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Current version of Tupac Shakur Lyrics Keep Ya Head Up (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/0-9/2pac/keep-ya-head-up/) Current version of the lyrics |
Version 2 of Tupac Shakur Lyrics Keep Ya Head Up (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/0-9/2pac/keep-ya-head-up/v2.html) Version 2 of the lyrics | |||||||||||
| Little somethin' for my godson Elijah | Little somethin' for my godson Elijah | |||||||||||
| And a little girl named Corinne | And a little girl named Corinne | |||||||||||
| Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice | Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice | |||||||||||
| I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots | I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots | |||||||||||
| I give a holler to my sisters on welfare | I give a holler to my sisters on welfare | |||||||||||
| Tupac cares, if don't nobody else care | Tupac cares, if don't nobody else care | |||||||||||
| And uhh, I know they like to beat ya down a lot | And uhh, I know they like to beat ya down a lot | |||||||||||
| When you come around the block brothas clown a lot | When you come around the block brothas clown a lot | |||||||||||
| But please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up | But please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up | |||||||||||
| Forgive but don't forget, girl keep your head up | Forgive but don't forget, girl keep your head up | |||||||||||
| And when he tells you you ain't nutting don't believe him | And when he tells you you ain't nutting don't believe him | |||||||||||
| And if he can't learn to love you you should leave him | And if he can't learn to love you you should leave him | |||||||||||
| 'Cause sista you don't need him | 'Cause sista you don't need him | |||||||||||
| And I ain't trying to gas ya up, I just call em how I see em | And I ain't trying to gas ya up, I just call em how I see em | |||||||||||
| 1 | You know it makes me unhappy, what's that | You know what makes me unhappy? (what's that) | 1 | |||||||||
| When brothas make babies | When brothas make babies | |||||||||||
| And leave a young mother to be a pappy | And leave a young mother to be a pappy | |||||||||||
| And since we all came from a woman | And since we all came from a woman | |||||||||||
| Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman | Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman | |||||||||||
| I wonder why we take from our women | I wonder why we take from our women | |||||||||||
| Why we rape our women, do we hate our women? | Why we rape our women, do we hate our women? | |||||||||||
| I think it's time to kill for our women | I think it's time to kill for our women | |||||||||||
| Time to heal our women, be real to our women | Time to heal our women, be real to our women | |||||||||||
| And if we don't we'll have a race of babies | And if we don't we'll have a race of babies | |||||||||||
| That will hate the ladies, that make the babies | That will hate the ladies, that make the babies | |||||||||||
| And since a man can't make one | And since a man can't make one | |||||||||||
| He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one | He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one | |||||||||||
| So will the real men get up | So will the real men get up | |||||||||||
| I know you're fed up ladies, but keep your head up | I know you're fed up ladies, but keep your head up | |||||||||||
| Keep ya head up, ooo child things are gonna get easier | Keep ya head up, ooo child things are gonna get easier | |||||||||||
| Ooo child things are gonna get brighter | Ooo child things are gonna get brighter | |||||||||||
| Keep ya head up, ooo child things are gonna get easier | Keep ya head up, ooo child things are gonna get easier | |||||||||||
| Ooo child things are gonna get brighter | Ooo child things are gonna get brighter | |||||||||||
| Aiyyo, I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta me | Aiyyo, I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta me | |||||||||||
| He had me feeling like black was tha thing to be | He had me feeling like black was tha thing to be | |||||||||||
| And suddenly tha ghetto didn't seem so tough | And suddenly tha ghetto didn't seem so tough | |||||||||||
| And though we had it rough, we always had enough | And though we had it rough, we always had enough | |||||||||||
| I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules | I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules | |||||||||||
| Ran with the local crew, and had a smoke or two | Ran with the local crew, and had a smoke or two | |||||||||||
| And I realize momma really paid the price | And I realize momma really paid the price | |||||||||||
| She nearly gave her life, to raise me right | She nearly gave her life, to raise me right | |||||||||||
| And all I had ta give her was my pipe dream | And all I had ta give her was my pipe dream | |||||||||||
