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[ti:keep ya head up] |
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[ar:2pac] |
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Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice |
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I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots |
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I give a holler to my sisters on welfare |
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Tupac cares if don't nobody else care |
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I know they like to beat ya down a lot |
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When you come around the block brothas clown a lot |
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But please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up |
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Forgive but don't forget keep your head up |
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And when he tells you you ain't nothin don't believe him |
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And if he can't learn to love you you should leave him |
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'cause sista you don't need him |
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And I ain't tryin to gas up, I just call em how I see em |
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You know it makes me unhappy |
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When brothas make babies and leave a young mother to be a pappy |
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And since we all came from a woman |
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Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman |
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I wonder why we take from our women |
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Why we rape our women, do we hate our women? |
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I think it's time to kill for our women |
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Time to heal our women, be real to our women |
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And if we don't then we'll have a race of babies |
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That hate the ladies that make the babies |
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And since a man can't make one |
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He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one |
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So would the real men get up |
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I know your fed up ladies, but keep your head up |
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I remember Marvin Gaye used to sing to me |
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He had me feeling like black was the thing to be |
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And suddenly the ghetto didn't seem so tough |
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And though we had it rough, we always had enough |
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I often huffed and puffed about my curfew |
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And broke the rules |
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Ran with the local crew and had a smoke or two |
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I realized mama really paid the price |
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She nearly gave her life |
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To raise me right |
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And all I had to give was her was my life's dream |
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Of how I'd rock the mic, and make it to the bright screen |
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I'm tryin' to make a dollar out of fifteen cents |
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It's hard to be legit and still pay the rent |
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And in the end it seems I'm headin' for the pen |
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I try and find my friends, but they're blowin' in the wind |
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Last night my buddy lost his whole family |
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It's gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity |
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It seems the rain'll never let up |
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I try to keep my head up, and still keep from gettin' wet up |
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You know it's funny when it rains it pours |
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They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor |
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Say there ain't no hope for the youth and the truth is |
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it ain't no hope for the future |
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And then they wonder why we crazy |
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I blame my mother, for turning my brother into a crack baby |
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We ain't meant to survive, cause it's a setup |
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And even though you're fed up |
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Huh, ya got to keep your head up |
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And uh |
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To all the ladies havin' babies on they own |
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I know it's kinda rough and you're feelin' all alone |
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Daddy's long gone and he left you by ya lonesome |
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Thank the Lord for my kids, even if nobody else want em |
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Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I'm sure |
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And if you fall, stand tall and comeback for more |
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Cause ain't nothin' worse than when your son |
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wants to know why his daddy don't love him no mo' |
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You can't complain you was dealt this |
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hell of a hand without a man, feelin' helpless |
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Because there's too many things for you to deal with |
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Dying inside, but outside you're looking fearless |
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While tears, is rollin' down your cheeks |
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Ya steady hopin' things don't all down this week |
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Cause if it did, you couldn't take it, and don't blame me |
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I was given this world I didn't make it |
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And now my son's gettin' older and older and cold |
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From havin' the world on his shoulders |
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While the rich kids is drivin' Benz |
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I'm still tryin' to hold on to my survivin' friends |
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And it's crazy, it seems it'll never let up, but |