Chords for Keep Ya Head Up - 2Pac
Tempo:
85.95 bpm
Chords used:
A
Abm
E
B
Gb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
So something [E] for my godspeed live and little girl ain't correct
[Abm]
[B] [A] Say the back of the bed sweet of the [Abm] juice
I say the dark of the flesh and the deep of the [E] roots
I [A] give a holler to my sisters on welfare
[Abm] And to my kids, they broke nobody else's kids
[A] And uh, I know they like to beat you down [Abm] a lot
And when you come around the block, brothers clown [A] a lot
Please don't cry, dry your eyes, [Abm] never 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, then you [A] should leave him
Cause sister, you don't need [Abm] me
And I ain't trying to gas you up, I just call him out
[A] You know what makes me young?
Ask that
[Abm] When brothers make a date and leave a young mother to be [A] at home
And since we all came from [Abm] a woman, got our name from a woman
And I came from [E] a woman
I [A] wonder what we take from [Abm] our women
Why we rape our women, do we make [A] our women
I think it's time to kill for [Abm] our women
[A]
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 the right to tell a woman when and where to [E] create one
So will [A] the real men get up?
[Abm] I know you're fed up, ladies
But keep [E] your head up
It'll be okay [A] to lose your [E] house
Things are gonna get easy
It'll be okay [A] to lose your house
[Abm] You can get by, I know
[E] Keep your head [A] up
[E] Things are gonna get easy
It'll be okay [A] to lose your [E] house
You can get by
I [A] remember Marvin Gaye used to say to [Abm] me
He had me feeling like black was the thing to [A] be
Suddenly the ghetto didn't seem so [Abm] tough
And though we had it rough, we always had [A] enough
I hopped the bumper by my curfew and broke the [Abm] roof
Ran with the local crew and had a smoke or [A] two
I realized mama really paid the [Abm] price
She nearly gave her life to raise me [E] right
[A] Pick all I had to give her was my [Abm] wife
Ring the holler out the morn
And make it to the [A] right swing
I'm trying to make a dollar out of [Abm] every cent I'm spending
It's hard to be legit, but you [A] still pay your rent
And then it seems I'm heading for the [Abm] pen
I try to call my friends, but they're blowing in the [A] 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
I [Abm] try to keep my head up
And still keep it getting [A] wetter
You know it's funny when it rains and [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 rich
[E]
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 a [Abm] setup
But even though you fed up
[A] Give me your pedicure
[E] I'm feeling crazy
Give me your [A] pedicure
[Abm] Things will get brighter
Give [A] me your pedicure
[Abm] I'm feeling [E] crazy
Give me your pedicure
Things will get brighter
[A] To all the ladies having babies on their own
I [Abm] know it's kinda 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 fact [Abm] I'm sure
And if you fall stand tall and come back [A] 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 were stealthy
[Abm] I'm up ahead without a man feeling helpless
[Gb] Because there's too many things [A] for you to deal with
[Abm] Dying inside but outside you're looking [E] fearless
While the tears is [A] rolling down your cheek
[Abm] Your daddy hoping things don't fall all this week
[A]
Cause if it did you couldn't take it and don't [Abm] blame me
I was giving this world I didn't make [A] 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 thriving they're [Abm] still trying to hold on to surviving
And [A]
it's crazy it seems he'll never let [Abm] up
Please gotta [N] keep your head
[Abm]
[B] [A] Say the back of the bed sweet of the [Abm] juice
I say the dark of the flesh and the deep of the [E] roots
I [A] give a holler to my sisters on welfare
[Abm] And to my kids, they broke nobody else's kids
[A] And uh, I know they like to beat you down [Abm] a lot
And when you come around the block, brothers clown [A] a lot
Please don't cry, dry your eyes, [Abm] never 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, then you [A] should leave him
Cause sister, you don't need [Abm] me
And I ain't trying to gas you up, I just call him out
[A] You know what makes me young?
Ask that
[Abm] When brothers make a date and leave a young mother to be [A] at home
And since we all came from [Abm] a woman, got our name from a woman
And I came from [E] a woman
I [A] wonder what we take from [Abm] our women
Why we rape our women, do we make [A] our women
I think it's time to kill for [Abm] our women
[A]
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 the right to tell a woman when and where to [E] create one
So will [A] the real men get up?
