Keep Ya Head Up (Album Version)-Lyfe Jennings

[00:11.630]Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice [00:14.610]I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots [00:17.170]I give a holler to my sisters on welfare [00:20.060]Tupac cares, if don’t nobody else care 2Pac [00:23.090]And uhh, I know they like to beat ya down a lot [00:25.680]When you come around the block brothas clown a lot [00:28.520]But please don’t cry, dry your eyes, never let up [00:31.560]Forgive but don’t forget, girl keep your head up [00:34.400]And when he tells you you ain’t nuttin don’t believe him [00:37.790]And if he can’t learn to love you you should leave him [00:40.740]Cause sista you don’t need him [00:42.550]And I ain’t tryin to gas ya up, I just call em how I see em [00:45.880]You know it makes me unhappy (what’s that) [00:47.810]When brothas make babies,and leave a young mother to be a pappy [00:51.960]And since we all came from a woman [00:53.580]Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman [00:57.030]I wonder why we take from our women [00:59.290]Why we rape our women, do we hate our women? [01:02.750]I think it’s time to kill for our women [01:04.880]Time to heal our women, be real to our women [01:08.260]And if we don’t we’ll have a race of babies [01:10.660]That will hate the ladies, that make the babies [01:13.820]And since a man can’t make one [01:15.870]He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one [01:19.360]So will the real men get up [01:21.450]I know you’re fed up ladies, but keep your head up [01:24.370]Keep ya head up, oooo child things are gonna get easier [01:31.110]ooooo child things are gonna get brighter [01:45.960]Aiyyo, I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta me [01:49.260]He had me feelin like black was tha thing to be [01:52.100]And suddenly tha ghetto didn’t seem so tough [01:54.970]And though we had it rough, we always had enough [01:57.780]I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules [02:00.530]Ran with the local crew, and had a smoke or two [02:03.220]And I realize momma really paid the price [02:06.230]She nearly gave her life, to raise me right [02:09.550]And all I had ta give her was my pipe dream [02:12.340]Of how I’d rock the mic, and make it to tha bright screen [02:15.640]I’m tryin to make a dollar out of fifteen cents [02:18.420]It’s hard to be legit and still pay tha rent [02:20.960]And in the end it seems I’m headin for tha pen [02:23.160]I try and find my friends, but they’re blowin in the wind [02:26.310]Last night my buddy lost his whole family [02:28.470]It’s gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity [02:31.920]It seems tha rain’ll never let up [02:33.730]I try to keep my head up, and still keep from gettin wet up [02:37.350]You know it’s funny when it rains it pours [02:39.770]They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor [02:43.010]Say there ain’t no hope for the youth and the truth is （ [02:45.970]it ain’t no hope for tha future [02:48.670]And then they wonder why we crazy [02:50.700]I blame my mother, for turning my brother into a crack baby [02:54.430]We ain’t meant to survive, cause it’s a setup [02:55.980]And even though you’re fed up [02:57.300]Huh, ya got to keep your head up [03:20.760]And uhh [03:21.580]To all the ladies havin babies on they own [03:23.930]I know it’s kinda rough and you’re feelin all alone [03:26.440]Daddy’s long gone and he left you by ya lonesome [03:30.330]Thank the Lord for my kids, even if somebody else want em [03:33.560]Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I’m sure [03:36.100]And if you fall, stand tall and comeback for more [03:39.110]Cause ain’t nuttin worse than when your son [03:41.320]wants to kno why his daddy don’t love him no mo’ [03:44.260]You can’t complain you was dealt this [03:46.530]hell of a hand without a man, feelin helpless [03:49.280]Because there’s too many things for you to deal with [03:51.980]Dying inside, but outside you’re looking fearless [03:54.820]While da tears, is rollin down your cheeks [03:57.600]Ya steady hopin things don’t all down this week [04:01.070]Cause if it did, you couldn’t take it, and don’t blame me [04:03.840]I was given this world I didn’t make it [04:06.550]And now my son’s getten older and older and cold [04:09.780]From havin the world on his shoulders [04:12.280]While the rich kids is drivin Benz [04:14.530]I’m still tryin to hold on to my survivin friends [04:17.730]And it’s crazy, it seems it’ll never let up, but [04:21.670]please... you got to keep your head up