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2Pac
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Little somethin' for my godson Elijah
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And a little girl named Corinne
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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 and don't nobody else care
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And uhh, 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, girl, keep ya 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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'Coz sista, you don't need him
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And I ain't tryin' to gas ya up, I just call 'em how I see 'em
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You know it makes me unhappy, what's that
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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, we'll have a race of babies
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That will 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 will the real men get up
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I know you're fed up ladies but keep ya head up
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Keep ya head up, ooo, child things are gonna get easier
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Ooo, child things are gonna get brighter
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Keep ya head up, ooo, child things are gonna get easier
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Ooo, child things are gonna get brighter
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Aiyyo, I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing to me
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He had me feelin' 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 huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules
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Ran with the local crew and had a smoke or two
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And I realize, momma really paid the price
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She nearly gave her life to raise me right
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And all I had to give her was my pipe 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 tha 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 'coz it's a setup
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And even though you're fed up
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Huh, ya got to keep ya head up
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Keep ya head up, ooo, child things are gonna get easier
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Ooo, child things are gonna get brighter
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Keep ya head up, ooo, child things are gonna get easier
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Ooo, child things are gonna get brighter
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And uhh, to all the ladies havin' babies on their 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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'Coz 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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'Coz 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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'Coz 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
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But please, you got to keep ya head up
Keep Ya Head Up
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