KeepYaHeadUp

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 ya 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

'Coz 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 R**e our women do we hate our women

I think it's time to k**l 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 ya head up

Keep ya head up ooo

Child things are gonna get easier

Ooo child things are gonna get brighter

Keep ya head up ooo

Child things are gonna get easier

Ooo child things are gonna get brighter

Aiyyo 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

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 to give her was my pipe dream

Of how I'd rock the mic

And make it to the bright screen

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

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

And in the end it seems I'm headin' for the pen

I try and find my friends