Karaoké Keep Ya Head Up 2Pac & Dave Hollister

Little somethin' for my godson Elijah and a little girl named Corin

Some say the blacker the berry the sweeter the juice

I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots

Ho oh oh oh oh oh oh

I give a holla to my sisters on welfare

2Pac cares if don't nobody else care

Ho oh oh oh oh

And uh

I know they like to beat you down a lot

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 ya head up

Head up

And when he tells you you ain't nothin' don't believe him

And if he can't learn to love you you should leave him

'Cos sister you don't need him

And I ain't tryin' to gas you up

I just call 'em how I see 'em

You don't need him

You know what makes me unhappy

What's that

When brothers make babies

And leave a young mother

Ho yeah yeah yeah to be a pappy

And since we all came from a woman

Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman

Oh yeah

I wonder why we take from our women

Why we rape our women

Do we hate our women

Why, why

Why, why, why, why, why

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

Oh yeah babe

And since a man can't make one

He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one

So will the real men get up

I know you're fed up ladies huh but keep ya head up

Ooh child

Things are gonna get easier

Keep, keep ya head up

Ooh child

Things'll get brighter

Keep, keep ya head up

Ooh child

Things are gonna get easier

Keep, keep ya head up

Ooh child

Things'll get brighter huh

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 and though we had it rough we always had enough

Oh yeah yeah yeah

I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules

Ran with the local crew and had a smoke or two

Yeah

I realize Mama really paid the price

She nearly gave her life to raise me right

Oh yeah hey

And all I had to give her was my pipe dream

Was my pipe dream of how I'd rock the mic and make it to the bright screen

Oh yeah here we go

I'm tryin' to make a dollar out of fifteen cents

Out of fifteen cents

It's hard to be legit and still pay your rent

Oh yes uh

And in the end it seems

I'm headin' for the pen'

I try to find my friends but they're blowin' in the wind

Last night my buddy lost his whole family

It's gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity

Oh no no no

It seems the rain'll never let up

I try to keep my head up

Oh no no no oh no no no and still keep from gettin' wet up

Oh no no no oh no no no

You know it's funny when it rains it pours

They got money for wars but can't feed the poor

Oh no no no no no no

Said it ain't no hope for the youth when the truth is it ain't no hope for the future

My, my, crazy

And then they wonder why we crazy huh

I blame my mother for turnin' my brother into a crack baby

Yeah

We ain't meant to survive 'cos it's a setup

And even though you're fed up huh

Oh no

Ooh child

You got to keep ya head up

Things are gonna get easier

Ooh child

Things'll get brighter

Ooh child

Things are gonna get easier

Ooh child

Things'll get brighter

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 nobody else want 'em

You're all by yourself

'Cos I think we can make it

In fact I'm sure

And if you fall, stand tall and come back for more

Oh oh oh oh

'Cos ain't nothin' worse than when your son wants

I know, I know to know why his daddy don't love him no mo'

You can't complain

You was dealt this hell of a hand

Without a man, feelin' helpless

I know you were

Because there's too many things for you to deal with

Oh oh oh

Dyin' inside but outside you're lookin' fearless

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

While the tears is rollin' down your cheeks you're steady hopin' things don't all fall this week

Yeah

'Cos if it did you couldn't take it

And don't blame me

Yeah

I was given this world

I didn't make it

Oh yeah

And now my son's gettin' older and older and cold from havin' the world on his shoulders

While the rich kids is drivin' Benz

I'm still tryin' to hold on to survivin' friends

Oh yeah yeah

And it's crazy

It seems it'll never let up but

Oh oh yeah

Huh please

You got to keep ya head up