2Pac - Keep Ya Head Up (from album: "Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z..." Chords
Tempo:
86.05 bpm
Chords used:
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Abm
E
B
Gb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I'm gonna put something for my godson Eli, and a little girl named Corrine.
[B]
[A] Say the black of the belly, the sweet of the [Abm] juice, I say the dark of the flesh, and the deep of the [A] roots.
I give a holler to my sisters on welfare, [Abm] and to my kids, if don't nobody else care.
[A] And uh, I know they like to beat you down a [Abm] lot, when you come around the block, rubs clown a [A] lot.
So please don't cry, dry your eyes, never [Abm] let her forget, but don't forget girl, keep [A] your head up.
And when he tells you you ain't nothing, don't [Abm] believe him.
And if you can't learn to love him, you [A] should leave him.
Cause sister you don't need me, [Abm] and I ain't trying to gas you up, I just call him out.
[A] You know what makes me un-ask that?
[Abm] My brothers make it eight, and leave a young mother to be [A] happy.
And since we all came from [Abm] a woman, got our name from a woman, and I came from [A] a woman.
I wrote the wild tape from [Abm] a woman, while we rape our woman, do we make our [A] women.
I think it's time to kill for [Abm] our women, time to heal our women, be real to [A] our women.
And if we don't we'll have a race of [Abm] babies, never hate the ladies that make the [A] babies.
And since a man can't pick one, [Abm] he has no right to tell a woman when and where to [A] create one.
So will the real men get up?
[Abm] I know you fed up ladies, but keep [A] your head up.
Baby I'll get a new [E] job, and how things are gonna get easy.
Baby I'll get a [A] new job, [Abm] and how things are gonna get easy.
[Gb] Baby I'll get [A] a new job, [E] and how things are gonna get easy.
[Gb] Baby I'll get [A] a new job, and [E] how things are gonna get easy.
I [A] remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing to [Abm] me.
He had me feeling like black was the thing to [E] be.
[A] And slurring to lead a ghetto didn't seem so [Abm] tough.
And though we had it rough, we always had [A] enough.
I'll step up and buy my curfew, and broke the [Abm] rules.
Went with the local crew, and had a smoke or [A] two.
I realized mama really gave a [Abm] crutch, she nearly gave a lot.
Raised me [E] right.
All I had to give her was [Abm] my pipe dream, and how I bought the mic, and make it to the [A] right place.
I'm trying to make a dollar out [Abm] of everything I said.
It's hard to be legit, but you [A] still pay your rent.
And then the end of the season, man, you put [Abm] a pin.
I try to find my friends, but they're blowing in [A] the wind.
Last night, my body lost its whole [Abm] family.
It's gonna take the man and me to conquer this [A] insanity.
It seems the rain will never let up, but [Abm] I try to keep my head up.
And still keep from getting [A] wetter.
You know it's funny when it rains, it [Abm] pours.
And it got funny from water, and can't be the [A] poor.
Said it ain't no hope for the [Abm] youth, and the truth is, it ain't no hope for the [E] future.
And then they [A] wonder why we crazy.
[Abm] I blame my mother for turning my brother into a [A] crack baby.
We ain't meant to survive, cause it's [Abm] a setup.
But even though you're better.
[A] Give me your prayer.
Ooh, child, [E] things will get easier.
[A] Give me your [B] prayer.
Ooh, child, [Abm] things will get brighter.
Oh, [E] give me your prayer.
[A]
Ooh, [Abm] child, things will get easier.
[E] Give me your prayer.
Ooh, child, things will get brighter.
And to all the ladies having [A] babies on their own.
I [Abm] know it's kind of rough, and you're feeling all alone.
[A] Daddy's long gone, and he left you by your lonesome.
[Abm] Thank the Lord for my kids, even if nobody [A] else want them.
Cause I think we can make it in [Abm] fact, I'm sure.
And if you fall, stand tall and come [A] back for more.
Cause ain't nothing worse than when your [Abm] son wants to know why his daddy don't love him no [A] more.
You can't complain, you will stealth this [Abm] hell of a hand without a man feeling helpless.
[E] Because [Db] too many things for you to [A] deal with.
[Abm] Dying inside, but outside you're looking fierce.
[A] While the tears is rolling down your [Abm] cheeks.
Is daddy hoping things don't hold for this [A] week.
Cause if it did, you couldn't take it.
And [Abm] don't blame me, I was giving this world, I didn't [A] make it.
And now my son's getting older and [Abm] older and cold from having the world on his [A] shoulders.
While the rich kids are driving [Abm] beds, I'm still trying to hold on to surviving.
