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Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice |
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I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots |
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I give a holler to my sisters on welfare |
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Tupac cares, if don’t nobody else care 2Pac |
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And uhh, I know they like to beat ya down a lot |
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When you come around the block brothas clown a lot |
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But please don’t cry, dry your eyes, never let up |
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Forgive but don’t forget, girl keep your head up |
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And when he tells you you ain’t nuttin don’t believe him |
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And if he can’t learn to love you you should leave him |
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Cause sista you don’t need him |
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And I ain’t tryin to gas ya up, I just call em how I see em |
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You know it makes me unhappy (what’s that) |
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When brothas make babies,and leave a young mother to be a pappy |
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And since we all came from a woman |
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Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman |
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I wonder why we take from our women |
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Why we rape our women, do we hate our women? |
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I think it’s time to kill for our women |
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Time to heal our women, be real to our women |
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And if we don’t we’ll have a race of babies |
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That will hate the ladies, that make the babies |
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And since a man can’t make one |
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He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one |
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So will the real men get up |
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I know you’re fed up ladies, but keep your head up |
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Keep ya head up, oooo child things are gonna get easier |
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ooooo child things are gonna get brighter |
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Aiyyo, I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta me |
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He had me feelin like black was tha thing to be |
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And suddenly tha ghetto didn’t seem so tough |
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And though we had it rough, we always had enough |
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I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules |
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Ran with the local crew, and had a smoke or two |
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And I realize momma really paid the price |
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She nearly gave her life, to raise me right |
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And all I had ta give her was my pipe dream |
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Of how I’d rock the mic, and make it to tha bright screen |
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I’m tryin to make a dollar out of fifteen cents |
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It’s hard to be legit and still pay tha rent |
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And in the end it seems I’m headin for tha pen |
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I try and find my friends, but they’re blowin in the wind |
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Last night my buddy lost his whole family |
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It’s gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity |
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It seems tha rain’ll never let up |
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I try to keep my head up, and still keep from gettin wet up |
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You know it’s funny when it rains it pours |
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They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor |
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Say there ain’t no hope for the youth and the truth is |
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it ain’t no hope for tha future |
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And then they wonder why we crazy |
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I blame my mother, for turning my brother into a crack baby |
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We ain’t meant to survive, cause it’s a setup |
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And even though you’re fed up |
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Huh, ya got to keep your head up |
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And uhh |
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To all the ladies havin babies on they own |
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I know it’s kinda rough and you’re feelin all alone |
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Daddy’s long gone and he left you by ya lonesome |
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Thank the Lord for my kids, even if somebody else want em |
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Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I’m sure |
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And if you fall, stand tall and comeback for more |
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Cause ain’t nuttin worse than when your son |
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wants to kno why his daddy don’t love him no mo’ |
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You can’t complain you was dealt this |
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hell of a hand without a man, feelin helpless |
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Because there’s too many things for you to deal with |
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Dying inside, but outside you’re looking fearless |
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While da tears, is rollin down your cheeks |
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Ya steady hopin things don’t all down this week |
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Cause if it did, you couldn’t take it, and don’t blame me |
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I was given this world I didn’t make it 别责怪我 |
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And now my son’s getten older and older and cold |
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From havin the world on his shoulders |
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While the rich kids is drivin Benz |
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I’m still tryin to hold on to my survivin friends |
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And it’s crazy, it seems it’ll never let up, but |
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please... you got to keep your head up |
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