I feel you
(Baby don`t)
But you can`t, you can`t give up
(Hey, 2pac what?)

Baby don`t cry, I hope you got your head up
(Outlawz)
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don`t cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
(Keep ya head up)

Now here`s a story `bout a woman with dreams
So picture perfect at thirteen, an ebony queen
Beneath the surface it was more than just a crooked smile
Nobody knew about her secret so it took a while

I could see a tear fall slow down her black cheek
Sheddin` quiet tears in the back seat
So when she asked me, what would you do if it was you?
Couldn`t answer such a horrible pain to live through

I tried to trade places in the tragedy
I couldn`t picture three crazed ni**az grabbin` me
For just a moment I was trapped in the pain, Lord come and take me
Four ni**az violated, they chased and they raped me

Even though it wasn`t me, I could feel the grief
Thinkin` with your brains blown that would make the pain go
No, you got to find a way to survive
`Cause they win when your soul dies

Baby please don`t cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don`t cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
(Never give up)

Baby don`t cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
(Never give up)
Baby don`t cry, I hope you got your head up
(Never give up)
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don`t cry

Uhh, forget him girl
(Forget him girl)
He ain`t gon` never change
I ain`t no hater but that ni**a lost in the game
After the bright lights and big thangs

He probably could love you, but he in love with the struggle
Everyday, his mind on gettin` mo`
(Gettin` mo`)
And never your feelings, he`s chasin` millions fo` sho`
Uh oh
(Uh oh)
Now you `bout to have his baby?
(Dayamn)

Another wild-ass ni**a that`s gon` drive you crazy
You got too much, mo`, livin to do, I`m spittin` this to you
`Cause you deserve more than what he givin` to you
(That`s right)

Beautiful, black, precious, and complicated
A new millennium dime piece, so fine she
Got `em all stuck standin` still when she come through
Baby take a little mo` time, love`ll find you

And show us the sky`s blue somebody other than me
(Show us the sky`s blue)
Gon` give you everything you need, feel me?
(Don`t cry ah)

Baby don`t cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don`t cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
(You`ll be alright)

Baby don`t cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
(Keep your head up)
Baby don`t cry, I hope you got your head up
(Never give up)
Even when the road is hard, never give up
(No, no, oh)
Baby don`t cry

I`m tryin to do all that I can, from jump
Now you losin`, you was choosin` the wrong man
Dealt the wrong hand
(Hand)
You was young and beautiful
Lost and turned out, what you let that ni**a do to you?
(Damn)

I knew her since elementary, she blew a kiss to me
Wrote me a note in crayon, wantin` to get with me
We was kids, now she got three kids
They see their father e`ryday, and they don`t know who he is

Seen him last night, homey roll a e-class
Mad cheese in the stash, still a deadbeat dad
I bring her, pampers and food, just to stop through
But those, ain`t my seeds, nuttin` really I could do
(Nah)

I feel pity for you, you ain`t even his wife
Seventeen with three kids, locked down for life
Shoulda chose me, she `bout to O.D. from the pressure
Hell nah, I won`t let her
(Baby don`t cry)

Baby don`t cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
(You`ll be alright)
Baby don`t cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up


Even when the road is hard, never give up
(Baby, baby, baby)
Baby don`t cry, I hope you got your head up
(No, never give up)
Even when the road is hard, never give up
(No, oh)

Baby don`t cry, I gotta keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don`t cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
(Ooh baby)

Baby don`t cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don`t cry, I hope you got your head up
(Keep your head up)
Even when the road is hard, never give up, baby don`t cry
(Keep your head up, never give up)

Uhh, uhh, yeah, don`t give up
(You`ll be alright)
Don`t cry, don`t cry, don`t cry

Baby don`t cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don`t cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up, baby don`t cry
(Never give up)

For all the ladies
(Soulshock, Karlin)
Baby don`t cry
Got to keep your head up
(Keep your head up)
Makaveli the don, aight?
(Head up)