Keep Ya Head Up-Graham Blvd

[ti:Keep Ya Head Up] [ar:Graham Blvd.] [al:90s Pop Hits Vol.2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.35]Little something for my godson Elijah [00:02.29]And a little girl named Corinne [00:04.13] [00:11.14]Some say the blacker the berry [00:12.64]The sweeter the juice [00:13.95]I say the darker the flesh [00:15.24]Then the deeper the roots [00:16.68]I give a holler to my sisters on welfare [00:18.65] [00:19.16]Tupac cares, and don't nobody else care [00:22.24]And uhh [00:22.91]I know they like to beat ya down a lot [00:25.13]When you come around [00:26.20]The block brothas clown a lot [00:27.93]But please don't cry [00:29.47]Dry your eyes, never let up [00:31.14]Forgive but don't forget [00:32.66]Girl keep your head up [00:34.19]And when he tells you [00:35.19]When ya ain't don't believe him [00:37.20]And if he can't learn to love you [00:38.70]Should leave him [00:40.26]Cause sista you don't need him [00:41.95]And I ain't trying to gas ya up [00:43.55]But just call 'em how I see 'em [00:45.74]You know it makes me unhappy [00:46.74] [00:47.34]When brothas make babies [00:48.74]And leave a young mother to be a pappy [00:51.08] [00:51.76]And since we all came from a woman [00:53.53]Got our name from a woman [00:54.84]And our game from a woman [00:56.79] [00:57.40]I wonder why we take from our women [00:59.06]Why we R**e our women [01:00.53]Do we hate our women [01:02.41] [01:03.05]I think it's time to k**l for our women [01:04.80]Time to heal our women [01:06.43]Be real to our women [01:07.69] [01:08.29]And if we don't will have a race of babies [01:10.36]That will hate the ladies [01:11.91]That make the babies [01:13.76]And since a man can't make one [01:15.97]He has no right to tell a woman [01:17.54]When and where to create one [01:19.52]So will the real men get up [01:21.65]I know you're fed up ladies [01:23.09] [01:23.83]Keep ya head up [01:24.67] [01:26.03]Oooo child things are gonna get easier [01:30.27]Keep ya head up [01:31.05]Ooooo child things are gonna get brighter [01:34.28] [01:35.76]Keep ya head up [01:36.76] [01:37.47]Oooo child things are gonna get easier [01:41.50]Keep ya head up [01:42.42] [01:42.98]Ooooo child things are gonna get brighter [01:46.37]Aiyyo, I remember Marving Gaye [01:48.44]Used to sing to me [01:49.78]He had me feeling like black was the thing to be [01:52.98]And suddenly the ghetto didn't seem so tough [01:55.61]And though we had it rough [01:56.87]We always had enough [01:58.39]I huffed and puffed about my curfew [02:00.05]And broke the rules [02:01.08]Ran with the local crew [02:02.58]And had a smoke or two [02:04.12]And I realize momma really paid the price [02:06.68]She nearly gave her life [02:08.43]To raise me right [02:09.59] [02:10.82]And all I had to give her was my pipe dream [02:12.79]Of how I'd rock the mic [02:14.01]And make it to the bright screen [02:15.69] [02:16.28]I'm trying to make a dollar [02:17.45]Out of fifteen cents [02:19.24]It's hard to be legit and still pay the rent [02:21.60]And in the end it seems [02:22.68]I'm heading for the pen [02:23.67]I try and find my friends [02:24.48] [02:25.04]But they're blowing in the wind [02:26.71] [02:27.33]Last night my buddy lost his whole family [02:29.51]It's gonna take the man in me [02:31.09]To conquer this insanity [02:32.78]It seems the rain'll never let up [02:34.64]I try to keep my head up [02:36.39]And still keep from getting wet up [02:38.51]You know it's funny when it rains it pours [02:40.60]They got money for wars [02:42.00]But can't feed the poor [02:43.47] [02:44.30]Say there ain't no hope for the youth [02:46.19]When the truth is [02:47.23]It ain't no hope for the future [02:49.10] [02:49.83]And then they wonder why we crazy [02:52.01]I blame my mother [02:53.03]Or turning my brother into a crack baby [02:55.74]We ain't meant to survive [02:56.83]Cause it's a setup [02:57.91]And even though you're fed up [02:59.18] [03:00.17]You gotta keep ya head up [03:02.10]Oooo child things are gonna get easier [03:06.15]Keep ya head up [03:07.57]Ooooo child things are gonna get brighter [03:10.38] [03:11.47]Keep ya head up [03:13.11]Oooo child things are gonna get easier [03:17.63]Keep ya head up [03:18.90]Ooooo child things are gonna get brighter [03:22.44]And uhh [03:22.99]To all the ladies having babies on their own [03:25.49]I know it's kinda rough [03:26.62]And you're feeling all alone [03:28.35]Daddy's long gone and [03:29.54]He left you by ya lonesome [03:31.09]Thank the Lord for my kids [03:32.86]Even if nobody else want 'em [03:34.75] [03:35.52]Cause I think we can make it [03:36.50]In fact, I'm sure [03:37.85]And if you fall [03:38.49]Stand tall and comeback for more [03:40.55] [03:41.17]Cause ain't nutting worse than when your son [03:42.78]Wants to know [03:43.45]Why his daddy don't love him no more [03:45.58] [03:46.36]You can't complain you was dealt this [03:48.10]Hell of a hand without a man [03:49.82]Feeling helpless [03:51.32]Because there's too many things [03:52.50]For you to deal with [03:53.80]Dying inside [03:54.63]But outside you're looking fearless [03:56.53] [03:57.12]While tears, is rolling down your cheeks [03:59.67]Ya steady hoping things [04:00.68]Don't fall down this week [04:02.51] [04:03.27]Cause if it did, you couldn't take it [04:04.82]And don't blame me [04:06.00]I was given this world I didn't make it [04:08.46] [04:09.06]Now my son's getting older and older and cold [04:11.94]From having the world on his shoulders [04:14.00] [04:14.68]While the rich kids is driving Benz [04:16.55]I'm still trying to hold on to [04:18.23]Surviving friends [04:19.42] [04:20.24]And it's crazy, it seems it'll never let up, but [04:22.99] [04:23.56]Please you got to keep your head up [04:26.22]Keep Ya Head Up - Graham Blvd.