Keep Ya Head Up Lyrics

Song	Keep Ya Head Up
Artist	2Pac
Album	The Hate U Give (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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[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

[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 setup
[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

[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 setup
[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

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