[Abm] I know you're fed up, ladies
But keep [E] your head up
It'll be okay [A] to lose your [E] house
Things are gonna get easy
It'll be okay [A] to lose your house
[Abm] You can get by, I know
[E] Keep your head [A] up
[E] Things are gonna get easy
It'll be okay [A] to lose your [E] house
You can get by
I [A] remember Marvin Gaye used to say to [Abm] me
He had me feeling like black was the thing to [A] be
Suddenly the ghetto didn't seem so [Abm] tough
And though we had it rough, we always had [A] enough
I hopped the bumper by my curfew and broke the [Abm] roof
Ran with the local crew and had a smoke or [A] two
I realized mama really paid the [Abm] price
She nearly gave her life to raise me [E] right
[A] Pick all I had to give her was my [Abm] wife
Ring the holler out the morn
And make it to the [A] right swing
I'm trying to make a dollar out of [Abm] every cent I'm spending
It's hard to be legit, but you [A] still pay your rent
And then it seems I'm heading for the [Abm] pen
I try to call my friends, but they're blowing in the [A] 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
I [Abm] try to keep my head up
And still keep it getting [A] wetter
You know it's funny when it rains and [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 rich
[E]
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 a [Abm] setup
But even though you fed up
[A] Give me your pedicure
[E] I'm feeling crazy
Give me your [A] pedicure
[Abm] Things will get brighter
Give [A] me your pedicure
[Abm] I'm feeling [E] crazy
Give me your pedicure
Things will get brighter
[A] To all the ladies having babies on their own
I [Abm] know it's kinda 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 fact [Abm] I'm sure
And if you fall stand tall and come back [A] 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 were stealthy
[Abm] I'm up ahead without a man feeling helpless
[Gb] Because there's too many things [A] for you to deal with
[Abm] Dying inside but outside you're looking [E] fearless
While the tears is [A] rolling down your cheek
[Abm] Your daddy hoping things don't fall all this week
[A]
Cause if it did you couldn't take it and don't [Abm] blame me
I was giving this world I didn't make [A] 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 thriving they're [Abm] still trying to hold on to surviving
And [A]
it's crazy it seems he'll never let [Abm] up
Please gotta [N] keep your head
Key:
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Abm
E
So something [E] for my godspeed live and little girl ain't correct
[Abm] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] Say the back of the bed sweet of the [Abm] juice
I say the dark of the flesh and the deep of the [E] roots
I [A] give a holler to my sisters on welfare
[Abm] And to my kids, they broke nobody else's kids
[A] And uh, I know they like to beat you down [Abm] a lot
And when you come around the block, brothers clown [A] a lot
Please don't cry, dry your eyes, [Abm] never 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, then you [A] should leave him
Cause sister, you don't need [Abm] me
And I ain't trying to gas you up, I just call him out
[A] You know what makes me young?
Ask that
[Abm] When brothers make a date and leave a young mother to be [A] at home
And since we all came from [Abm] a woman, got our name from a woman
And I came from [E] a woman
I [A] wonder what we take from [Abm] our women
Why we rape our women, do we make [A] our women
I think it's time to kill for [Abm] our women
_ _ _ [A]
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 the right to tell a woman when and where to [E] create one
So will [A] the real men get up?