I'm [A] free, and it's crazy, seems I'm never [Abm] let up.
But please, you [E] gotta keep your head up.
[B]
[A] Say the black of the belly, the sweet of the [Abm] juice, I say the dark of the flesh, and the deep of the [A] roots.
I give a holler to my sisters on welfare, [Abm] and to my kids, if don't nobody else care.
[A] And uh, I know they like to beat you down a [Abm] lot, when you come around the block, rubs clown a [A] lot.
So please don't cry, dry your eyes, never [Abm] let her forget, but don't forget girl, keep [A] your head up.
And when he tells you you ain't nothing, don't [Abm] believe him.
And if you can't learn to love him, you [A] should leave him.
Cause sister you don't need me, [Abm] and I ain't trying to gas you up, I just call him out.
[A] You know what makes me un-ask that?
[Abm] My brothers make it eight, and leave a young mother to be [A] happy.
And since we all came from [Abm] a woman, got our name from a woman, and I came from [A] a woman.
I wrote the wild tape from [Abm] a woman, while we rape our woman, do we make our [A] women.
I think it's time to kill for [Abm] our women, time to heal our women, be real to [A] our women.
And if we don't we'll have a race of [Abm] babies, never hate the ladies that make the [A] babies.
And since a man can't pick one, [Abm] he has no right to tell a woman when and where to [A] create one.
So will the real men get up?
[Abm] I know you fed up ladies, but keep [A] your head up.
Baby I'll get a new [E] job, and how things are gonna get easy.
Baby I'll get a [A] new job, [Abm] and how things are gonna get easy.
[Gb] Baby I'll get [A] a new job, [E] and how things are gonna get easy.
[Gb] Baby I'll get [A] a new job, and [E] how things are gonna get easy.
I [A] remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing to [Abm] me.
He had me feeling like black was the thing to [E] be.
[A] And slurring to lead a ghetto didn't seem so [Abm] tough.
And though we had it rough, we always had [A] enough.
I'll step up and buy my curfew, and broke the [Abm] rules.
Went with the local crew, and had a smoke or [A] two.
I realized mama really gave a [Abm] crutch, she nearly gave a lot.
Raised me [E] right.
All I had to give her was [Abm] my pipe dream, and how I bought the mic, and make it to the [A] right place.
I'm trying to make a dollar out [Abm] of everything I said.
It's hard to be legit, but you [A] still pay your rent.
And then the end of the season, man, you put [Abm] a pin.
I try to find my friends, but they're blowing in [A] the wind.
Last night, my body lost its whole [Abm] family.
It's gonna take the man and me to conquer this [A] insanity.
It seems the rain will never let up, but [Abm] I try to keep my head up.
And still keep from getting [A] wetter.
You know it's funny when it rains, it [Abm] pours.
And it got funny from water, and can't be the [A] poor.
Said it ain't no hope for the [Abm] youth, and the truth is, it ain't no hope for the [E] future.
And then they [A] wonder why we crazy.
[Abm] I blame my mother for turning my brother into a [A] crack baby.
We ain't meant to survive, cause it's [Abm] a setup.
But even though you're better.
[A] Give me your prayer.
Ooh, child, [E] things will get easier.
[A] Give me your [B] prayer.
Ooh, child, [Abm] things will get brighter.
Oh, [E] give me your prayer.
[A]
Ooh, [Abm] child, things will get easier.
[E] Give me your prayer.
Ooh, child, things will get brighter.
And to all the ladies having [A] babies on their own.
I [Abm] know it's kind of rough, and you're feeling all alone.
[A] Daddy's long gone, and he left you by your lonesome.
[Abm] Thank the Lord for my kids, even if nobody [A] else want them.
Cause I think we can make it in [Abm] fact, I'm sure.
And if you fall, stand tall and come [A] back for more.
Cause ain't nothing worse than when your [Abm] son wants to know why his daddy don't love him no [A] more.
You can't complain, you will stealth this [Abm] hell of a hand without a man feeling helpless.
[E] Because [Db] too many things for you to [A] deal with.
[Abm] Dying inside, but outside you're looking fierce.
[A] While the tears is rolling down your [Abm] cheeks.
Is daddy hoping things don't hold for this [A] week.
Cause if it did, you couldn't take it.
And [Abm] don't blame me, I was giving this world, I didn't [A] make it.
And now my son's getting older and [Abm] older and cold from having the world on his [A] shoulders.
While the rich kids are driving [Abm] beds, I'm still trying to hold on to surviving.
I'm [A] free, and it's crazy, seems I'm never [Abm] let up.
