Keep Ya Head Up – 2Pac
Nghệ sĩ: 2Pac
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Intro: 2Pac
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Little something for my godson Elijah
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And a little girl named Corin
Verse 1: 2Pac & Dave Hollister→ Phiên khúc
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Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
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I say the darker the flesh, then the deeper the roots (Oh)
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I give a holla to my sisters on welfare
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2Pac cares if don't nobody else care (Oh)
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And, uh, I know they like to beat you down a lot
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When you come around the block, brothers clown a lot
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But please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up
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Forgive, but don't forget, girl, keep ya head up
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And when he tells you you ain't nothin', don't believe him
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And if he can't learn to love you, you should leave him
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'Cause, sister, you don't need him
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And I ain't tryin' to gas you up, I just call 'em how I see 'em (You don't need him)
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You know what makes me unhappy? (What's that?)
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When brothers make babies and leave a young mother to be a pappy (Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah)
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And since we all came from a woman
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Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman (Yeah, yeah)
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I wonder why we take from our women
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Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?
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I think it's time to kill for our women
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Time to heal our women, be real to our women
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And if we don't, we'll have a race of babies
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That will hate the ladies that make the babies (Oh, yeah-yeah)
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And since a man can't make one
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He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one
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So will the real men get up
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I know you're fed up, ladies, but keep ya head up
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(Keep ya head up) Ooh, child, things are gonna get easier
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(Keep-keep ya head up) Ooh, child, things'll get brighter
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(Oh-oh, keep ya head up) Ooh, child, things are gonna get easier
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(Keep-keep ya head up) Ooh, child, things'll get brighter
Verse 2: 2Pac & Dave Hollister→ Phiên khúc
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Ayo, I remember Marvin Gaye used to sing to me
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He had me feelin' like black was the thing to be
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And suddenly the ghetto didn't seem so tough
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And though we had it rough, we always had enough
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I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules
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Ran with the local crew and had a smoke or two
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I realize Mama really paid the price
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She nearly gave her life to raise me right (Oh, yeah-yeah)
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And all I had to give her was my pipe dream
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Of how I'd rock the mic and make it to the bright screen
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I'm tryin' to make a dollar out of fifteen cents
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It's hard to be legit and still pay your rent
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And in the end, it seems I'm headin' for the pen'
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I try to find my friends, but they're blowin' in the wind
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Last night, my buddy lost his whole family
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It's gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity (Oh, no, no, no)
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It seems the rain'll never let up
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I try to keep my head up and still keep from gettin' wet up, huh
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You know, it's funny, when it rains it pours
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They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor
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Said it ain't no hope for the youth
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And the truth is it ain't no hope for the future
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And then they wonder why we crazy, huh
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I blame my mother for turnin' my brother into a crack baby
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We ain't meant to survive 'cause it's a set-up
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And even though you're fed up, huh, you got to keep ya head up
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(Keep ya head up) Ooh, child, things are gonna get easier
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(Keep-keep ya head up) Ooh, child, things'll get brighter
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(Oh-oh, keep ya head up) Ooh, child, things are gonna get easier
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(Keep-keep ya head up) Ooh, child, things'll get brighter
Verse 3: 2Pac & Dave Hollister→ Phiên khúc
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And, uh, to all the ladies havin' babies on they own
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I know it's kinda rough and you're feelin' all alone
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Daddy's long gone and he left you by your lonesome
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Thank the Lord for my kids even if nobody else don't want 'em
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'Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I'm sure
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And if you fall, stand tall and come back for more (Oh-oh)
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'Cause ain't nothin' worse than when your son
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Wants to know why his daddy don't love him no mo'
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You can't complain, you was dealt this hell of a hand
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Without a man, feelin' helpless (I know you were)
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Because there's too many things for you to deal with
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Dyin' inside, but outside you're lookin' fearless
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While the tears is rollin' down your cheeks
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You're steady hopin' things don't all fall this week (Yeah)
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'Cause if it did, you couldn't take it (Yeah)
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And don't blame me, I was given this world, I didn't make it (Oh, yeah)
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And now my son's gettin' older and older
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And cold from havin' the world on his shoulders
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While the rich kids is drivin' Benz
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I'm still tryin' to hold on to survivin' friends (Oh, yeah)
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And it's crazy, it seems it'll never let up
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But, huh, please, you got to keep your head up