Keep Ya Head Up歌词由Various Artists&T.Shakur&D.Anderson&R.Troutman&Tough Rhymes演唱,出自专辑《Political Hip Hop (Explicit)》,下面是《Keep Ya Head Up》完整版歌词!
Keep Ya Head Up歌词完整版
Keep Ya Head Up - Various Artists/T.Shakur/D.Anderson/R.Troutman/Tough Rhymes
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Composed by:T.Shakur/D.Anderson/R.Troutman
Little something for my godson Elijah
给我教子以利亚一点小礼物
And a little girl named Corinne
还有一个叫Corinne的小女孩
Some say the blacker the berry
有人说越黑越好
The sweeter the juice
果汁越甜
I say the darker the flesh
我说肤色越深
Then the deeper the roots
根源就越深
I give a holler to my sisters on welfare
我给靠救济金过活的姐妹打个招呼
Tupac cares, and don't nobody else care
Tupac在乎别人都不在乎
And uhh
还有
I know they like to beat ya down a lot
我知道他们总喜欢打击你
When you come around
当你来到我身边
The block brothas clown a lot
街区里的兄弟经常跳梁小丑
But please don't cry
但是请不要哭泣
Dry your eyes, never let up
擦干眼泪永不言弃
Forgive but don't forget
原谅我但是不要忘记
Girl keep your head up
姑娘抬起头来
And when he tells you
当他告诉你
When ya ain't don't believe him
当你不在的时候不要相信他
And if he can't learn to love you
如果他学不会爱你
Should leave him
应该离开他
Cause sista you don't need him
因为姑娘你不需要他
And I ain't trying to gas ya up
我不想给你加油
But just call 'em how I see 'em
但我怎么看他们就怎么说
You know it makes me unhappy
你知道这让我不开心
When brothas make babies
当兄弟生了孩子
And leave a young mother to be a pappy
让一个年轻的母亲独自一人
And since we all came from a woman
因为我们都是女人的后代
Got our name from a woman
我们的名字来自一个女人
And our game from a woman
我们的游戏来自一个女人
I wonder why we take from our women
我不知道为什么我们要从我们的女人那里索取
Why we R**e our women
为何我们要伤害我们的女人
Do we hate our women
我们是否憎恨我们的女人
I think it's time to k**l for our women
我想是时候和我们的女人缠绵了
Time to heal our women
是时候治愈我们的女人了
Be real to our women
对我们的女人真诚一点
And if we don't will have a race of babies
如果我们不这样做我们会生很多孩子
That will hate the ladies
会恨那些女孩
That make the babies
让孩子
And since a man can't make one
既然一个男人做不到
He has no right to tell a woman
他没有权利告诉一个女人
When and where to create one
何时何地创造一个
So will the real men get up
所以真正的男子汉会不会振作起来
I know you're fed up ladies
我知道你们忍无可忍女士们
Keep ya head up
昂首挺胸
Oooo child things are gonna get easier
孩子事情会越来越简单
Keep ya head up
昂首挺胸
Ooooo child things are gonna get brighter
孩子一切都会越来越美好
Keep ya head up
昂首挺胸
Oooo child things are gonna get easier
孩子事情会越来越简单
Keep ya head up
昂首挺胸
Ooooo child things are gonna get brighter
孩子一切都会越来越美好
Aiyyo, I remember Marving Gaye
艾约,我记得玛尔文·盖伊
Used to sing to me
曾经为我歌唱
He had me feeling like black was the thing to be
他让我感觉黑人才是最重要的
And suddenly the ghetto didn't seem so tough
突然之间贫民窟似乎不再那么艰难
And though we had it rough
尽管我们经历过坎坷
We always had enough
我们总是忍无可忍
I huffed and puffed about my curfew
我对我的宵禁感到气喘吁吁
And broke the rules
破坏规则
Ran with the local crew
和当地的朋友一起混
And had a smoke or two
抽一两口烟
And I realize momma really paid the price
我意识到妈妈真的付出了代价
