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