I've gotta tell you, tell u about it   Ive been gone for so long   I just wanna sing my song   I know u been hearin   hearin a lot of things about me      oh I know, I know   I've heard, i have heard it all to clear   this is what I am going to do      (chorus)   I am goin to hold, hold on to my pride   I'm gonna stick, im gonna stick to my guns   I'm gonna put my finger on the trigger   I'm gonna pull it and we gon see what the deal   I'm for real, i just wanna put it, put it on the line   I've gotta put it on the line   and we havent got much time   I've gotta put it on the line   know what im talking bout this evening   I've gotta put it on the line      I've got a bullet in the chamber   and im not afraid of the danger   we've gotta go down to the wire   ill go through the fire with you   kill and die with you   I know everybody watchin me   the pressure is on   from every angle   political 2 personal   will I hang or b left hangin? will I fall off?   or will it be bangin?   I say its up to the man upstairs      I am goin to hold, hold on to my pride   I'm gonna stick, im gonna stick to my guns   I'm gonna put my finger on the trigger   I'm gonna pull it and we gon see what the deal   I'm for real, i just wanna put it, put it on the line   I've gotta put it on the line   and we havent got much time   I've gotta put it on the line   know what im talking bout this evening   I've gotta put it on the line