoos; I remember it all/
Yeh you were my life line, calling out in the darkness, you saved me/
My life line, calling out, in the darkness; unandi ona!

Al Kan-I’s Verse
Memory lane is where I opt to go/
To top it all, my realistic shot at the pot of gold/
I recall through Hurikane how I got to know PJ/
The hooks were murdered futuristically/
Almost decade 'fore I heard how future kicked it see/
Kaunda Square Stage 1 FM that was the frequency/
10 years from the day/
New collab' on the way/
Three months later rest in peace was my only say/
I questioned my timing even though the session of was diamond/
Cause the song live forever but I'm stressing my minding/
I'm thinking what could have been/
Thinking what good was him/
Doing a feature, I can't even shoot the vid/
But thats just selfish me talking/
What's a song to mother looking helplessly in the coffin/
As her son lies in state, all we got is memories/
We await the pearly gates/
Rest in peace PJ

Chorus

Holstar Verse
There’s no wins when the Family feuds, I still spit 16s when calamities few/
It hurts to hear fans say – Zone Fam inasila, even if it takes forever a day – simuza lindila/
Respect the Legends that gave you bar for bar, teardrops and wounds on the heart – mvela that’s scar for scar/
Shoutout to Teck-Zilla he held us down when it all started, even with cats who didn’t believe – simply was disregarded/
Continental award, Globally nominated, the Voltron crew is still alive – homie we never faded/
And if you don’t believe it, you can listen to all our pages, our full script is better than any other you can’t compare it/
And as a leader – I’ll take the meter as dissipate it, talking cosigns, wanna cosign cheques – that’s the getting paid tip/
I love my brothers, I stand by them – we been Kings like Ben King with the Gold diadem/
Chea!

Bridge
Where do we go when the times are rough and you can’t bear the pain/
No its much too much/
The good memories that’s where I go, the good memories that’s where I go/

Chorus

credits

released July 20, 2020
Featured Artists: Tim, Al Kan-I, George Kalukusha
Produced By

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Holstar Lawton, Oklahoma

The Holstar is a pioneer in the Zambian hip-hop scene. He has been at the forefront of creating the music industry in Zambia and a vanguard in promoting and providing opportunities for fellow Zambian artists with initiatives such as the Hip Hop Foundation. ... more

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