spotifydown.com - Keep Ya Head Up

[00:01.79] Little something for my godson Elijah

[00:03.92] And a little girl named Corin

[00:11.89] Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice

[00:14.55] I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots

[00:17.20] I give a holla to my sisters on welfare

[00:20.12] 2Pac cares if don't nobody else care

[00:22.72] And I know they like to beat you down a lot

[00:25.57] When you come around the block, brothers clown a lot

[00:28.62] But please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up

[00:31.50] Forgive, but don't forget, girl, keep your head up

[00:34.46] And when he tells you you ain't nothing, don't believe him

[00:37.58] And if he can't learn to love you, you should leave him

[00:40.45] 'Cause, sister, you don't need him

[00:42.43] And I ain't trying to gas ya up, I just call 'em how I see 'em

[00:45.55] You know what makes me unhappy? When brothers make babies and leave a young mother to be a pappy

[00:52.00] And since we all came from a woman

[00:53.78] Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman

[00:57.42] I wonder why we take from our women

[00:59.21] Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?

[01:03.14] I think it's time to kill for our women

[01:04.93] Time to heal our women, be real to our women

[01:08.32] And if we don't we'll have a race of babies

[01:10.39] That will hate the ladies that make the babies

[01:13.79] And since a man can't make one

[01:15.91] He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one

[01:19.28] So will the real men get up?

[01:21.64] I know you're fed up, ladies, but keep your head up

[01:24.51] Keep ya head up, ooh, child

[01:27.66] Things are gonna get easier

[01:30.22] Keep ya head up, ooh, child

[01:32.27] Things'll get brighter

[01:35.42] Keep ya head up, ooh, child

[01:38.82] Things are gonna get easier

[01:40.90] Keep ya head up, ooh, child

[01:43.79] Things'll get brighter

[01:45.88] Ayo, I remember Marvin Gaye used to sing to me

[01:49.26] He had me feeling like black was the thing to be

[01:52.38] And suddenly the ghetto didn't seem so tough

[01:54.75] And though we had it rough, we always had enough

[01:57.63] I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules

[02:00.50] Ran with the local crew and had a smoke or two

[02:03.64] And I realize momma really paid the price

[02:05.97] She nearly gave her life to raise me right

[02:09.89] And all I had to give her was my pipe dream

[02:11.96] Of how I'd rock the mic and make it to the bright screen

[02:15.63] I'm trying to make a dollar out of fifteen cents

[02:18.23] It's hard to be legit and still pay the rent

[02:20.57] And in the end it seems I'm heading for the pen

[02:22.66] I try to find my friends, but they're blowing in the wind

[02:26.34] Last night my buddy lost his whole family

[02:28.67] It's gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity

[02:31.54] It seems the rain'll never let up

[02:33.34] I try to keep my head up and still keep from getting wet up

[02:37.00] You know, it's funny, when it rains it pours

[02:39.33] They got money for wars but can't feed the poor

[02:42.47] Say there ain't no hope for the youth

[02:45.06] And the truth is it ain't no hope for the future

[02:48.58] And then they wonder why we crazy

[02:50.37] I blame my mother for turning my brother into a crack baby

[02:54.28] We ain't meant to survive, 'cause it's a set-up

[02:56.59] And even though you're fed up

[02:58.10] Huh, you got to keep your head up

[03:00.17] Keep ya head up, ooh, child

[03:01.97] Things are gonna get easier

[03:04.59] Keep ya head up, ooh, child

[03:07.18] Things'll get brighter

[03:09.76] Keep ya head up, ooh, child

[03:13.44] Things are gonna get easier

[03:15.76] Keep ya head up, ooh, child

[03:18.10] Things'll get brighter

[03:20.68] And uh, to all the ladies having babies on they own

[03:23.35] I know it's kinda rough and you're feeling all alone

[03:26.24] Daddy's long gone and he left you by your lonesome

[03:29.42] Thank the Lord for my kids even if nobody else want 'em

[03:33.62] 'Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I'm sure

[03:36.00] And if you fall, stand tall and comeback for more

[03:38.39] 'Cause ain't nothing worse than when your son

[03:40.71] Wants to know why his daddy don't love him no mo'

[03:44.09] You can't complain you was dealt this

[03:46.21] Hell of a hand without a man, feeling helpless

[03:49.08] Because there's too many things for you to deal with

[03:51.73] Dying inside, but outside you're looking fearless

[03:54.12] While tears is rolling down your cheeks

[03:57.45] You steady hoping things don't fall down this week

[04:01.13] 'Cause if it did, you couldn't take it

[04:02.93] And don't blame me, I was given this world, I didn't make it

[04:06.12] And now my son's getting older and older and colder

[04:09.79] From having the world on his shoulders

[04:12.39] While the rich kids is driving Benz

[04:14.51] I'm still trying to hold on to surviving friends

[04:17.70] And it's crazy, it seems it'll never let up

[04:20.28] But please, you got to keep your head up