Keep Ya Head Up-2Pac

[00:00.000] 作词 : Daryl Anderson/Stan Vincent/Tupac Shakur/Roger Troutman [00:00.098] 作曲 : Daryl Anderson/Stan Vincent/Tupac Shakur/Roger Troutman [00:00.196]Little somethin' for my godson Elijah [00:02.449]And a little girl named Corinne [00:04.185] [00:10.440]Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice [00:13.444]I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots [00:16.436]I give a holler to my sisters on welfare [00:18.687]Tupac cares, if don't nobody else care [00:21.950]And uhh, I know they like to beat ya down a lot [00:24.690]When you come around the block brothas clown a lot [00:27.432]But please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up [00:30.691]Forgive but don't forget, girl keep your head up [00:33.434]And when he tells you you ain't nutting don't believe him [00:36.682]And if he can't learn to love you you should leave him [00:39.436]'Cause sista you don't need him [00:41.203]And I ain't trying to gas ya up, I just call em how I see em [00:44.939]You know it makes me unhappy, what's that [00:46.694]When brothas make babies [00:48.189]And leave a young mother to be a pappy [00:50.700]And since we all came from a woman [00:52.681]Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman [00:56.187]I wonder why we take from our women [00:58.200]Why we rape our women, do we hate our women? [01:01.936]I think it's time to kill for our women [01:03.689]Time to heal our women, be real to our women [01:07.196]And if we don't we'll have a race of babies [01:09.437]That will hate the ladies, that make the babies [01:12.952]And since a man can't make one [01:15.648]He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one [01:18.402]So will the real men get up [01:20.151]I know you're fed up ladies, but keep your head up [01:23.166] [01:23.412]Keep ya head up, ooo child things are gonna get easier [01:28.613]Ooo child things are gonna get brighter [01:33.869]Keep ya head up, ooo child things are gonna get easier [01:39.620]Ooo child things are gonna get brighter [01:45.366] [01:45.864]Aiyyo, I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta me [01:48.307]He had me feeling like black was tha thing to be [01:51.056]And suddenly tha ghetto didn't seem so tough [01:53.808]And though we had it rough, we always had enough [01:56.567]I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules [01:59.552]Ran with the local crew, and had a smoke or two [02:02.305]And I realize momma really paid the price [02:05.013]She nearly gave her life, to raise me right [02:08.523]And all I had ta give her was my pipe dream [02:11.255]Of how I'd rock the mic, and make it to tha bright screen [02:14.250]I'm trying to make a dollar out of fifteen cents [02:17.211]It's hard to be legit and still pay tha rent [02:19.962]And in the end it seems I'm headpin for tha pen [02:22.209]I try and find my friends, but they're blowing in the wind [02:25.158]Last night my buddy lost his whole family [02:27.413]It's gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity [02:30.652]It seems tha rain'll never let up [02:32.653]I try to keep my head up, and still keep from getting wet up [02:36.408]You know it's funny when it rains it pours [02:38.658]They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor [02:42.163]Say there ain't no hope for the youth and the truth is [02:44.910]It ain't no hope for tha future [02:47.659]And then they wonder why we crazy [02:49.414]I blame my mother, for turning my brother into a crack baby [02:53.160]We ain't meant to survive, 'cause it's a setup [02:55.657]And even though you're fed up [02:56.353]Huh, ya got to keep your head up [02:59.121] [02:59.614]Keep ya head up, ooo child things are gonna get easier [03:03.123]Ooo child things are gonna get brighter [03:08.857]Keep ya head up, ooo child things are gonna get easier [03:14.360]Ooo child things are gonna get brighter [03:19.606] [03:19.865]And uhh, to all the ladies having babies on they own [03:22.567]I know it's kinda rough and you're feeling all alone [03:25.309]Daddy's long gone and he left you by ya lonesome [03:28.320]Thank the Lord for my kids, even if nobody else want em [03:31.802]'Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I'm sure [03:34.819]And if you fall, stand tall and comeback for more [03:37.573]'Cause ain't nutting worse than when your son [03:40.070]Wants to know why his daddy don't love him no mo' [03:43.306]You can't complain you was dealt this [03:45.257]Hell of a hand without a man, feeling helpless [03:48.010]Because there's too many things for you to deal with [03:50.508]Dying inside, but outside you're looking fearless [03:53.518]While tears, is rolling down your cheeks [03:56.512]Ya steady hopein things don't all down this week [03:59.444]'Cause if it did, you couldn't take it, and don't blame me [04:02.709]I was given this world I didn't make it [04:05.705]And now my son's getten older and older and cold [04:08.648]From having the world on his shoulders [04:11.396]While the rich kids is driving Benz [04:13.407]I'm still trying to hold on to my surviving friends [04:16.655]And it's crazy, it seems it'll never let up, but [04:19.894]Please you got to keep your head up