But please, you [E] gotta keep your head up.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I'm gonna put something for my godson Eli, and a little girl named Corrine.
_ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] Say the black of the belly, the sweet of the [Abm] juice, I say the dark of the flesh, and the deep of the [A] roots.
I give a holler to my sisters on welfare, [Abm] and to my kids, if don't nobody else care.
[A] And uh, I know they like to beat you down a [Abm] lot, when you come around the block, rubs clown a [A] lot.
So please don't cry, dry your eyes, never [Abm] let her forget, but don't forget girl, keep [A] your head up.
And when he tells you you ain't nothing, don't [Abm] believe him.
And if you can't learn to love him, you [A] should leave him.
Cause sister you don't need me, [Abm] and I ain't trying to gas you up, I just call him out.
[A] You know what makes me un-ask that?
[Abm] My brothers make it eight, and leave a young mother to be [A] happy.
And since we all came from [Abm] a woman, got our name from a woman, and I came from [A] a woman.
I wrote the wild tape from [Abm] a woman, while we rape our woman, do we make our [A] women.
I think it's time to kill for [Abm] our women, time to heal our women, be real to [A] our women.
And if we don't we'll have a race of [Abm] babies, never hate the ladies that make the [A] babies.
And since a man can't pick one, [Abm] he has no right to tell a woman when and where to [A] create one.
So will the real men get up?
[Abm] I know you fed up ladies, but keep [A] your head up.
Baby I'll get a new [E] job, and how things are gonna get easy.
Baby I'll get a [A] new job, [Abm] and how things are gonna get easy.
[Gb] Baby I'll get [A] a new job, [E] and how things are gonna get easy.
[Gb] Baby I'll get [A] a new job, and [E] how things are gonna get easy.
I [A] remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing to [Abm] me.
He had me feeling like black was the thing to [E] be.
[A] And slurring to lead a ghetto didn't seem so [Abm] tough.
And though we had it rough, we always had [A] enough.
I'll step up and buy my curfew, and broke the [Abm] rules.
Went with the local crew, and had a smoke or [A] two.
I realized mama really gave a [Abm] crutch, she nearly gave a lot.
Raised me [E] right.
All I had to give her was [Abm] my pipe dream, and how I bought the mic, and make it to the [A] right place.
I'm trying to make a dollar out [Abm] of everything I said.
It's hard to be legit, but you [A] still pay your rent.
And then the end of the season, man, you put [Abm] a pin.
I try to find my friends, but they're blowing in [A] the wind.
Last night, my body lost its whole [Abm] family.
It's gonna take the man and me to conquer this [A] insanity.
It seems the rain will never let up, but [Abm] I try to keep my head up.
And still keep from getting [A] wetter.
You know it's funny when it rains, it [Abm] pours.
And it got funny from water, and can't be the [A] poor.
Said it ain't no hope for the [Abm] youth, and the truth is, it ain't no hope for the [E] future.
And then they [A] wonder why we crazy.
[Abm] I blame my mother for turning my brother into a [A] crack baby.
We ain't meant to survive, cause it's [Abm] a setup.
But even though you're better.
[A] Give me your prayer.
Ooh, child, [E] _ _ things will get easier.
[A] Give me your [B] prayer.
Ooh, child, [Abm] things will get brighter.
Oh, [E] give me your prayer.
[A]
Ooh, [Abm] child, things will get easier.
[E] Give me your prayer.
Ooh, child, things will get brighter.
And to all the ladies having [A] babies on their own.
I [Abm] know it's kind of rough, and you're feeling all alone.
[A] Daddy's long gone, and he left you by your lonesome.
[Abm] Thank the Lord for my kids, even if nobody [A] else want them.
Cause I think we can make it in [Abm] fact, I'm sure.
And if you fall, stand tall and come [A] back for more.
Cause ain't nothing worse than when your [Abm] son wants to know why his daddy don't love him no [A] more.
You can't complain, you will stealth this [Abm] hell of a hand without a man feeling helpless.
[E] Because [Db] too many things for you to [A] deal with.
[Abm] Dying inside, but outside you're looking fierce.
[A] While the tears is rolling down your [Abm] cheeks.
Is daddy hoping things don't hold for this [A] week.
Cause if it did, you couldn't take it.
And [Abm] don't blame me, I was giving this world, I didn't [A] make it.
And now my son's getting older and [Abm] older and cold from having the world on his [A] shoulders.
While the rich kids are driving [Abm] beds, I'm still trying to hold on to surviving.
I'm [A] free, and it's crazy, seems I'm never [Abm] let up.
