Keep Ya Head Up Chords by 2Pac
- Key: E
- BPM: 86
- Capo: no capo
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KEEP YA HEAD UP CHORDS
[Intro] [Verse] N.C. Little something for my godson Elijah E And a little girl named Corin G#7 Bsus4 E B7 G#7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Amaj7 A Some say the blacker the berry the sweeter the juice G#m I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots E G#m A7 I give a holla to my sisters on welfare G#m Twopac cares if don't nobody else care E A And I I know they like to beat you down a lot B7 G#m When you come around the block brothers clown a lot E A But please don't cry dry your eyes never let up G#m Forgive but don't forget girl keep ya head up E A G#m And when he tells you you ain't nothin' don't believe him G#m And if he can't learn to love you you should leave him F#m7 E F#m7 'cause sister you don't need him B7 And I ain't tryin' to gas you up I just call 'em how I see 'em E B7 You know what makes me unhappy G#m When brothers make babies G#m And leave a young mother to be a pappy E B7 ■ And since we all came from a woman G#m E Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman A I wonder why we take from our women B G#m Why we rape our women do we hate our women E B7 I think it's time to kill for our women G#m Time to heal our women be real to our women E And if we don't we'll have a race of babies G#m That will hate the ladies that make the babies E And since a man can't make one B7 G#m He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one E F#m7 A So will the real men get up B7 I know you're fed up ladies but keep ya head up [Chorus] G#m A7 E7 A7 Keep ya head up ooh ■ child ■ B7 Things are gonna get easier E Keep ya head up ooh child E7 A A7 G#m Things'll ■ ■ get brighter E A Keep ya head up ooh child ■ G#m Things are gonna get easier E Keep ya head up ooh child E7 A7 E7 Things'll get ■ brighter [Verse] F#m7 A Ayo I remember Marvin Gaye used to sing to me G#m He had me feelin' like black was the thing to be E A And suddenly the ghetto didn't seem so tough G#m And though we had it rough we always had enough E A I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules B7 G#m Ran with a local crew and had a smoke or two E F#m7 And I realise Mama really paid the price B7 She nearly gave her life to raise me right F#m7 And all I had to give her ■ was my pipe dream G#m Of how I'd rock the mic and make it to the bright screen E B7 I'm tryin' to make a dollar out of fifteen cents G#7 A It's hard to be legit and still pay the rent E A And in the end it seems I'm headin' for the pen A7 G#7 I try to find my friends but they're blowin' in the wind E A7 Last night my buddy lost his whole family G#m It's gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity E A It seems the rain'll never let up G#m E I try to keep my head up and still keep from gettin' wet up F#m7 G#m You know it's funny when it rains it pours B7 G#m They got money for wars but can't feed the poor E A Say there ain't no hope for the youth G#m And the truth is it ain't no hope for the future E And then they wonder why we crazy G#m E I blame my mother for turnin' my brother into a crack baby A We ain't meant to survive 'cause it's a setup G#m A#7 And even though you're fed up huh [Chorus] B7 You got to keep ya head up G#m Keep ya head up ooh child G#m Things are gonna get easier E Keep ya head up ooh child G#m B7 G#m Things'll get ■ brighter E Keep ya head up ooh child G#m Things are gonna get easier E7 Keep ya head up ooh child G#m G#7 Things'll get brighter ■ E A And uh to all the ladies havin' babies on they own B7 F#7 B7 I know it's kinda rough and you're feelin' all alone F#m7 F#7 A7 Daddy's long gone and he left you by your lonesome G#m Thank the Lord for my kids even if nobody else want 'em [Verse] E A 'cause I think we can make it in fact I'm sure B7 G#m And if you fall stand tall and come back for more E F#m7 A 'cause ain't nothin' worse than when your son G#7 G#m G#7 Wants to know why his daddy don't love him no more E F#m7 A You can't complain you was dealt this G#m Hell of a hand without a man feelin' helpless E A Because there's too many things for you to deal with B7 G#m Dyin' inside but outside you're lookin' fearless E A While tears is rollin' down your cheeks G#m7 You steady hopin' things don't fall down this week A 'cause if it did you couldn't take it G#m And don't blame me I was given this world I didn't make it E F#m7 A And now my son's gettin' older and older G#m A And cold from havin' the world on his shoulders E A While the rich kids is drivin' Benz G#m I'm still tryin' to hold on to survivin' friends E A And it's crazy it seems it'll never let up B G#m A But huh please you got to keep ya head up [End]