Keep Ya Head Up Chords by 2Pac

_ [E] _ Something for my God's sweet lies, that little girl ain't [Abm] correct
_ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
[Dbm] Stay the black of the bed, sweet of the juice
[Abm] I say the dark of the flesh, entity of the roost
[E] I give a holler to my sister's own welfare
It's [Abm] a podcast, it wrote nobody else here
[A] And uh, [E] I know they like to beat you down a lot
[Abm] And when you come around the block, brothers clown a lot
[E] Please don't cry, dry your eyes, never [Abm] let her
Forgive her, don't forget, girl, keep your [A] ass
[E] And when he tells you you ain't nothing, don't [Abm] believe him
And if you can't learn to love her, you should [Dbm] leave him
Cause sister, you don't need me
[Abm] And I ain't trying to cash up, I just [Dbm] call him out
You know what [A] makes me un-ass that?
When [Abm] brothers make it big and leave a young mother to be a [Dbm] hat
And [Db] since we all came from a [Abm] woman, got our name from a woman
And I came from a [E] woman
I wonder why we take from our [Abm] women, why we rape our women, do we hate our [E] women?
I think it's time to kill for our [Abm] women, time to heal our women, be real to our [A] women
And if we don't, we'll have a race of [Abm] babies that will hate the ladies that make the [A] babies
And since a man can't make one, [Abm] he has no right to tell a woman when and where to [E] create one
So will the real men get up?
[B] I know you're fed up, ladies
[E] So keep your head up
Keep your head up, ooh child
Things are gonna get easy
Now that you're fed up, ooh child
Things are gonna get [Abm] brighter _
[E] Keep your head up, ooh child
Things are gonna get easy
Now that you're [G] fed up, [A] ooh child
Things [E] are gonna get brighter _
[Ab] [Dbm] I remember Marvin Gaye used to sing to me
[Abm] He had me feeling like black was the thing to [A] be
And suddenly the ghetto didn't seem so [Abm] tough
And though we had it rough, we always had [Dbm] enough
I hopped up off of my curfew and broke the [Abm] roof
Ran with the local crew and had a smoke or [A] two
I realized [E] mama really paid the [Abm] price
She never gave a lot, never raised me [E] right
And all I had to give her was my [Abm] mic
Bring a holler out the mic and make it to the [Dbm] right place
I'm trying to make a dollar out [Abm] of every penny spent
It's hard to be legit, but you [Dbm] still pay your rent
I'm heading in and see some head and foot of men
I thought I'd find my friends, but they're blowing in the wind
Last night my body lost its whole [Abm] family
It's gonna take the man in me to conquer this [E] insanity
It seems the rain will never let up
I [Abm] try to keep my head up and still keep from getting [A] wetter
[Gb] You know it's funny when it rains it [Abm] pours
They got money for water but can't feed 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 wonder why [Dbm] we crazy
[Abm] I blame my mother for turning my brother into [A] a crack baby
We ain't meant to survive cause [Abm] it's just better
But even though you're better
[Dbm] Keep me up and head up, ooh child
[E] I don't wanna get lazy
Keep me up and head up, ooh child
[Abm] So you can cry no [E] more
Keep me [Dbm] up and head up, ooh [Abm] child
So you can cry [E] no more
Keep me up and head up, ooh child
So you can cry no [A] more
To all the ladies having babies on [E] their own
[Abm] I know it's kinda rough and you're feeling all alone
[E] Daddy's long gone and he left you by your lonesome
[Abm] Thank the Lord for my kids even if nobody [Dbm] else want them
Cause I think we can make it in fact I'm [B] sure
And if you fall stand tall or come [A] back for more
Cause ain't nothing worse than when [E] your son wants to know
Why his daddy don't love him [A] no more
You can't complain you're stealthy
[Abm] Held up a hand without a man feeling helpless
Because [Gbm] too many [Dbm] things for you to deal with
[Abm] Dying inside but outside you're looking fit
[Dbm] Why the tears is rolling down your [Abm] cheek
Is daddy hoping things don't hold down this [Gbm] week
Cause if it did you couldn't take it
[Abm] And don't blame me
I was given this world I [A] didn't make it
And now my son's getting older [Abm] and older and cold
From having the world [E] on his shoulders
While the rich kids is thriving
They [Abm] still trying to hold on to surviving
[Dbm] And it's crazy it seems to [Abm] never let up
But