But please, you [E] gotta keep your head up. _
_ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] Say the black of the belly, the sweet of the [Abm] juice, I say the dark of the flesh, and the deep of the [A] roots.
I give a holler to my sisters on welfare, [Abm] and to my kids, if don't nobody else care.
[A] And uh, I know they like to beat you down a [Abm] lot, when you come around the block, rubs clown a [A] lot.
So please don't cry, dry your eyes, never [Abm] let her forget, but don't forget girl, keep [A] your head up.
And when he tells you you ain't nothing, don't [Abm] believe him.
And if you can't learn to love him, you [A] should leave him.
Cause sister you don't need me, [Abm] and I ain't trying to gas you up, I just call him out.
[A] You know what makes me un-ask that?
[Abm] My brothers make it eight, and leave a young mother to be [A] happy.
And since we all came from [Abm] a woman, got our name from a woman, and I came from [A] a woman.
I wrote the wild tape from [Abm] a woman, while we rape our woman, do we make our [A] women.
I think it's time to kill for [Abm] our women, time to heal our women, be real to [A] our women.
And if we don't we'll have a race of [Abm] babies, never hate the ladies that make the [A] babies.
And since a man can't pick one, [Abm] he has no right to tell a woman when and where to [A] create one.
So will the real men get up?
[Abm] I know you fed up ladies, but keep [A] your head up.
Baby I'll get a new [E] job, and how things are gonna get easy.
Baby I'll get a [A] new job, [Abm] and how things are gonna get easy.
[Gb] Baby I'll get [A] a new job, [E] and how things are gonna get easy.
[Gb] Baby I'll get [A] a new job, and [E] how things are gonna get easy.
I [A] remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing to [Abm] me.
He had me feeling like black was the thing to [E] be.
[A] And slurring to lead a ghetto didn't seem so [Abm] tough.
And though we had it rough, we always had [A] enough.
I'll step up and buy my curfew, and broke the [Abm] rules.
Went with the local crew, and had a smoke or [A] two.
I realized mama really gave a [Abm] crutch, she nearly gave a lot.
Raised me [E] right.
All I had to give her was [Abm] my pipe dream, and how I bought the mic, and make it to the [A] right place.
I'm trying to make a dollar out [Abm] of everything I said.
It's hard to be legit, but you [A] still pay your rent.
And then the end of the season, man, you put [Abm] a pin.
I try to find my friends, but they're blowing in [A] the wind.
Last night, my body lost its whole [Abm] family.
It's gonna take the man and me to conquer this [A] insanity.
It seems the rain will never let up, but [Abm] I try to keep my head up.
And still keep from getting [A] wetter.
You know it's funny when it rains, it [Abm] pours.
And it got funny from water, and can't be the [A] poor.
Said it ain't no hope for the [Abm] youth, and the truth is, it ain't no hope for the [E] future.
And then they [A] wonder why we crazy.
[Abm] I blame my mother for turning my brother into a [A] crack baby.
We ain't meant to survive, cause it's [Abm] a setup.
But even though you're better.
[A] Give me your prayer.
Ooh, child, [E] _ _ things will get easier.
[A] Give me your [B] prayer.
Ooh, child, [Abm] things will get brighter.
Oh, [E] give me your prayer.
[A]
Ooh, [Abm] child, things will get easier.
[E] Give me your prayer.
Ooh, child, things will get brighter.
And to all the ladies having [A] babies on their own.
I [Abm] know it's kind of rough, and you're feeling all alone.
[A] Daddy's long gone, and he left you by your lonesome.
[Abm] Thank the Lord for my kids, even if nobody [A] else want them.
Cause I think we can make it in [Abm] fact, I'm sure.
And if you fall, stand tall and come [A] back for more.
Cause ain't nothing worse than when your [Abm] son wants to know why his daddy don't love him no [A] more.
You can't complain, you will stealth this [Abm] hell of a hand without a man feeling helpless.
[E] Because [Db] too many things for you to [A] deal with.
[Abm] Dying inside, but outside you're looking fierce.
[A] While the tears is rolling down your [Abm] cheeks.
Is daddy hoping things don't hold for this [A] week.
Cause if it did, you couldn't take it.
And [Abm] don't blame me, I was giving this world, I didn't [A] make it.
And now my son's getting older and [Abm] older and cold from having the world on his [A] shoulders.
While the rich kids are driving [Abm] beds, I'm still trying to hold on to surviving.
I'm [A] free, and it's crazy, seems I'm never [Abm] let up.
But please, you [E] gotta keep your head up. _