| Of how I'd rock the mic, and make it to tha bright screen | Of how I'd rock the mic, and make it to tha bright screen | |||||||||||
| I'm trying to make a dollar out of fifteen cents | I'm trying to make a dollar out of fifteen cents | |||||||||||
| It's hard to be legit and still pay tha rent | It's hard to be legit and still pay tha rent | |||||||||||
| And in the end it seems I'm headpin for tha pen | And in the end it seems I'm headpin for tha pen | |||||||||||
| I try and find my friends, but they're blowing in the wind | I try and find my friends, but they're blowing in the wind | |||||||||||
| Last night my buddy lost his whole family | Last night my buddy lost his whole family | |||||||||||
| It's gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity | It's gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity | |||||||||||
| It seems tha rain'll never let up | It seems tha rain'll never let up | |||||||||||
| 2 | I try to keep my head up, and still keep from getting wet up | I try to keep my head up, and still keep from getting wetter | 2 | |||||||||
| You know it's funny when it rains it pours | You know it's funny when it rains it pours | |||||||||||
| They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor | They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor | |||||||||||
| Say there ain't no hope for the youth and the truth is | Say there ain't no hope for the youth and the truth is | |||||||||||
| It ain't no hope for tha future | It ain't no hope for tha future | |||||||||||
| And then they wonder why we crazy | And then they wonder why we crazy | |||||||||||
| I blame my mother, for turning my brother into a crack baby | I blame my mother, for turning my brother into a crack baby | |||||||||||
| We ain't meant to survive, 'cause it's a setup | We ain't meant to survive, 'cause it's a setup | |||||||||||
| And even though you're fed up | And even though you're fed up | |||||||||||
| Huh, ya got to keep your head up | Huh, ya got to keep your head up | |||||||||||
| Keep ya head up, ooo child things are gonna get easier | Keep ya head up, ooo child things are gonna get easier | |||||||||||
| Ooo child things are gonna get brighter | Ooo child things are gonna get brighter | |||||||||||
| Keep ya head up, ooo child things are gonna get easier | Keep ya head up, ooo child things are gonna get easier | |||||||||||
| Ooo child things are gonna get brighter | Ooo child things are gonna get brighter | |||||||||||
| And uhh, to all the ladies having babies on they own | And uhh, to all the ladies having babies on they own | |||||||||||
| I know it's kinda rough and you're feeling all alone | I know it's kinda rough and you're feeling all alone | |||||||||||
| Daddy's long gone and he left you by ya lonesome | Daddy's long gone and he left you by ya lonesome | |||||||||||
| Thank the Lord for my kids, even if nobody else want em | Thank the Lord for my kids, even if nobody else want em | |||||||||||
| 'Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I'm sure | 'Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I'm sure | |||||||||||
| And if you fall, stand tall and comeback for more | And if you fall, stand tall and comeback for more | |||||||||||
| 'Cause ain't nutting worse than when your son | 'Cause ain't nutting worse than when your son | |||||||||||
| Wants to know why his daddy don't love him no mo' | Wants to know why his daddy don't love him no mo' | |||||||||||
| You can't complain you was dealt this | You can't complain you was dealt this | |||||||||||
| Hell of a hand without a man, feeling helpless | Hell of a hand without a man, feeling helpless | |||||||||||
| Because there's too many things for you to deal with | Because there's too many things for you to deal with | |||||||||||
| Dying inside, but outside you're looking fearless | Dying inside, but outside you're looking fearless | |||||||||||
| While tears, is rolling down your cheeks | While tears, is rolling down your cheeks | |||||||||||
| 3 | Ya steady Chopin things don't all down this week | Ya steady hopin' things don't all down this week | 3 | |||||||||
| 'Cause if it did, you couldn't take it, and don't blame me | 'Cause if it did, you couldn't take it, and don't blame me | |||||||||||
| I was given this world I didn't make it | I was given this world I didn't make it | |||||||||||
| And now my son's getten older and older and cold | And now my son's getten older and older and cold | |||||||||||
| From having the world on his shoulders | From having the world on his shoulders | |||||||||||
| While the rich kids is driving Benz | While the rich kids is driving Benz | |||||||||||
| I'm still trying to hold on to my surviving friends | I'm still trying to hold on to my surviving friends | |||||||||||
| And it's crazy, it seems it'll never let up, but | And it's crazy, it seems it'll never let up, but | |||||||||||
| Please you got to keep your head up | Please you got to keep your head up | |||||||||||
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