Keep Ya Head Up Song Lyrics
Little somethin’ for my godson Elijah and a little girl named Corin
Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juiceI say the darker the flesh then the deeper the rootsI give a holler to my sisters on welfareTupac cares, if don’t nobody else careAnd uh, I know they like to beat ya down a lotWhen you come around the block, brothas clown a lotBut please don’t cry, dry your eyes, never let upForgive but don’t forget, girl, keep your head upAnd when he tells you you ain’t nuttin’ don’t believe himAnd if he can’t learn to love you, you should leave him‘Cause sista you don’t need himAnd I ain’t tryin’ to gas ya up, I just call ’em how I see ’em (you don’t need him)You know me makes me unhappy? (What’s that?)When brothas make babiesAnd leave a young mother to be a pappy (oh, yeah, yeah, yeah)And since we all came from a womanGot our name from a woman and our game from a woman (yeah, yeah)I wonder why we take from our womenWhy we rape our women, do we hate our women? (Why? Why?)I think it’s time to kill for our women (why? Why? Why? Why?)Time to heal our women, be real to our womenAnd if we don’t we’ll have a race of babiesThat will hate the ladies, that make the babies (oh, yeah, baby)And since a man can’t make oneHe has no right to tell a woman when and where to create oneSo will the real men get upI know you’re fed up ladies, but keep your head up
Keep ya head up, ooh, child, things are gonna get easierKeep-keep ya head up, ooh, child, things’ll get brighter (ohh)
Keep ya head up, ooh, child, things are gonna get easierKeep-keep ya head up, ooh, child, things’ll get brighter
Ayo, I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing to meHe had me feelin’ like black was the thing to beAnd suddenly the ghetto didn’t seem so toughAnd though we had it rough, we always had enoughI huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rulesRan with the local crew, and had a smoke or twoAnd I realize momma really paid the priceShe nearly gave her life, to raise me right (oh, yeah)And all I had to give her was my pipe dream (yeah, yeah, yeah)Of how I’d rock the mic, and make it to the bright screenI’m tryin’ to make a dollar out of fifteen centsIt’s hard to be legit and still pay your rentAnd in the end it seems I’m headin’ for the penI try and find my friends, but they’re blowin’ in the windLast night my buddy lost his whole familyIt’s gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity (no, no, no, no)It seems the rain’ll never let upI try to keep my head up, and still keep from gettin’ wet upYou know, it’s funny when it rains it poursThey got money for wars, but can’t feed the poorSaid it ain’t no hope for the youth and the truth isIt ain’t no hope for the futureAnd then they wonder why we crazyI blame my mother for turning my brother into a crack babyWe ain’t meant to survive, ’cause it’s a setupAnd even though you’re fed upHuh, ya got to keep your head up
Keep ya head up, ooh, child, things are gonna get easierKeep-keep ya head up, ooh, child, things’ll get brighter (ohh)
Keep ya head up, ooh, child, things are gonna get easierKeep-keep ya head up, ooh, child, things’ll get brighter
And uhTo all the ladies havin’ babies on they ownI know it’s kinda rough and you’re feelin’ all aloneDaddy’s long gone and he left you by ya lonesomeThank the Lord for my kids, even if nobody else want ’em (left you all by yourself)‘Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I’m sureAnd if you fall, stand tall and comeback for more‘Cause ain’t nothin’ worse than when your sonWants to know why his daddy don’t love him no mo’You can’t complain you was dealt thisHell of a hand without a man, feelin’ helplessBecause there’s too many things for you to deal withDying inside, but outside you’re looking fearlessWhile the tears is rollin’ down your cheeksYa steady hopin’ things don’t all down this week‘Cause if it did, you couldn’t take it, and don’t blame meI was given this world I didn’t make itAnd now my son’s gettin’ older and older and coldFrom havin’ the world on his shouldersWhile the rich kids is drivin’ BenzI’m still tryin’ to hold on to my survivin’ friendsAnd it’s crazy, it seems it’ll never let up, butPlease, you got to keep your head up