I feel you, baby don't
But you can't, you can't give up
Hey Tupac what?

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

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 *****z grabbin' me
For just a moment I was trapped in the pain, Lord come and take me
Four *****z violated, they chased and they ****d 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
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

Forget him girl he ain't gon' never change
I ain't no hater but that ***** 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'
And never your feelings, he's millions fo' sho'
Uh oh now you bout to have his baby?
Another wild-*** ***** 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
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
Don' give you everything you need, feel me?

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
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

I'm tryin' to do all that I can, from jump
Now you losin', you was choosin' the wrong man
Dealt the wrong hand, you was young and beautiful
Lost and turned out, what you let that ***** do to you?
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 everyday, and they don't know who he is
Seen him last night, homey roll a e-cl***
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
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, 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
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, 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
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
Uhh, uhh, yeah, don't give up, 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

For all the ladies
Baby don't cry
Got to keep your head up
Makaveli the don't aight?