She nearly gave her life
她差点献出生命
To raise me right
好好养育我
And all I had to give her was my pipe dream
我要给她的只是我的白日梦
Of how I'd rock the mic
我会尽情摇摆
And make it to the bright screen
登上大荧幕
I'm trying to make a dollar
我想挣大钱
Out of fifteen cents
花了一万五
It's hard to be legit and still pay the rent
做个合法的人还能付房租真的很难
And in the end it seems
到最后似乎
I'm heading for the pen
我要去监狱
I try and find my friends
我努力寻找我的朋友
But they're blowing in the wind
可它们随风而逝
Last night my buddy lost his whole family
昨晚我的兄弟失去了他的家人
It's gonna take the man in me
这会带走我的男子气概
To conquer this insanity
战胜这种疯狂
It seems the rain'll never let up
似乎雨永远不会停
I try to keep my head up
我努力昂首挺胸
And still keep from getting wet up
You know it's funny when it rains it pours
你知道祸不单行的事情很有趣
They got money for wars
他们有钱去打仗
But can't feed the poor
却养不起穷人
Say there ain't no hope for the youth
说年轻人没有希望
When the truth is
事实上
It ain't no hope for the future
对未来没有希望
And then they wonder why we crazy
他们想知道我们为何如此疯狂
I blame my mother
都怪我妈妈
Or turning my brother into a crack baby
或是把我的兄弟变成*君子宝贝
We ain't meant to survive
我们注定无法存活
Cause it's a setup
因为这是一个圈套
And even though you're fed up
即使你忍无可忍
You gotta keep ya head up
你得昂起头来
Oooo child things are gonna get easier
孩子事情会越来越简单
Keep ya head up
昂首挺胸
Ooooo child things are gonna get brighter
孩子一切都会越来越美好
Keep ya head up
昂首挺胸
Oooo child things are gonna get easier
孩子事情会越来越简单
Keep ya head up
昂首挺胸
Ooooo child things are gonna get brighter
孩子一切都会越来越美好
And uhh
还有
To all the ladies having babies on their own
敬所有独自生儿育女的女士
I know it's kinda rough
我知道这不容易
And you're feeling all alone
你感觉很孤单
Daddy's long gone and
爸爸早已远去
He left you by ya lonesome
他丢下你独自一人
Thank the Lord for my kids
感谢上帝赐予我孩子
Even if nobody else want 'em
即使没人想要
Cause I think we can make it
因为我觉得我们可以走到最后
In fact, I'm sure
事实上我很确定
And if you fall
如果你倒下
Stand tall and comeback for more
昂首挺胸卷土重来
Cause ain't nutting worse than when your son
因为没有比你的儿子
Wants to know
想知道
Why his daddy don't love him no more
为什么他的爸爸不再爱他了
You can't complain you was dealt this
你不能抱怨这一切都是你自找的
Hell of a hand without a man
没有男人的手就像地狱
Feeling helpless
感觉无助
Because there's too many things
因为事情太多了
For you to deal with
让你去面对
Dying inside
内心渐渐死去
But outside you're looking fearless
但在外面你看起来无所畏惧
While tears, is rolling down your cheeks
泪水从你的脸颊滚落
Ya steady hoping things
你心怀期待
Don't fall down this week
这周不要倒下
Cause if it did, you couldn't take it
因为就算发生了你也无法承受
And don't blame me
别怪我
I was given this world I didn't make it
有人给了我这个世界可我没有成功
Now my son's getting older and older and cold
如今我的儿子渐渐长大冷漠
From having the world on his shoulders
他肩负整个世界
While the rich kids is driving Benz
富二代开着奔驰
I'm still trying to hold on to
我还在努力坚持
Surviving friends
幸存的朋友
And it's crazy, it seems it'll never let up, but
真是疯狂似乎永远不会停止
Please you got to keep your head up
拜托你一定要昂起头来