Keep Ya Head Up Chords by 2Pac

[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] Something my God sent me live in a little girl named [Abm] Corrine
[E] Say _ _ _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ [E] the black of the belly, the sweet of the [Abm] juice
I say the dark of the flesh, and the deep of the [Dbm] roots
I give a holler that my sister's all welfare
[B] And if you try [Abm] to kiss, it won't nobody else get
[E] And uh, I know they like to beat you down a [Abm] lot
And when you come around the block, rugs clown a [Dbm] lot
But please don't cry dry your eyes
Never [Abm] let her forget, but don't forget girl, keep [E] your head
And when he tells you you ain't nothing, don't [Abm] believe him
And if you can't learn to love you, you [Dbm] should leave him
Cause sister you don't need [Abm] him
And I ain't trying to cash up, I just call him ours
[E] You know what makes me unhappy?
[Abm] My brothers make me pay, and leave a young mother to be [E] unhappy
[Am] And since we [Db] all came from a woman, God [Abm] named from a woman
And I came from [Dbm] a woman
I wonder why we take from [Abm] our women, why we break our women, do we hate our [E] women?
I think it's time to kill for [Abm] our women, time to heal our women, be real to [Dbm] our 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, [E] he has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one
So will the real men get up?
[B] I know you're fed up ladies, but keep [E] your head
And we all care about each other, how things are gonna get easy
We all care about each other, how things are gonna get _ easy
We all care [A] about each [E] other, how things are gonna get easy
We all [Dm] care [Gbm] about each other, [E] how things are gonna get _ [Ab] easy
I [A] remember Marvin Gaye used to sing to [Abm] me
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 [E] two
I realized mama really paid the [Abm] price, she never gave a lot
To raise me [E] right
All I had to give her was [Abm] my pipe, drink a hour off the mic
And make it to the [Dbm] right place
I'm trying to make a dollar out [Abm] of every cent
It's hard to be legit, but [Dbm] it's still pay your rent
And in the end it seems I'm heading for the pen
I try to 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 [A] insanity
It seems the rain will never [E] let up
I [Abm] try to keep my head up, and still keep from getting [Gbm] redder
You know it's funny when it rains and [Abm] pours
And it got funny from war, forget we even [A] fought
Said it ain't no hope for the [Abm] youth when the truth is
It ain't no hope for the [E] rich
And then they wonder why we [Dbm] crazy
[Abm] I blame my mother for turning my brother into a [E] black baby
We ain't meant to survive, cause it's a setup
But even though you're better
Keep your head up, ooh child
Keep _ [Abm] your [E] head up, ooh child
Things will get brighter
_ Keep your head [A] up, ooh [Abm] child
Things will get [E] easier
Keep your head up, ooh child
Things will get brighter
And uh, to all the [Dbm] ladies having babies on their own
I [E] know it's kinda rough and you're [Abm] 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 [A] else loaned them
Cause I think we can make it in [E] 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 [Dbm] more
You can't complain you were stealthless
[Abm] Hell of a hand without a man feeling helpless
[Dbm] Because there's [A] too many things for you to [Dbm] deal with
[Abm] Got you inside but outside you're broken feelings
[Db] A lot of tears is rolling [A] down your [Abm] cheek
Your daddy hoping things don't fall down this [A] week
Cause if it did you couldn't take it and [Abm] don't blame me
I was given 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 [E] shoulders
A lot of rich kids are driving [Abm] beds
And still trying to hold on to surviving [Dbm] friends
And it's crazy, it seems I'm never [Abm] let up
Please, you [Am] gotta keep your head up
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