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Keep Ya Head Up Lyrics

Artist: Tupac Shakur
Album: Strictly For My N.I.G.G.A.Z.

Little something for my god son Elija and a little girl named Koreem

Some say tha Blacker tha berry
Tha sweeter tha juice
I say, tha darker tha flesh and tha deeper tha roots
I give a hollar to my sisters on welfare
Tupac cares, but don't nobody else care
I know they like ta beat ya down a lot
And when ya come around tha block brothers clown a lot
But please don't cry, dry ya eyes
Never let up
Forgive but don't forget girl keep ya head up
And when he tells you you ain't nothin
Don't believe him
And if he can't learn ta love ya, you should leave him
Cuz sister you don't need him
I ain't tryin ta gash up, but I just callem how I see 'em
Ya know what makes me unhappy
When brothers make babies
And leave a young mother ta be a pappy
And since we all came from a woman
Got our name from a woman
And out 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 ta kill for our women
Time ta heal our women
Be real to our women
And if we don't
We'll have a race of babies
That hate tha ladies that make tha babies
And since a man can't make one
He has no right ta tell a woman when and where ta create one
So will tha real men get up
I know your fed up ladies
But keep ya head up

Chorus
Eeewww child things are gonna get easier
Eeewww child things are gonna get brighter

Eeewww child things are gonna get easier
Eeewww child things are gonna get brighter

I remember Marvin Gay, usta sing ta me
He had me feelin like black was tha thing ta be
And suddenly tha ghetto didn't seem so tuff
I thought we had it rough, we always had enough
I often huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke tha rules
Ran with tha local crew and had a smoke or two
And realize momma really paid tha price
She nearly gave her life, ta raise me right
And all I had ta give her was my pipe dreams
Of how i'd rock tha mic and make it to tha big screen
I'm tryin ta make a dollar out of fifteen cents
It's hard ta be legit and still pay tha rent
And in tha end it seems i'm headin for tha penn
I try and find my friends, but they're blowin in tha wind
Last night my buddy lost his whole family
It's gonna take tha man in me
Ta conquer this insanity
It seems tha rain will never let up
I try ta Keep My Head Up and still keep from getting wet up
You know it's funny when it rains it pours
They got money for wars, but can't feed tha poor
Sad there ain't no hope for tha youth and tha truth is
There ain't no hope for tha future
And then they wonder why we crazy
I blame my mother, for turning my brother into a crack baby
We ain't meant ta survive, cause it's a setup
And even though ya fed up
Ya got ta Keep Ya Head Up

Comments/Interpretations

by Finau on 6/19/2008 5:34pm
dis s0ng iz s0 effin c00L.
i luv dis s0ng...tupac iz s0 dam sexy!!
R.i.P!!

by Shelby on 8/13/2008 3:08pm
Tupac Shakur R.I.P

A true artist!!!

by bmlllk on 8/22/2008 5:58pm
yeh he's a pure ledge boi!!
R.I.P

by Tasha on 10/6/2008 5:52am
dis song motivates me in so many ways

by Nina Ross on 11/13/2008 3:27pm
I absolutely adore this one. Pure genius�. I couldn�t have said it better myself. He�s indeed a true lyricist. My true inspiration!

by dudah on 1/3/2009 1:58pm
2pac4ever

by Kandi on 4/4/2009 4:07pm
my babys a true artist... aint nobody better. rest in paradise tupac.

by Katkout on 9/16/2009 11:50am
My heart aches as your gone. You inspire me. Ima keep ma head up. R.I.P my hero.

by B!@ck T33-T33 on 9/24/2009 8:27pm
S@mn m! B@y l00k S0 D@ng gud
-r.I.P TuPac

by lydell on 10/14/2009 12:45pm
Dis song is one of my favorite songs tupac is a legend and will neva be forgotten R.I.P Tupac

by JAIME on 11/10/2009 5:24pm
Tupac is the best! he knows what hes talking about!
RIP Tupac.

by est on 11/23/2009 7:53pm
seriously, these lyrics r universal & timeless. no matter where or when, they're always real. n datz 1 of da best thingz bout pac's music

by shawtyb@dd on 4/9/2010 1:01pm
man on some real shit pac,...i know you hear me and that song motivate me to keep my head up sometimes i wonder do niggaz hate women

by DKILI on 8/4/2010 12:50pm
SOME DO/ NOTTEM ALL

by Roy on 3/21/2011 8:47am
D BEST!!!
R.I.P.
(Rap Is PAC)

by Thokozane 1/04/2011 Mpumalang on 3/30/2011 11:33pm
Tupac's message wilk last forever.ain't no rapper like him.he motivates &guides.he was a legend keep ya head up its the best song.we man are not good,we make babies &leave them.we love u MAKAVELI THE KING'S MESSAGE.i can feel his words through my heart.

by Hanibal on 11/21/2011 7:30pm
He did nt deserve 2 dai! he lives for ze truz, de realest n got crawn in ma heart!