Letra de Keep your head up (completa)

Keep your head up
Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots
I give a holler to my sisters on welfare
Tupac cares, and don´t nobody else care
And uhh, I know they like to beat ya down a lot
When you come around the block brothas 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 nuttin don´t believe him
And if he can´t learn to love you you should leave him
Cause sista you don´t need him
And I ain´t tryin to gas ya up, I just call em how I see em
You know it makes me unhappy (what´s that)
When brothas 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 will the real men get up
I know you´re fed up ladies, but keep your head up

[Chorus]

Keep ya head up, oooo child things are gonna get easier
ooooo child things are gonna get brighter [2x]

[Verse Two:]

Aiyyo, I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta me
He had me feelin like black was tha thing to be
And suddenly tha ghetto didn´t seem so tough
And though we had it rough, we always had enough
I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules
Ran with the local crew, and had a smoke or two
And I realize momma really paid the price
She nearly gave her life, to raise me right
And all I had ta give her was my pipe dream
Of how I´d rock the mic, and make it to tha bright screen
I´m tryin to make a dollar out of fifteen cents
It´s hard to be legit and still pay tha rent
And in the end it seems I´m headin for tha pen
I try and 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
It seems tha 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
Say there ain´t no hope for the youth and the truth is
it 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 to survive, cause it´s a setup
And even though you´re fed up
Huh, ya got to keep your head up

[Chorus]

[Verse Three:]

And uhh
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 ya lonesome
Thank the Lord for my kids, even if nobody else want em
Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I´m sure
And if you fall, stand tall and comeback for more
Cause ain´t nuttin worse than when your son
wants to kno 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
Because there´s too many things for you to deal with
Dying inside, but outside you´re looking fearless
While tears, is rollin down your cheeks
Ya steady hopin things don´t all down this week
Cause if it 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 getten 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 my survivin friends
And it´s crazy, it seems it´ll never let up, but
please... you got to keep your head up



niina´08