"HOLD MY OWN" what does that mean ?

Question

It's an Allen Iverson tatoo, (right shoulder)

Answer 1

Hold My Own:

Is a statement of self-survival. If you hold your own, you manage to deal with the everyday problems in life. It does have the implied possibility that you might not be able to keep it up, or that it is difficult, that you are dealing with a lot of problems now.

Answer 2

In our lingo,"hold my own",means that you can look after yourself.Physically you can get yourself out of trouble with your own body...no guns..no knives..no Coward weapons.

Answer 3

counting blessing selfs