Olympian - Propaganda

Said you gotta hold on

Said you gotta hold on

Said you gotta hold on

Said you gotta hold on

Said you gotta hold on

Said you gotta hold on

The type of fortitude forged from falling apart flesh

Liquid laced lung, them phlegm swims inside his chest

Blood test positive, odds of finding a spouse minimal

HIV be clipping the wings of an ex-criminal

Stage four surgery won’t make a difference call the family

Hoping and hoping, let me know how it goes

In the hands on with a broken nose

Your bones’ll give up but you better not though

The real you is permanent with a perfected purpose

Treasure in clay vessels, don’t let this body fool you

Woman found the power to push out of her a human

Seven miscarriages carrying planet on left hip

You are more than your bones, if you don’t know that, get hip

Don’t you stop now, baby

Show your fight now, baby

You’re an olympian, baby

You can’t quit now

You want peace, well that means war

Don’t lose heart in what you’re fighting for

You want strength, well that means pain

Now it’s you against everything

(You're an olympian) Did you hear me?

(You're an olympian) Sing it with me!

(You're an olympian) Keep on fighting!

(You're an olympian) Yeah!

And he looking at his knees bleeding like «I don’t believe you»

Standing in the mirror like «boy, that team needs you»

And the torn-up Achilles getting that squad to the playoffs

And the doc say that six months your leg, you gotta stay off

And he can’t shake them headaches

Detoxing on oxycontin, he shivers and he quakes

She ain’t got retirement, a lifelong wage worker

Hates her environment and I don’t blame her

But hold on!

Don’t you stop now, baby

Show your fight now, baby

You’re an olympian, baby

You can’t quit now

You want peace, well that means war

Don’t lose heart in what you’re fighting for

You want strength, well that means pain

Now it’s you against everything

(You're an olympian) Did you hear me?

(You're an olympian) Sing it with me!

(You're an olympian) Keep on fighting!

(You're an olympian) Yeah!

I will hold on

I will hold on

I will hold on

I will hold on