[Abm] I know you're fed up, ladies
But keep [E] your head up
It'll be okay [A] to lose your [E] house
Things are gonna get easy
It'll be okay [A] to lose your house
[Abm] You can get by, I know
[E] Keep your head [A] up
[E] Things are gonna get easy
It'll be okay [A] to lose your [E] house
You can get by
I [A] remember Marvin Gaye used to say to [Abm] me
He had me feeling like black was the thing to [A] be
Suddenly the ghetto didn't seem so [Abm] tough
And though we had it rough, we always had [A] enough
I hopped the bumper by my curfew and broke the [Abm] roof
Ran with the local crew and had a smoke or [A] two
I realized mama really paid the [Abm] price
She nearly gave her life to raise me [E] right
[A] Pick all I had to give her was my [Abm] wife
Ring the holler out the morn
And make it to the [A] right swing
I'm trying to make a dollar out of [Abm] every cent I'm spending
It's hard to be legit, but you [A] still pay your rent
And then it seems I'm heading for the [Abm] pen
I try to call my friends, but they're blowing in the [A] 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
I [Abm] try to keep my head up
And still keep it getting [A] wetter
You know it's funny when it rains and [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 rich
[E]
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 a [Abm] setup
But even though you fed up
[A] Give me your pedicure
[E] I'm feeling crazy
Give me your _ [A] pedicure
[Abm] Things will get brighter
Give [A] me your _ pedicure
[Abm] I'm feeling [E] crazy
Give me your pedicure
Things will get brighter
_ [A] To all the ladies having babies on their own
I [Abm] know it's kinda 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 fact [Abm] I'm sure
And if you fall stand tall and come back [A] 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 were stealthy
[Abm] I'm up ahead without a man feeling helpless
[Gb] Because there's too many things [A] for you to deal with
[Abm] Dying inside but outside you're looking [E] fearless
While the tears is [A] rolling down your cheek
[Abm] Your daddy hoping things don't fall all this week
[A]
Cause if it did you couldn't take it and don't [Abm] blame me
I was giving this world I didn't make [A] 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 thriving they're [Abm] still trying to hold on to surviving
And [A]
it's crazy it seems he'll never let [Abm] up
_ Please gotta [N] keep your head
[Abm] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] Say the back of the bed sweet of the [Abm] juice
I say the dark of the flesh and the deep of the [E] roots
I [A] give a holler to my sisters on welfare
[Abm] And to my kids, they broke nobody else's kids
[A] And uh, I know they like to beat you down [Abm] a lot
And when you come around the block, brothers clown [A] a lot
Please don't cry, dry your eyes, [Abm] never 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, then you [A] should leave him
Cause sister, you don't need [Abm] me
And I ain't trying to gas you up, I just call him out
[A] You know what makes me young?
Ask that
[Abm] When brothers make a date and leave a young mother to be [A] at home
And since we all came from [Abm] a woman, got our name from a woman
And I came from [E] a woman
I [A] wonder what we take from [Abm] our women
Why we rape our women, do we make [A] our women
I think it's time to kill for [Abm] our women
_ _ _ [A]
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 the right to tell a woman when and where to [E] create one
So will [A] the real men get up?
[Abm] I know you're fed up, ladies
But keep [E] your head up
It'll be okay [A] to lose your [E] house
Things are gonna get easy
It'll be okay [A] to lose your house
[Abm] You can get by, I know
[E] Keep your head [A] up
[E] Things are gonna get easy
It'll be okay [A] to lose your [E] house
You can get by
I [A] remember Marvin Gaye used to say to [Abm] me
He had me feeling like black was the thing to [A] be
Suddenly the ghetto didn't seem so [Abm] tough
And though we had it rough, we always had [A] enough
I hopped the bumper by my curfew and broke the [Abm] roof
Ran with the local crew and had a smoke or [A] two
I realized mama really paid the [Abm] price
She nearly gave her life to raise me [E] right
[A] Pick all I had to give her was my [Abm] wife
Ring the holler out the morn
And make it to the [A] right swing
I'm trying to make a dollar out of [Abm] every cent I'm spending
It's hard to be legit, but you [A] still pay your rent
And then it seems I'm heading for the [Abm] pen
I try to call my friends, but they're blowing in the [A] 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
I [Abm] try to keep my head up
And still keep it getting [A] wetter
You know it's funny when it rains and [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 rich
[E]
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 a [Abm] setup
But even though you fed up
[A] Give me your pedicure
[E] I'm feeling crazy
Give me your _ [A] pedicure
[Abm] Things will get brighter
Give [A] me your _ pedicure
[Abm] I'm feeling [E] crazy
Give me your pedicure
Things will get brighter
_ [A] To all the ladies having babies on their own
I [Abm] know it's kinda 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 fact [Abm] I'm sure
And if you fall stand tall and come back [A] 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 were stealthy
[Abm] I'm up ahead without a man feeling helpless
[Gb] Because there's too many things [A] for you to deal with
[Abm] Dying inside but outside you're looking [E] fearless
While the tears is [A] rolling down your cheek
[Abm] Your daddy hoping things don't fall all this week
[A]
Cause if it did you couldn't take it and don't [Abm] blame me
I was giving this world I didn't make [A] 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 thriving they're [Abm] still trying to hold on to surviving
And [A]
it's crazy it seems he'll never let [Abm] up
_ Please gotta [N] keep your head