Little somethin' for my godson Elijah and a little named Corinne
Some say the the berry, the sweeter the juice I say the darker the then the deeper the roots I a holler to my sisters on welfare Tupac cares, if don't nobody care And uh, I know they to beat ya down a lot When you come around the block brothas a lot But please cry, dry your eyes, never let up Forgive but forget, girl keep your head up And when he tells you you ain't don't believe him And if he can't learn to love you you leave him sista you don't need him And I ain't tryin' to gas ya up, I just em how I see em You know it makes me (what's that) When brothas make babies, and a young mother to be a pappy And since we all from a woman Got our name from a woman and our from a woman I wonder why we take from our Why we rape our women, do we hate our I it's time to kill for our women Time to our women, be real to our women And if we don't have a race of babies That will hate the ladies, make the babies And since a man can't one He has no right to tell a woman when and to create one So the real men get up I you're fed up ladies, but keep your head up
Keep ya head up, ooh child things are gonna get Ooh child are gonna get brighter
Keep ya head up, ooh things 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 tha ghetto didn't seem so tough And though we had it rough, we always had I huffed and puffed my curfew and broke the rules Ran with the crew, and had a smoke or two And I realize momma really paid the 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 make it to tha bright I'm tryin' to make a dollar out of cents It's hard to be and still pay tha rent And in the end it I'm headin' for tha pen I try and find my friends, but blowin in the wind night my buddy lost his whole family It's gonna the man in me to conquer this insanity It tha rain'll never let up I try to keep my head up, and still from gettin wet up You know funny when it rains it pours They got money for wars, but can't feed the Say ain't no hope for the youth and the truth is It ain't no for tha future And then they wonder why we I blame my mother, for turning my brother a crack baby We meant to survive, cause it's a setup And even you're fed up Huh, ya got to keep head up
Keep ya head up, ooh child are gonna get easier Ooh child things are get brighter
And uh To all the havin' babies on they own I know it's kinda rough and you're feelin' all Daddy's long gone and he left you by ya the Lord for my kids, even if nobody else want em Cause I think we can it, in fact, I'm sure And if you fall, stand tall and comeback for Cause ain't nothin' worse than your son Wants to kno' why his daddy love him no mo' You can't complain you was this Hell of a without a man, feelin' helpless Because too many things for you to deal with Dying inside, but outside looking fearless tears, is rollin' down your cheeks Ya steady hopin' things all down this week Cause if it did, you couldn't take it, and don't me I was given world I didn't make it And now my gettin' older and older and cold From havin' the on his shoulders While the kids is drivin' Benz I'm still tryin' to hold on to my friends And it's crazy, it seems it'll let up, but Please, you got to your head up