Keep Ya Head Up-2Pac

[00:00.32]Little something for my godson Elijah [00:02.47]And a little girl named Corin [00:10.19]Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice [00:13.37]I say the darker the flesh, then the deeper the roots [00:16.17]I give a holla to my sisters on welfare [00:18.72]2Pac cares if don't nobody else care [00:21.58]And I know they like to beat you down a lot [00:24.40]When you come around the block, brothers clown a lot [00:27.27]But please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up [00:30.28]Forgive, but don't forget, girl, keep ya head up [00:33.20]And when he tells you you ain't nothin', don't believe him [00:36.15]And if he can't learn to love you, you should leave him [00:39.04]‘Cause, sister, you don't need him [00:41.05]And I ain't tryin' to gas you up, I just call 'em how I see 'em [00:44.40]You know what makes me unhappy? [00:46.27]When brothers make babies [00:47.87]And leave a young mother to be a pappy [00:50.01]And since we all came from a woman [00:52.56]Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman [00:55.34]I wonder why we take from our women [00:58.19]Why we rape our women — do we hate our women? [01:01.20]I think it's time to kill for our women [01:03.76]Time to heal our women, be real to our women [01:06.54]And if we don't we'll have a race of babies [01:09.42]That will hate the ladies that make the babies [01:12.08]And since a man can't make one [01:14.42]He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one [01:18.01]So will the real men get up? [01:19.87]I know you're fed up, ladies, but keep ya head up [01:23.45]Keep ya head up, ooh, child [01:26.35]Things are gonna get easier [01:28.94]Keep ya head up, ooh, child [01:31.26]Things'll get brighter [01:34.06]Keep ya head up, ooh, child [01:36.93]Things are gonna get easier [01:40.30]Keep ya head up, ooh, child [01:42.73]Things'll get brighter [01:44.79]Ayo, I remember Marvin Gaye used to sing to me [01:48.15]He had me feelin' like black was the thing to be [01:50.89]And suddenly the ghetto didn't seem so tough [01:53.72]And though we had it rough, we always had enough [01:56.43]I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules [01:59.30]Ran with a local crew and had a smoke or two [02:01.94]And I realize Mama really paid the price [02:04.80]She nearly gave her life to raise me right [02:07.65]And all I had to give her was my pipe dream [02:11.01]Of how I'd rock the mic and make it to the bright screen [02:13.78]I'm tryin' to make a dollar out of fifteen cents [02:16.55]It's hard to be legit and still pay the rent [02:19.71]And in the end it seems I'm headin' for the pen [02:21.83]I try to find my friends, but they're blowin' in the wind [02:24.47]Last night my buddy lost his whole family [02:27.47]It's gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity [02:30.27]It seems the rain'll never let up [02:32.37]I try to keep my head up and still keep from gettin' wet up [02:35.85]You know, it's funny, when it rains it pours [02:38.46]They got money for wars but can't feed the poor [02:41.14]Say there ain't no hope for the youth [02:43.85]And the truth is it ain't no hope for the future [02:46.80]And then they wonder why we crazy [02:49.06]I blame my mother for turnin' my brother into a crack baby [02:52.87]We ain't meant to survive, ‘cause it's a set-up [02:55.50]And even though you're fed up, huh, you got to keep ya head up [02:58.70]Keep ya head up, ooh, child [03:01.23]Things are gonna get easier [03:04.25]Keep ya head up, ooh, child [03:06.00]Things'll get brighter [03:08.32]Keep ya head up, ooh, child [03:12.41]Things are gonna get easier [03:14.89]Keep ya head up, ooh, child [03:16.82]Things'll get brighter [03:19.54]And uh, to all the ladies havin' babies on they own [03:22.41]I know it's kinda rough and you're feelin' all alone [03:25.16]Daddy's long gone and he left you by your lonesome [03:28.21]Thank the Lord for my kids even if nobody else want 'em [03:31.72]‘Cause I think we can make it; in fact, I'm sure [03:34.66]And if you fall, stand tall and come back for more [03:37.47]‘Cause ain't nothin' worse than when your son [03:39.82]Wants to know why his daddy don't love him no mo' [03:42.51]You can't complain you was dealt this [03:45.00]Hell of a hand without a man, feelin' helpless [03:47.72]Because there's too many things for you to deal with [03:50.53]Dyin' inside, but outside you're lookin' fearless [03:53.46]While tears is rollin' down your cheeks [03:56.35]You steady hopin' things don't fall down this week [03:59.09]‘Cause if it did, you couldn't take it [04:01.55]And don't blame me — I was given this world, I didn't make it [04:04.98]And now my son's gettin' older and older [04:07.85]And colder from havin' the world on his shoulders [04:10.63]While the rich kids is drivin' Benz [04:13.05]I'm still tryin' to hold on to survivin' friends [04:15.80]And it's crazy, it seems it'll never let up [04:18.89]But please, you got to keep ya head up