[ti:Keep Ya Head Up]
[ar:2Pac]
[al:The ***,the Soul]
[by:lrc.d4321.com]
[00:11.550] Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
[00:13.860] I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots
[00:16.430] I give a holler to my sisters on welfare
[00:18.530] Tupac cares if don't nobody else care
[00:22.470] I know they like to beat ya down a lot
[00:25.410] When you come around the block brothas clown a lot
[00:27.100] But please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up
[00:30.720] Forgive but don't forget keep your head up
[00:33.280] And when he tells you you ain't nothin don't believe him
[00:37.280] And if he can't learn to love you you should leave him
[00:40.120] 'cause sista you don't need him
[00:42.160] And I ain't tryin to gas up, I just call em how I see em
[00:44.810] You know it makes me unhappy
[00:46.850] When brothas make babies and leave a young mother to be a pappy
[00:50.190] And since we all came from a woman
[00:52.800] Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman
[00:55.510] I wonder why we take from our women
[00:59.030] Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?
[01:00.970] I think it's time to kill for our women
[01:04.730] Time to heal our women, be real to our women
[01:07.970] And if we don't then we'll have a race of babies
[01:09.970] That hate the ladies that make the babies
[01:11.440] And since a man can't make one
[01:15.660] He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one
[01:18.150] So would the real men get up
[01:20.880] I know your fed up ladies, but keep your head up
[01:25.720] Chorus]
[01:46.050] I remember Marvin Gaye used to sing to me
[01:48.910] He had me feeling like black was the thing to be
[01:51.590] And suddenly the ghetto didn't seem so tough
[01:53.400] And though we had it rough, we always had enough
[01:56.430] I often huffed and puffed about my curfew
[01:58.980] And broke the rules
[02:00.590] Ran with the local crew and had a smoke or two
[02:03.450] I realized mama really paid the price
[02:05.570] She nearly gave her life
[02:06.670] To raise me right
[02:09.190] And all I had to give was her was my life's dream
[02:11.440] Of how I'd rock the mic, and make it to the bright screen
[02:14.220] I'm tryin' to make a dollar out of fifteen cents
[02:16.690] It's hard to be legit and still pay the rent
[02:19.610] And in the end it seems I'm headin' for the pen
[02:22.690] I try and find my friends, but they're blowin' in the wind
[02:24.820] Last night my buddy lost his whole family
[02:27.540] It's gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity
[02:30.880] It seems the rain'll never let up
[02:33.410] I try to keep my head up, and still keep from gettin' wet up
[02:37.090] You know it's funny when it rains it pours
[02:38.880] They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor
[02:41.220] Say there ain't no hope for the youth and the truth is
[02:45.930] it ain't no hope for the future
[02:47.230] And then they wonder why we crazy
[02:49.510] I blame my mother, for turning my brother into a crack baby
[02:52.720] We ain't meant to survive, cause it's a setup
[02:56.320] And even though you're fed up
[02:58.510] Huh, ya got to keep your head up
[03:06.220] Chorus]
[03:20.510] And uh
[03:21.070] To all the ladies havin' babies on they own
[03:23.480] I know it's kinda rough and you're feelin' all alone
[03:26.330] Daddy's long gone and he left you by ya lonesome
[03:28.260] Thank the Lord for my kids, even if nobody else want em
[03:31.860] Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I'm sure
[03:35.800] And if you fall, stand tall and comeback for more
[03:37.470] Cause ain't nothin' worse than when your son
[03:40.160] wants to know why his daddy don't love him no mo'
[03:42.580] You can't complain you was dealt this
[03:45.130] hell of a hand without a man, feelin' helpless
[03:47.770] Because there's too many things for you to deal with
[03:50.670] Dying inside, but outside you're looking fearless
[03:53.190] While tears, is rollin' down your cheeks
[03:56.260] Ya steady hopin' things don't all down this week
[03:58.800] Cause if it did, you couldn't take it, and don't blame me
[04:02.860] I was given this world I didn't make it
[04:06.530] And now my son's gettin' older and older and cold
[04:09.380] From havin' the world on his shoulders
[04:11.970] While the rich kids is drivin' Benz
[04:13.920] I'm still tryin' to hold on to my survivin' friends
[04:15.610] And it's crazy, it seems it'll never let up, but