Keep Ya Head Up

[Intro]
Classic
Ayy

[Verse 1]
I know you're fed up and life won't let you kick your leg up
But when it all falls down, my *, keep your head up (Yeah)
I remember havin' trouble tryna get my bread up (I do)
Feelin' like God let me down, but I never let up
We made it through the struggle, bills late, playin' catch-up
Always had hot dogs but couldn't keep ketchup (Facts)
Heatin' up the house with the same oven that fed us
Too broke to catch a cold and then got it to get a check-up
Government assistance keep us in these conditions
It's hard to keep fightin' this systеm whеn it's against us
Drug dealers ain't no diffеrent from politicians
Bеnefitin' from bad conditions, it's common interest (Facts)
* get accustomed to failure and feelin' fed up
When good things happen, we always think it's a set-up
But God ain't tell us (What?), our parents gon' fail us
But no matter what you goin' through, you got to keep your head up

[Interlude]
Ayy
You got to keep your head up
You know?
Talk to 'em
[Verse 2]
To my brown-skin girls with thick thighs and curls
Don't ever let 'em tell you to settle, you run the world (Yeah)
Other women mimic your image and get the credit (Credit)
There's magic in that melanin, baby, don't you forget it (Please)
I know you wake up some days and don't feel accepted
And it's hard to let down your guard 'cause you've been neglected
Your dad left and ever since, you ain't feel protected
And these * ain't men like him, so you don't respect 'em (Man)
You don't get accustomed to failure and feelin' fed up
'Cause every time they try to count you out, it's when you step up
Life gon' stress us, then it's gon' bless us
But no matter what you goin' through, you got to keep your head up