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Keep Ya Head Up
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Hip-Hop/Rap
Keep Ya Head Up was released on December 7, 2010 by Essential Media Group as a part of the album Pac's Acapellas
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Release DateDecember 7, 2010
LabelEssential Media Group
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM173

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Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
Some say the darker the flesh and the deeper the root
I give a holla to my sisters on welfare
2Pac cares, if don't nobody else care
And uh, I know they like to beat you down a lot
And when you come around the block, brothers clown a lot
But please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up
Forgive but don't forget, girl, keep your head up
And when he tells you you ain't nothin', don't believe him
And if you can't learn to love him, you should leave him
'Cause sister, you don't need him
And I ain't tryin' to gas you up, I just call it how I see it
You know it makes me unhappy when brother make babies
And leave a young mother to be a pappy
And since we all came from a woman
Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman
I wonder why we take from our women
Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?
I think it's time to kill for our women
Time to heal our women, be real to our women
And if we don't, we'll have a race of babies
That will hate the ladies that make the babies
And since a man can't make one
He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one
So when the real men get up
I know you're fed up, ladies, but keep your head up
Keep your head up
Keep your head up
You got to keep your head up
Ayo, I remember Marvin Gaye used to sing to me
He had me feelin' like black was the thing to be
And suddenly the ghetto didn't seem so tough
Even though we had it rough, we always had enough
I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules
Ran with the local crews and had a smoke or two
I realized mama really paid the price
She nearly gave her life to raise me right
And all I had to give her was my pipe dreams
And how I'd buy the mic and make it to the bright screens
I'm tryin' to make a dollar out of fifteen cent
It's hard to be legit and still pay the rent
And in the end, it seems I'm headin' for the pen
I'm tryin' to find my friends, but they're blown' in the wind
Last night, my buddy lost his whole family
It's gonna take a man of me to conquer this insanity
It seems the rain'll never let up, I try to keep my head up
And still keep from gettin' wet up
You know it's funny when it rains, it pours
They got money for wars but can't feed the poor
They said it ain't no hope for the youth
And the truth is there ain't no hope for the future
And then they wonder why we crazy
I blame my mother for turnin' my brother into a crack baby
We ain't in it to survive 'cause it's a set-up
And even though you're fed up
You got to keep your head up
Keep your head up
Keep your head up
You got to keep your head up
And uh, to all the ladies havin' babies on they own
I know it's kinda rough and you're feelin' all alone
Daddy's long gone and he left you by your lonesome
Thank the Lord for my kids, even if somebody else want 'em
'Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I'm sure
And if you fall, stand tall and come back for more
'Cause ain't nothin' worse than when your son wants to know
Why daddy don't love him no mo'
You can't complain you was dealt this
Hell of a hand without a man, feelin' helpless
Because there's too many things for you to deal with
Dyin' inside but outside, you're lookin' fearless
While tears are rollin' down your cheek
You're steady hopin' things don't all down this week
'Cause if you did, you couldn't take it, and don't blame me
I was given this world, I didn't make it
And now my son's gettin' older and older
And cold from havin' the world on his shoulders
While the rich kids drive in Benz
I'm still tryin' to hold on to survivin' friends
And it's crazy, it seems you never let up
But please, you got to keep your head up
Written by: 2Pac, DJ Daryl, Roger Troutman, Stan Vincent
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