[00:11.630]Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
[00:14.610]I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots
[00:17.170]I give a holler to my sisters on welfare
[00:20.060]Tupac cares, if don’t nobody else care 2Pac
[00:23.090]And uhh, I know they like to beat ya down a lot
[00:25.680]When you come around the block brothas clown a lot
[00:28.520]But please don’t cry, dry your eyes, never let up
[00:31.560]Forgive but don’t forget, girl keep your head up
[00:34.400]And when he tells you you ain’t nuttin don’t believe him
[00:37.790]And if he can’t learn to love you you should leave him
[00:40.740]Cause sista you don’t need him
[00:42.550]And I ain’t tryin to gas ya up, I just call em how I see em
[00:45.880]You know it makes me unhappy (what’s that)
[00:47.810]When brothas make babies,and leave a young mother to be a pappy
[00:51.960]And since we all came from a woman
[00:53.580]Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman
[00:57.030]I wonder why we take from our women
[00:59.290]Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?
[01:02.750]I think it’s time to kill for our women
[01:04.880]Time to heal our women, be real to our women
[01:08.260]And if we don’t we’ll have a race of babies
[01:10.660]That will hate the ladies, that make the babies
[01:13.820]And since a man can’t make one
[01:15.870]He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one
[01:19.360]So will the real men get up
[01:21.450]I know you’re fed up ladies, but keep your head up
[01:24.370]Keep ya head up, oooo child things are gonna get easier
[01:31.110]ooooo child things are gonna get brighter
[01:45.960]Aiyyo, I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta me
[01:49.260]He had me feelin like black was tha thing to be
[01:52.100]And suddenly tha ghetto didn’t seem so tough
[01:54.970]And though we had it rough, we always had enough
[01:57.780]I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules
[02:00.530]Ran with the local crew, and had a smoke or two
[02:03.220]And I realize momma really paid the price
[02:06.230]She nearly gave her life, to raise me right
[02:09.550]And all I had ta give her was my pipe dream
[02:12.340]Of how I’d rock the mic, and make it to tha bright screen
[02:15.640]I’m tryin to make a dollar out of fifteen cents
[02:18.420]It’s hard to be legit and still pay tha rent
[02:20.960]And in the end it seems I’m headin for tha pen
[02:23.160]I try and find my friends, but they’re blowin in the wind
[02:26.310]Last night my buddy lost his whole family
[02:28.470]It’s gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity
[02:31.920]It seems tha rain’ll never let up
[02:33.730]I try to keep my head up, and still keep from gettin wet up
[02:37.350]You know it’s funny when it rains it pours
[02:39.770]They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor
[02:43.010]Say there ain’t no hope for the youth and the truth is （
[02:45.970]it ain’t no hope for tha future
[02:48.670]And then they wonder why we crazy
[02:50.700]I blame my mother, for turning my brother into a crack baby
[02:54.430]We ain’t meant to survive, cause it’s a setup
[02:55.980]And even though you’re fed up
[02:57.300]Huh, ya got to keep your head up
[03:20.760]And uhh
[03:21.580]To all the ladies havin babies on they own
[03:23.930]I know it’s kinda rough and you’re feelin all alone
[03:26.440]Daddy’s long gone and he left you by ya lonesome
[03:30.330]Thank the Lord for my kids, even if somebody else want em
[03:33.560]Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I’m sure
[03:36.100]And if you fall, stand tall and comeback for more
[03:39.110]Cause ain’t nuttin worse than when your son
[03:41.320]wants to kno why his daddy don’t love him no mo’
[03:44.260]You can’t complain you was dealt this
[03:46.530]hell of a hand without a man, feelin helpless
[03:49.280]Because there’s too many things for you to deal with
[03:51.980]Dying inside, but outside you’re looking fearless
[03:54.820]While da tears, is rollin down your cheeks
[03:57.600]Ya steady hopin things don’t all down this week
[04:01.070]Cause if it did, you couldn’t take it, and don’t blame me
[04:03.840]I was given this world I didn’t make it
[04:06.550]And now my son’s getten older and older and cold
[04:09.780]From havin the world on his shoulders
[04:12.280]While the rich kids is drivin Benz
[04:14.530]I’m still tryin to hold on to my survivin friends
[04:17.730]And it’s crazy, it seems it’ll never let up, but
[04:21.670]please... you got to keep your head up