[ti:Keep Ya Head Up]
[ar:2Pac]
[00:11.16]Some say the blacker the berry
[00:12.60]The sweeter the juice
[00:13.66]I say the darker the flesh
[00:14.91]Then the deeper the roots
[00:16.34]I give a holler to my sisters on welfare
[00:18.70]Tupac cares and don't nobody else care
[00:21.32]And uhh
[00:22.38]I know they like to beat ya down a lot
[00:24.76]When you come around the block
[00:26.00]Brothas clown a lot
[00:27.44]But please don't cry
[00:29.06]Dry your eyes never let up
[00:30.62]Forgive but don't forget girl
[00:31.80]Keep ya head up
[00:33.49]And when he tells you you ain't nothin'
[00:35.30]Don't believe him
[00:36.67]And if he can't learn to love you
[00:38.42]You should leave him
[00:39.10]'Coz sista you don't need him
[00:41.29]And I ain't tryin' to gas ya up
[00:43.29]I just call 'em how I see 'em
[00:44.85]You know it makes me unhappy what's that
[00:46.97]When brothas make babies
[00:47.84]And leave a young mother to be a pappy
[00:51.03]And since we all came from a woman
[00:52.77]Got our name from a woman
[00:53.84]And our game from a woman
[00:55.08]I wonder why we take from our women
[00:57.95]Why we rape our women do we hate our women
[01:01.90]I think it's time to kill for our women
[01:03.95]Time to heal our women be real to our women
[01:06.58]And if we don't we'll have a race of babies
[01:09.45]That will hate the ladies that make the babies
[01:12.32]And since a man can't make one
[01:14.96]He has no right to tell a woman
[01:16.51]When and where to create one
[01:18.02]So will the real men get up
[01:20.01]I know you're fed up ladies but keep ya head up
[01:24.15]Keep ya head up ooo
[01:26.34]Child things are gonna get easier
[01:29.15]Ooo child things are gonna get brighter
[01:33.71]Keep ya head up ooo
[01:36.64]Child things are gonna get easier
[01:39.76]Ooo child things are gonna get brighter
[01:45.13]Aiyyo I remember Marvin Gaye used to sing to me
[01:48.37]He had me feelin' like black was the thing to be
[01:51.18]And suddenly the ghetto didn't seem so tough
[01:53.86]And though we had it rough we always had enough
[01:56.55]I huffed and puffed about
[01:57.92]My curfew and broke the rules
[01:59.79]Ran with the local crew and had a smoke or two
[02:02.23]And I realize momma really paid the price
[02:05.09]She nearly gave her life to raise me right
[02:07.47]And all I had to give her was my pipe dream
[02:10.90]Of how I'd rock the mic
[02:12.21]And make it to the bright screen
[02:13.83]I'm tryin' to make a dollar out of fifteen cents
[02:17.33]It's hard to be legit and still pay the rent
[02:19.20]And in the end it seems I'm headin' for the pen
[02:22.19]I try and find my friends
[02:22.86]But they're blowin' in the wind
[02:25.42]Last night my buddy lost his whole family
[02:27.23]It's gonna take the man in
[02:28.91]Me to conquer this insanity
[02:30.59]It seems tha rain'll never let up
[02:32.34]I try to keep my head up
[02:34.09]And still keep from gettin' wet up
[02:36.15]You know it's funny when it rains it pours
[02:38.39]They got money for wars but can't feed the poor
[02:41.39]Say there ain't no hope for
[02:43.70]The youth and the truth is
[02:45.13]It ain't no hope for the future
[02:47.14]And then they wonder why we crazy
[02:49.13]I blame my mother for turning
[02:51.19]My brother into a crack baby
[02:52.87]We ain't meant to survive 'coz it's a setup
[02:55.50]And even though you're fed up
[02:57.06]Huh ya got to keep ya head up
[02:58.78]Keep ya head up ooo
[02:59.71]Child things are gonna get easier
[03:03.39]Ooo child things are gonna get brighter
[03:09.02]Keep ya head up ooo
[03:11.52]Child things are gonna get easier
[03:15.32]Ooo child things are gonna get brighter
[03:19.79]And uhh
[03:20.41]To all the ladies havin' babies on their own
[03:22.47]I know it's kinda rough and you're feelin' all alone
[03:25.59]Daddy's long gone
[03:26.84]And he left you by ya lonesome
[03:28.33]Thank the Lord for my kids
[03:30.14]Even if nobody else want 'em
[03:32.08]'Coz I think we can make it in fact I'm sure
[03:34.95]And if you fall stand tall and comeback for more
[03:37.38]'Coz ain't nothin' worse than when your son
[03:40.44]Wants to know why his daddy
[03:41.81]Don't love him no mo'
[03:43.06]You can't complain you was dealt this
[03:45.18]Hell of a hand without a man feelin' helpless
[03:47.12]Because there's too many things
[03:49.61]For you to deal with
[03:50.86]Dying inside but outside you're looking fearless
[03:53.04]While tears is rollin' down your cheeks
[03:56.66]Ya steady hopin' things don't all down this week
[03:58.72]'Coz if it did you couldn't take it
[04:01.91]And don't blame me
[04:02.90]I was given this world I didn't make it
[04:05.03]And now my son's gettin' older
[04:06.77]And older and cold
[04:08.58]From havin' the world on his shoulders
[04:10.89]While the rich kids is drivin' Benz
[04:12.89]I'm still tryin' to hold on to my survivin' friends
[04:16.13]And it's crazy it seems it'll never let up
[04:19.20]But please you got to