Little somethin' for my godson Elijah and a little named Corinne
Some say the the berry, the sweeter the juice I say the the flesh then the deeper the roots I a holler to my sisters on welfare Tupac cares, if don't nobody else And uh, I know like to beat ya down a lot When you come around the block clown a lot But don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up Forgive but don't forget, girl your head up And when he tells you you ain't nuttin' don't him And if he can't learn to you you should leave him Cause sista you don't him And I ain't tryin' to gas ya up, I 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 from a I wonder why we take from our 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 the ladies, that make the babies And a man can't make one He has no right to tell a when and where to create one So will the men get up I know you're fed up ladies, but your head up
ya head up, ooh child things are gonna get easier Ooh child are gonna get brighter
Keep ya head up, ooh child are gonna get easier Ooh things are gonna get brighter
Aiyyo, I remember Marvin Gaye, used to ta me He had me feelin' like black was tha to be And suddenly tha ghetto didn't seem so And we had it rough, we always had enough I huffed and puffed my curfew and broke the rules Ran with the local crew, and had a or two And I realize momma really the price She nearly her life, to raise me right And all I had ta give her was my dream Of how I'd the mic, and make it to tha bright screen I'm tryin' to make a out of fifteen cents It's to be legit and still pay tha rent And in the end it I'm headin' for tha pen I try and find my friends, but they're blowin in the Last night my buddy lost his whole It's gonna take the man in me to this insanity It tha rain'll never let up I try to my head up, and still keep from gettin wet up You know it's funny when it rains it They got money for wars, but can't feed the Say there no hope for the youth and the truth is It ain't no for tha future And then wonder why we crazy I blame my mother, for turning my brother into a baby We ain't meant to survive, cause a setup And even though fed up Huh, ya got to keep head up
Keep ya head up, ooh child things are gonna get Ooh things are gonna get brighter
And uh To all the havin' babies on they own I know kinda rough and you're feelin' all alone Daddy's long and he left you by ya lonesome Thank the for my kids, even if nobody else want em Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I'm And if you fall, stand and comeback for more Cause ain't worse than when your son Wants to kno' why his don't love him no mo' You can't complain you was dealt Hell of a without a man, feelin' helpless Because too many things for you to deal with inside, but outside you're looking fearless While tears, is rollin' down your Ya steady things don't all down this week Cause if it did, you couldn't it, and don't blame me I was this world I didn't make it And now my gettin' older and older and cold From the world on his shoulders While the rich is drivin' Benz I'm still to hold on to my survivin' friends And it's crazy, it seems it'll let up, but Please, you got to keep head up