Keep Ya Head Up (Explicit)歌词由2Pac演唱,出自专辑《Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... (Expanded Edition) [Explicit]》,下面是《Keep Ya Head Up (Explicit)》完整版歌词!
Keep Ya Head Up (Explicit)歌词完整版
Keep Ya Head Up (Explicit) - 2Pac (图派克)
Little something for my godson Elijah
一些小东西给我的儿子以利亚
And a little girl named Corinne
和一个叫科琳的小女孩
Some say the blacker the berry
他们说莓子越黑
The sweeter the juice
做成的果汁越甜
I say the darker the flesh
我说人的肤色越黑
Then the deeper the roots
其历史越久远
I give a holler to my sisters on welfare
我向那些拿救济款的姐妹们喊一声
Tupac cares and don't nobody else care
2pac关心着你们而别人不关心你们
And uhh
而且,嗯
I know they like to beat ya down a lot
我了解他们总是打击你们
When you come around
当你们走在街头
The block brothas clown a lot
他们总是耻笑你们
But please don't cry
但请别哭泣
Dry your eyes never let up
擦干眼泪,请别气馁
Forgive but don't forget
原谅但请不要忘记,女孩们
Girl keep your head up
抬起你的头来
And when he tells you
而当他告诉你
You ain't nutting don't believe him
你什么都不是的时候不要相信他
And if he can't learn to love you
当他学不会如何去爱你
You should leave him
你该离开他
Cause sista you don't need him
因为女孩,你并不需要他
And I ain't trying to gas ya up
我并不是在胡吹乱造
I just call em how I see em
我只是说出我对他们的想法
You know it makes me unhappy
你要知道他们的做法让我很不爽
When brothas make babies
男人们沉醉于造人活动
And leave a young mother to be a pappy
却扔下年轻的母亲让她们去充当爸爸
And since we all came from a woman
但既然我们都来自娘胎
Got our name from a woman
从女人那得到名字
And our game from a woman
从女人那开始我们的人生
I wonder why we take from our women
我就想知道为什么我们还能从女人那进行掠夺
Why we R**e our women
为什么要折磨她们
Do we hate our women
是因为我们憎恨女性吗
I think it's time to k**l for our women
我认为是时候为女人们而战了
Time to heal our women
是该治愈她们
Be real to our women
真诚相对的时候了
And if we don't will have a race of babies
如果我们不这么做,就会有一代人
That will hate the ladies
就会有一代人
That make the babies
去憎恨创造后代的女性
And since a man can't make one
既然男人们并不能创造后代
He has no right to tell a woman
他们就没资格去要求女人
When and where to create one
要在什么时间什么地点生小孩
So will the real men get up
那真正的男人能不能站出来呢
I know you're fed up ladies
我知道你们已经厌倦了女士们
Keep ya head up
但请你昂起你的头来
Oooo child things are gonna get easier
孩子,事情会变得容易起来
Keep ya head up
抬起你的头来
Ooooo child things are gonna get brighter
哦,孩子,事情会变得光明起来
Keep ya head up
抬起你的头来
Oooo child things are gonna get easier
哦,孩子,事情会变得容易起来
Keep ya head up
抬起你的头来
Ooooo child things are gonna get brighter
哦,孩子,事情会变得光明起来
Aiyyo I remember Marving Gaye
哎呀,我记得Marvin Gaye
Used to sing ta me
曾向我歌唱
He had me feeling like black was the thing to be
他让我觉得身为黑人是很自然的事
And suddenly tha ghetto didn't seem so tough
突然之间在贫民窟好像也没那么艰难了
And though we had it rough
尽管我们过得很苦
We always had enough
但我们知足
I huffed and puffed about my curfew
我大力吹嘘着我的宵禁
And broke the rules
而我将打破这些陈规旧矩
Ran with the local crew
与当地帮派混在一起
And had a smoke or two
抽烟
And I realize momma really paid the price
后来我意识到确实是母亲在为这一切付出代价
She nearly gave her life
她几乎付出她的生命来
To raise me right
教导我是非
And all I had to give her was my pipe dream
