[00:11.63]Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
[00:14.61]I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots
[00:17.17]I give a holler to my sisters on welfare
[00:20.06]Tupac cares, if don’t nobody else care 2Pac
[00:23.09]And uhh, I know they like to beat ya down a lot
[00:25.68]When you come around the block brothas clown a lot
[00:28.52]But please don’t cry, dry your eyes, never let up
[00:31.56]Forgive but don’t forget, girl keep your head up
[00:34.40]And when he tells you you ain’t nuttin don’t believe him
[00:37.79]And if he can’t learn to love you you should leave him
[00:40.74]Cause sista you don’t need him
[00:42.55]And I ain’t tryin to gas ya up, I just call em how I see em
[00:45.88]You know it makes me unhappy (what’s that)
[00:47.81]When brothas make babies,and leave a young mother to be a pappy
[00:51.96]And since we all came from a woman
[00:53.58]Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman
[00:57.03]I wonder why we take from our women
[00:59.29]Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?
[01:02.75]I think it’s time to kill for our women
[01:04.88]Time to heal our women, be real to our women
[01:08.26]And if we don’t we’ll have a race of babies
[01:10.66]That will hate the ladies, that make the babies
[01:13.82]And since a man can’t make one
[01:15.87]He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one
[01:19.36]So will the real men get up
[01:21.45]I know you’re fed up ladies, but keep your head up
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[01:24.37]Keep ya head up, oooo child things are gonna get easier
[01:31.11]ooooo child things are gonna get brighter
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[01:45.96]Aiyyo, I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta me
[01:49.26]He had me feelin like black was tha thing to be
[01:52.10]And suddenly tha ghetto didn’t seem so tough
[01:54.97]And though we had it rough, we always had enough
[01:57.78]I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules
[02:00.53]Ran with the local crew, and had a smoke or two
[02:03.22]And I realize momma really paid the price
[02:06.23]She nearly gave her life, to raise me right
[02:09.55]And all I had ta give her was my pipe dream
[02:12.34]Of how I’d rock the mic, and make it to tha bright screen
[02:15.64]I’m tryin to make a dollar out of fifteen cents
[02:18.42]It’s hard to be legit and still pay tha rent
[02:20.96]And in the end it seems I’m headin for tha pen
[02:23.16]I try and find my friends, but they’re blowin in the wind
[02:26.31]Last night my buddy lost his whole family
[02:28.47]It’s gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity
[02:31.92]It seems tha rain’ll never let up
[02:33.73]I try to keep my head up, and still keep from gettin wet up
[02:37.35]You know it’s funny when it rains it pours
[02:39.77]They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor
[02:43.01]Say there ain’t no hope for the youth and the truth is
[02:45.97]it ain’t no hope for tha future
[02:48.67]And then they wonder why we crazy
[02:50.70]I blame my mother, for turning my brother into a crack baby
[02:54.43]We ain’t meant to survive, cause it’s a setup
[02:55.98]And even though you’re fed up
[02:57.30]Huh, ya got to keep your head up
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[03:20.76]And uhh
[03:21.58]To all the ladies havin babies on they own
[03:23.93]I know it’s kinda rough and you’re feelin all alone
[03:26.44]Daddy’s long gone and he left you by ya lonesome
[03:30.33]Thank the Lord for my kids, even if somebody else want em
[03:33.56]Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I’m sure
[03:36.10]And if you fall, stand tall and comeback for more
[03:39.11]Cause ain’t nuttin worse than when your son
[03:41.32]wants to kno why his daddy don’t love him no mo’
[03:44.26]You can’t complain you was dealt this
[03:46.53]hell of a hand without a man, feelin helpless
[03:49.28]Because there’s too many things for you to deal with
[03:51.98]Dying inside, but outside you’re looking fearless
[03:54.82]While da tears, is rollin down your cheeks
[03:57.60]Ya steady hopin things don’t all down this week
[04:01.07]Cause if it did, you couldn’t take it, and don’t blame me
[04:03.84]I was given this world I didn’t make it 别责怪我
[04:06.55]And now my son’s getten older and older and cold
[04:09.78]From havin the world on his shoulders
[04:12.28]While the rich kids is drivin Benz
[04:14.53]I’m still tryin to hold on to my survivin friends
[04:17.73]And it’s crazy, it seems it’ll never let up, but
[04:21.67]please... you got to keep your head up
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