Keep Your Head Up Lyrics
Got a little something
For my god son Elija
And a little girl named Koreem
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[Tupac]
Some say tha Blacker tha berry
Tha sweeter tha juice
I say, tha darker tha flesh
And tha deeper tha roots
I give a hollar to my sisters on welfare
Tupac cares, if don't nobody else care
I know they like ta beat ya down a lot
And when ya come around tha block
Brothers clown a lot
But please don't cry, dry ya eyes
Never let up
Forgive but don't forget girl
Keep ya head up
And when he tells you you ain't nothin'
Don't believe him
And if he can't learn ta love ya
You should leave him
Cuz sister you don't need him
I ain't tryin' ta gash up
But I just call 'em how I see 'em
Ya know what makes me un[?]
When brothers make babies
And leave a young mother ta be a pest
And since we all came from a woman
Got our name from a woman
And out game from a woman
I wonder why we take from our women
Why we rape our women
Do we hate our women
I think it's time ta kill for our women
Time ta heal our women
Be real to our women
And if we don't
We'll have a race of babies
That hate tha ladies that make tha babies
And since a man can't make one
He has no right ta tell a woman
When and where ta create one
So will tha real men get up
I know your fed up ladies
But keep ya head up
[Chorus]
Keep Ya Head Up
Ooh, child things are gonna get easier
Keep Ya Head Up
Ooh, child things are gonna get brighter
Ooohooh
Keep Ya Head Up
Ooh, child things are gonna get easier
Keep Ya Head Up
Ooh, child things are gonna get brighter
[Tupac]
Ayo, I remember Marvin Gay
Usta sing ta me
He had me feelin' like black
Was tha thing ta be
And suddenly tha ghetto didn't seem so tuff
I thought we had it rough
We always had enough
I often huffed and puffed about my curfew
And broke tha rules
Ran with tha local crew
And had a smoke or two
I realized momma really paid tha price
She nearly gave her life, ta raise me right
And all I had ta give her was my pipe dreams
Of how i'd rock tha mic
And make it to tha big screen
I'm tryin' ta make a dollar out of fifteen cents
It's hard ta be legit and still pay your rent
And in tha end it seems I'm headin' for tha penn
I try and find my friends
But they're blowin' in tha wind
Last night my buddy lost his whole family
It's gonna take tha man in me
Ta conquer this insanity
It seems tha rain will never let up
I try ta keep my head up
And still keep from getting wet up
You know it's funny when it rains it pours
They got money for wars
But can't feed tha poor
Sad there ain't no hope for tha youth
And tha truth is
There ain't no hope for tha future
And then they wonder why we crazy
I blame my mother
For turning my brother into a crack baby
We ain't meant ta survive
Cause it's a setup
And even though ya fed up
Ya got ta keep ya head up
[Chorus]
Keep Ya Head Up
Ooh, child things are gonna get easier
Keep Ya Head Up
Ooh, child things are gonna get brighter
Ooohooh
Keep Ya Head Up
Ooh, child things are gonna get easier
Keep Ya Head Up
Ooh, child things are gonna get brighter
[Tupac]
And ah
To all tha ladies haveing babies on they own
I know it's kinda ruff and ya feeling all alone
Daddies long gone
And he left ya by your lonesome
Thank tha lord for my kids
Even if nobody else wants them
Cause I think we can make it
In fact, for sure
And if we all fall
Stand tall and comback for more
Cause there ain't nothin' worse
Than when your son wants ta know
Why his daddy don't love him no more
Ya can't complain you was dealt this
Helluva hand without a man, feeling helpless
Because there's too many things for you ta deal with
Dying inside, but outside your looking fearless
While tears is rollin' down your cheeks
Ya steady hopin' things don't all fall this week
Cause if it did, ya couldn't take it
And don't blame me
I was given this world I didn't make it
And now my son's gettin' older and older and cold
From haven tha world on his shoulders
While tha rich kids are drivin' Benzs
I'm still tryin' ta hold on to my survivin' friends
And it's crazy, it seems it'll never let up
But please ya got ta keep ya head up