Chords for Tupac - Keep Ya Head Up

_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
You say the blacker the bed, the sweeter the [E] juice
You say the darker the flesh, the deeper the blues
[D] Give a holler to my sister's own welfare
Too far kids, don't nobody else care
[F#m] I know they like to beat you down a lot
When [C#m] you come around the block, [E] brothers clown a lot
[Bm] But please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let [D] up
Forgive but don't forget, girl, keep your [F#m] head up
And when they tell you ain't nothin', don't believe [C#m] them
And if they [E] can't learn to love you, you should [Bm] leave them
A sister you don't need, [D] and I ain't tryin' to get sucked
But just call it how I see [F#m] it
You know what makes me unhappy?
It's [C#m] brothers makin' babies
And leave [E] a young mother to be a paddy
[D] Since we all came from a woman, got our name from a woman
And our game from a [F#m] woman
I wonder where we take from our women
Why [C#m] we rape our women
Do we hate our [Bm] women?
I think it's time to kill for [D] women
Time to heal our women
Be real to our women
[F#m] Cause if we don't, we'll have a race of babies
[C#m] That will hate the ladies that make the [Bm] babies
And since a man can't make one
He [D] has no right to tell a woman when and where to create [F#m] one
So where the real men get up?
[E] I know you fed up, ladies
But keep [Bm] your head up
Keep your head up
_ [F#m] _
Ooh, child
_ _ [C#m] Things are gonna get easier [Bm] Ooh, child
[D] Things will get brighter
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] Things are gonna get easier
[Bm]
Ooh, _ things [D] will get brighter _ _
I [F#m] remember mama gay
Used to sing to me
[C#m] Had me feelin' like black was the thing to [Bm] be
Suddenly the ghetto didn't seem so [D] tough
No, we hadn't rough, we always had enough
[F#m] Huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules
[C#m] Ran with the local crew [E] and had a smoke or two
[Bm] I realized mama really paid the price
[D] She really gave her life to raise me [F#m] right
And all I had to give her was my [C#m] pipe dream
Of how I'd rock the mic and make it to the bright [Bm] screen
Tryin' to make a dollar out of [D] 15 cents
It's hard to be legit
And [F#m] still pay your rent in the end
I said I'm headed for the pen
I [C#m] tried to find my friends
But they're blowin' in the [Bm] wind
Last night my brother lost his whole [D] family
It's gonna take the man and me to conquer this [F#m] insanity
Seems the rain will never let up
I try [C#m] to keep my head up
Still keep from gettin' [Bm] wet up
You know it's funny when the rain's in pause
[D] They got money for walls but can't feed the [F#m] poor
They say there ain't no hope for the [C#m] youth
But the truth is there ain't no hope for the future
[Bm]
Then they wonder why we're crazy
[D] I bring my mother but runnin' my brother into [F#m] a crowd, baby
We ain't meant to survive cause it's a [C#m] setup
But even though you're fed up
You [Bm] got to keep your head up
You [D] got to keep your head _ up
[F#m]
Ooh, child
_ _ [C#m] Things are gonna get easier [Bm] _ Ooh, child
[D] Things will get brighter
_ _ [F#m] Ooh, child
_ [C#m] Things are gonna get easier
[Bm]
Ooh, child
Things [D] will get brighter _ _
[F#m] All the ladies havin' babies on their own
I know it's [C#m] kinda rough and you're feelin' all alone
[Bm] Daddy's long gone, left you by your lonesome
[D] Thank the Lord for my kids even if nobody else [F#m] won
But I think we can make it, in fact, [C#m] I'm sure
And if you're fast and tall, come [Bm] back for more
This ain't nothin' worse than when the sun [D] wants to know
Why his daddy don't love him no [F#m] more
You can't complain, you a stealthy
[C#m] Hell of a hand without a man feelin' helpless
[Bm] Because there's too many things for you to do
You're gettin' down inside but outside you're lookin' fearless
[F#m] While the tears is rollin' down your cheeks
You [C#m] still hope that things don't all go down this way
[Bm] Cause if it did, you couldn't take it
And [D] don't blame me, I was given this world, I didn't make it
[F#m]
Now my son's gettin' older and [C#m] older
And cold, I'm havin' this world on my [Bm] shoulders
And while the rich kid's just drivin' [D] bins
I'm still tryin' to hold on to surviving friends
[F#m] And it's crazy, it seems I never [C#m] let up, but please
_ [Bm] You got to keep your head up
You got to [D] keep your head up
[F#m] _ Ooh child, _ [C#m] things are gonna get easier
[Bm] Ooh child, things [Gm] are gonna get brighter
_ _ [F#m] Things _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] are gonna get easier
[Bm] Ooh child, [D] things are gonna get brighter
_ _ _ [F#m] Keep, _ _ [C#m] keep your head up
Keep [Bm] your head up, _ keep your head up _
[F#m] Life is hard, [C#m] keep your head up
_ _ [Bm] Life will leave a scar, _ [D] keep your head up
_ _ [F#m] I believe in you, keep [C#m] your head up _ _
[Bm] I believe in you, [D] keep your head up
_ No [F#m] weapon formed against me [C#m] should prosper
Keep [Bm] your head up, _ keep [D] your head up _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _