Keep Ya Head Up

[Verse]

Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice

I say the darker the flesh, then the deeper the roots

I give a holla to my sisters on welfare

Aiko cares, but don't nobody else care

I know they like to beat you down a lot

When you come around the block, brothers clown a lot

But please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up

Forgive, but don't forget, girl, keep ya head up

And when he tells you you ain't nothin', don't believe him

And if he can't learn to love you, you should leave him

‘Cause, sister, you don't need him

And I ain't tryin' to gas you up, I just call 'em how I see 'em

You know what makes me unhappy?

When brothers make babies

And leave a young mother to be a pappy

And since we all came from a woman

Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman

I wonder why we take from our women

Why we rape our women — do we hate our women?

I think it's time to kill for our women

Time to heal our women, be real to our women

And if we don't we'll have a race of babies

That will hate the ladies that make the babies

And since a man can't make one

He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one

So will the real men get up?

I know you're fed up, ladies, yeah, but keep ya head up

[Outro]

Things are gonna get easier

Ooh, child, things'll get brighter

Keep ya head up (uh)

Things are gonna get easier

Ooh, child, things'll get brighter

Keep ya head up

Things are gonna get easier

Ooh, child, things'll get brighter (aye)

Things are gonna get easier

Ooh, child, things'll get brighter

Keep ya head up

Keep ya head up

Things'll get brighter