[ti:Hold Ya Head]
[ar:2Pac]
[al:The 7 Day Theory]
[offset:0]
[00:00.34]Artist：2pac
[00:00.96]Songs Title：hold ya head
[00:02.47]
[00:06.70]My homeboys in Clinton and Rikers Island
[00:08.82]All the penitentiaries
[00:09.46]Mumia  Mutulu  Geronimo  Sekon
[00:11.70]All the political prisoners
[00:13.45]San Quentin  who can save you  all the jail houses
[00:18.26]
[00:19.58]I'm with you
[00:20.89]Yeah  one thug  one thug
[00:23.08]
[00:23.64]You're listenin' to the sounds of one  thug
[00:26.08]
[00:27.54]One thug  one thug
[00:28.41]You're listenin' to the sounds of
[00:29.54]（How do we get ahead ）
[00:30.67]I wake up early in the mornin'  mindstate so military
[00:32.79]Suckers fantasizin' pictures of a young brother buried
[00:35.73]Was it me  the **** or this life I lead
[00:37.54]If daytime is for suckers then tonight we bleed
[00:40.17]Out for all that  knowin' that this world bring drawbacks
[00:43.54]Look how this ****  bump  once I deliver these raw raps
[00:47.36]Meet me at the cemetery dressed in black
[00:49.29]Tonight we  honor the dead  those who won't be back
[00:52.04]So if I die  do the same for me  shed no tears
[00:54.67]An Outlaw  thug livin' in this game for years
[00:57.54]Why worry  hope to God  get me high when I'm buried
[01:00.35]Knowin' deep inside only a few love me
[01:02.67]Come rush me to the gates of Heaven  let me picture for a while
[01:06.04]How I lived for my days as a child  I wonder now
[01:08.85]How do we outlast  always get cash
[01:10.79]
[01:11.91]Stay strong if we all mash  hold ya head
[01:14.41]
[01:19.67]How do we keep the music playing
[01:21.91]（Yes  you got to hold ya head）
[01:23.61]How do we get ahead
[01:24.79]（Hold your head）
[01:25.92]
[01:27.17]Too many young black brothers are dying
[01:29.85]（Yes  you got to hold ya head）
[01:31.92]
[01:32.48]Livin' fast  too fast
[01:34.60]
[01:35.98]Yo  these felonies be like prophecies beggin' me to stop
[01:39.04]'Cause these lawyers gettin' money every time they knock us
[01:41.79]Snatchin' pockets lyrically  suckers flea when they notice
[01:44.41]Switched my name to Makaveli  half the rap game closed
[01:47.11]Exposed foes with my hocus pocus flows they froze
[01:49.79]Now suckers idolize my  chosen blows
[01:52.04]
[01:52.67]And mo' money mean litigatin  mo' playa hatin'
[01:55.04]
[01:55.67]Got a cell at the pen for me waitin'  is this my fate
[01:58.73]Miss me with that misdemeanor thinkin'  me fall back
[02:01.29]Never that  too much Tequila drinkin'  we all that
[02:04.11]Make them understand me  if not I slang my posse
[02:06.73]Everyone with me is family 'cause everybody's got me
[02:09.48]Watch me paint a perfect vision  this life we livin'
[02:12.05]Got us all meetin' up in prison
[02:14.24]Last week I got a letter from my road dog  written in blood
[02:17.54]Saying  ＂Please show a playa love＂  hold ya head  hold it
[02:20.92]
[02:23.68]How do we keep the music playing
[02:25.85]
[02:27.55]（Yes  you got to hold ya head）
[02:29.86]How do we get ahead
[02:30.79]（Hold your head）
[02:31.54]Too many young black brothers are dying
[02:36.73]（Yes  you got to hold ya head）
[02:40.85]Livin' fast  too fast
[02:42.86]The **** got me tweakin' in my mind  I'm thinkin'
[02:44.85]God bless the child that can hold his own
[02:46.92]Indeed  enemies bleed when I hold my chrome
[02:48.80]Let these words be the last to my unborn seeds
[02:51.17]Hope to raise my young nation in this world of greed
[02:53.74]Currency means nothin' if you still ain't free
[02:55.60]
[02:56.48]Money breeds jealousy  take the game from me
[02:59.04]I hope for better days  trouble comes naturally
[03:00.61]Running from authorities 'til they capture me
[03:03.55]
[03:04.48]And my  aim is to spread mo' smiles than tears
[03:07.30]Utilalize lessons learned from my childhood years
[03:09.48]
[03:10.24]Maybe Mama had it all right  rest yo' head
[03:13.10]Tradin' conversation all night  bless the dead
[03:15.11]
[03:15.67]To my homies that I used to have that no longer roll
[03:18.73]Catch a brother at the crossroads
[03:20.48]
[03:21.23]Plus nobody knows my soul  watchin' time pass
[03:23.86]
[03:24.55]Through the glass of my drop top Rolls  hold ya head
[03:27.17]
[03:29.17]How do we keep the music playing
[03:31.67]（Yes  you got to hold ya head）
[03:33.36]How do we get ahead
[03:34.48]（No matter how hard it get  feel me  come on）
[03:37.05]（Hold your head）
[03:38.04]
[03:39.61]Too many young black brothers are dying
[03:42.80]（Get the ****  drink a drink  read a book）
[03:44.67]（Yes  you got to hold ya head）
[03:46.24]Livin' fast  too fast
[03:47.55]
[03:48.23]（Watch the stars  get some *****  whatever）
[03:50.42]How do we keep the music playing
[03:53.04]（Yes  you got to hold ya head）
[03:54.74]How do we get ahead