Tupac - Keep Ya Head Up (Official Video) Chords

[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ Something my God sent me live and it looked [Abm] accurate.
_ [Db] Say _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Dbm] the black of the belly, sweet of the [Abm] juice.
I say the dark of the flesh, in the deep of the [E] roots.
I give [Dbm] a holler to my sister's own welfare.
[Abm] If you blockheads, if you're nobody else's kid.
[A] And [Db] I know they like to beat you down a [Abm] lot.
When they come around the block, brothers clown a [Dbm] lot.
Please don't cry, dry your eyes, never [Abm] let up.
Forgive, but don't forget, [E] girl, keep your ass up.
And when he tells you you ain't nothing, don't [Abm] believe him.
And if you can't learn to love you, you [E] should leave him.
Cause sister, you don't need him.
[Abm] And I ain't trying to cash it, I just call him how [Dbm] I see it.
You know what makes me unhappy?
[Abm] When brothers make it eight and leave a young mother to be [Dbm] a hat.
[B] And since we all came from a woman, God named from [Abm] a woman, and I came from [Dbm] a woman.
A road you're about to take from [B] a woman, while [Abm] we pray for our woman, do we ache our [Dbm] women?
I think it's time to heal 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] babes that will hate the ladies that make the [Dbm] babes.
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?
I know you fed up, ladies.
Keep it. _ _
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[Gbm] _ [E] _ _ _ [Abm] [Dbm] I remember Marvin Gaye used to sing to [Abm] me.
He had me feeling like black was the thing to [A] be.
Suddenly the ghetto didn't seem so [Abm] tough.
Although we had it rough, we always had [Dbm] enough.
I was the bummer by my curfew and broke the [Abm] roof.
Went with the local crew and had a smoke or [Dbm] two.
I realized mama really paid the [Abm] price.
She nearly gave a lot to raise me [E] right.
All I had to give her was [Abm] my pipe dream of how I'd rock the mic [E] and make it to [A] the next [Dbm] wave.
I'm trying to make a dollar [Abm] out of every single thing.
It's hard to be the chief, but [A] you still play your rift.
And in the end, it seems I'm heading for [B] the pen.
I try to find my friends, but [A] they're blowing in the wind.
Last night, my body lost its whole [Abm] family.
It's going to take them anywhere [E] to conquer this [A] land.
It seems the rain will never let up.
[Abm] I try to keep my head up, and still people get [A] wetter.
You know it's funny when [Db] it rains and [Abm] pours.
They got money for war, but can't leave the [A] boys.
Said there ain't no hope for the [Abm] youth, but the truth is there ain't no hope for the [E] future.
If anyone's a wild [A] crazy, [Abm] I blame my mother for turning my brother into [A] a crack baby.
[Dbm] We ain't meant to survive, because it's [Abm] a setup.
And even though [Dbm] you plan on hurting, you're still going to get hurt.
Give me your pen.
[E] _
_ Give _ me your pen.
Give me [Abm] _ _ _ [Dbm] your pen.
[A] _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ [E] Give me your pen. _
_ _ _ And all [Dbm] the ladies have their babies on their own.
[Abm] I know it's kind of rough, and you're feeling all alone.
[Dbm] Daddy's long gone, and he left you by your lonesome.
[Abm] Thank the Lord for my kids, [Dbm] even if nobody else wanna.
Because I think we can make it in [B] fact, I'm sure.
And if you fall, [Dbm] stand tall and come back for more.
[A] Because ain't nothing worse than when [Abm] your son wants to know why his daddy don't love him no [Dbm] more.
You can't complain, you a stealthy.
[Abm] I'm in my head without a man [E] feeling helpless.
[A] Because too many things for you to deal with.
[Abm] Not inside, but outside you're looking fit.
[A] While [Db] the tears is rolling [A] down your [Abm] cheek.
You're standing home and things don't all fall this [A] week.
Because if it did, you couldn't take it.
[Abm] And don't blame me.
I was given this [E] world, I didn't [A] take it.
And now my son's getting old, [Abm] and old, and cold.
From having the world on [E] his shoulders.
While the rich kids are thriving,
[Abm] They're still trying to hold on to surviving [E] faith.
And it's crazy, things will never [Abm] let up.
But please, you got to keep your head up.