而我所能回报给她的却只有这些不找边际的美梦
Of how I'd rock the mic
向她描述我是如何玩转音乐
And make it to tha bright screen
如何带着自己的音乐出现在荧屏
I'm trying to make a dollar
我试着用50美分
Out of fifteen cents
来赚一美元
It's hard to be legit and still pay tha rent
但在守法的同时按时付房租
And in the end it seems
还真难做到
I'm heading for the pen
但最后我拿起纸笔
I try and find my friends
我试着去求助于朋友
But they're blowing in the wind
但他们也生活艰难
Last night my buddy lost his whole family
昨晚我的一个兄弟失去了他的全部家人
It's gonna take the man in me
是时候让内心那个强大的我
To conquer this insanity
去征服这一团糟
It seems the rain'll never let up
雨似乎永远不会停
I try to keep my head up
我努力的抬起头
And still keep from getting wet up
但仍想避免不让自己淋湿
You know it's funny when it rains it pours
一下雨就是倾盆大雨还挺好笑的
They got money for wars
他们有财力去打仗
But can't feed the poor
却还不能喂饱穷人
Say there ain't no hope for the youth
说年轻人没有希望
And the truth is
事实却是
It ain't no hope for the future
对未来失去信心
And then they wonder why we crazy
他们疑惑我们的疯狂
I blame my mother
我反倒责怪我的母亲
Or turning my brother into a crack baby
给了我一个生下来就沾有**的兄弟
We ain't meant to survive
我们本不该活下来
Cause it's a setup
因为一切都已注定
And even though you're fed up
尽管你已受够了
Keep ya head up
你该抬起头来
Oooo child things are gonna get easier
哦,孩子,事情会变得容易起来
Keep ya head up
抬起你的头来
Ooooo child things are gonna get brighter
哦,孩子,事情会变得光明起来
Keep ya head up
抬起你的头来
Oooo child things are gonna get easier
哦,孩子,事情会变得容易起来
Keep ya head up
抬起你的头来
Ooooo child things are gonna get brighter
哦,孩子,事情会变得光明起来
And uhh
而且,呃
To all the ladies having babies on they own
给所有独自抚养孩子的妈妈们
I know it's kinda rough
我明白生活很艰难
And you're feeling all alone
而你们一直很孤单
Daddy's long gone and
孩子的父亲早早的离开你们
He left you by ya lonesome
并把寂寞孤独留给你们
Thank the Lord for my kids
感谢主赐予我我的孩子
Even if nobody else want em
即使任何的其他人并不期盼着他们
Cause I think we can make it
因为我觉得一切会好起来的
N fact I'm sure
事实上,我确信
And if you fall
如果你跌倒了
Stand tall and comeback for more
爬起来站直了,重头再来,争取更多的
Cause ain't nutting worse than when your son
因为没什么会比你的儿子更糟糕的了
Wants to know
想知道
Why his daddy don't love him no mo
他的父亲为什么不再爱他了
You can't complain you was dealt this
你无法抱怨,你已身在其中
Hell of a hand without a man
没有男人来帮你
Feeling helpless
你会觉得无助
Because there's too many things
因为有太多的事
For you to deal with
需要你去应付
Dying inside
内心已绝望
But outside you're looking fearless
但你却看起来无所畏惧
While tears is rolling down your cheeks
当泪水从脸颊落下
Ya steady hoping things
你还热切地乞求
Don't all down this week
不要整个星期都那么糟糕
Cause if it did you couldn't take it
因为如果是这样的话,你将无法承受
And don't blame me
不要责怪我
I was given this world I didn't make it
我是被动地去接受这个世界,并不是我去控制世界
And now my son's getten older and older and cold
现在我的儿子正一天天长大
From having the world on his shoulders
也变得越来越冷漠
While the rich kids is driving Benz
他也正在被动接受这个世界
I'm still trying to hold on to
当富二代驾驶着奔驰
My surviving friends
我仍努力与我的朋友们相互扶持
And it's crazy it seems it'll never let up but
一切都太疯狂了,仿佛永远不会结束
Please you got to keep your head up
但,请抬起你的头来